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You’re thinking about using IT tools for your monitoring system? Then consider the following three points before taking a decision:

1. File-based IT approaches have the disadvantage that data and information is often scattered across different documents with several versions circulating for example via email. Access to the latest information can be difficult within a team. It needs a person who is responsible to consolidate all information...

Are you a beginner with monitoring and evaluation (M&E) or starting a new project or program in the development sector? Then you will probably also think about IT tools, how and where to use them. There are plenty of tools and software out there. Getting an overview is not an easy task.
But wait, before spending your time researching for tools, go a step back and ask yourself if you really need IT tools at all for your M&E system. It may sound a bit heretical since everything nowadays is IT supported. However, it makes sense to be aware of some of it shortcomings. For...

We are pleased that we have been commissioned by a number of new customers in recent months and look forward to a successful cooperation!

M&E advisory: As of April 2019, the Country Director of our Rwandan office, Melanie, is in charge of the management of the Rwandan GIZ “Eco-Emploi” program’s M&E system. Her tasks include the overall management of the system, coordination of the M&E staff members, reporting, advising key partners regarding their M&E Systems as well as adapting the current M&E system to the indicators of the coming phase of Eco-Emploi 2020...

Chief Technology Strategist, Advisor Digital Societies, ICT4D Advisor, Innovation Manager – these are just some of the job descriptions on the business cards I collected during the ICT4D conference. The conference that my colleague Sandrine and I attended in Kampala from 30 April to 2 May 2019 had a clear message: Technology will play an increasingly important role in humanitarian interventions and development cooperation. Technology will change both the way aid is delivered and how development organizations organize themselves. It already does, looking at the tools presented at the...