The answer will depend on your program needs, as all along the M&E cycle there are various steps where software can support your work. For example, there are tools for data collection (online, offline, GIS based), some offer data analysis some don't. You might want to use Excel or programs such as SPSS instead for sound statistical analysis. Visualization software can help show results more clearly than any text description could. You also need to think about how to communicate results and to whom. Are monitoring or evaluation results meant for internal program steering only, or do...
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Do I need IT tools at all for my M&E system?
Lisa Feldmann - 1.10.2019
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...
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M&E Looking forward to DeGEval 2019
Lisa Feldmann - 5.9.2019
We are happy to be one of the sponsors of the annual meeting of the German Evaluation Society in Bonn, Germany next week 11-13 September! The meeting will focus on sustainability. Come visit our booth and learn more about Webmo if you are around! Or join our CEO Robert Heine for an input on PowerBI in the session on digital tools to improve the sustainability of evaluations. More infos here.
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We Welcome our New Customers!
Lisa Feldmann - 11.6.2019
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...
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Company news; WebMo; M&E How to Prepare and Document Your Event in Your WebMo
Lisa Feldmann - 3.6.2019
Do you plan a workshop, conference or stakeholder meeting? Then get some ideas on how to use your WebMo best for preparing and documenting your event! Since your WebMo is based on the wiki software, you can easily create normal wiki pages and add any content you want. See here for an instruction how to create wiki pages.
Preparation
1. To-do lists
To organize your event within a bigger team or simply to not loose overview yourself, use normal wiki pages to create to-do-lists. Simple tables showing tasks, responsibilities, deadlines and...
ICT4D is Here to Stay
Melanie Uhlen - 29.5.2019
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...
Breaking Down the Barriers - For More Accessible Monitoring Software
Robert Heine - 8.4.2019
When we first created our M&E and collaboration software WebMo, we came from a place of genuinely wanting to make international development programs more transparent and efficient. After all, many of our team members, including myself, used to work in the field themselves. There is so much to be gained from a software that improves collaboration in the monitoring process, and this is true for projects of all shapes and sizes. WebMo was never meant to be a software exclusively reserved for highly funded projects. There are so many small NGOs doing great work.
That being said...
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webmo One Year energypedia consult Rwanda
Melanie Uhlen - 20.3.2019
One year ago, I officially registered energypedia consult Rwanda with the Rwandan Development Board. Time has been flying since then. Let’s look at the highlights in past and future of this young company (which of course remains connected to its mother company energypedia consult in Germany!). energypedia consult team Rwanda
My colleague Sandrine and I can proudly look back at a number of achievements that built the foundation of our...
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Rwanda Be the first to test the new WebMo!
Lisa Feldmann - 13.3.2019
Over the past months we have been improving our software for monitoring and collaboration in development programs. Would you like to support us and give us your feedback? We kindly invite you to apply as a beta user. This means, you will get WebMo for free for one year and in return you will provide us with your valuable feedback from time to time. This way, you will help us make WebMo even more customized to practitioners’ needs!
Reach out to us with an email if you are interested in becoming a testing organization. Please provide us with the following information so that we...
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webmo We Welcome our New Customers!
Lisa Feldmann - 16.1.2019
We are happy to have recently been contracted by these four organizations and programs:
Expertise France Haiti will use WebMo for monitoring and evaluation of their “Urban Governance & Resilient Cities” program. The program aims at facilitating the dialogue between Haitian institutions in charge of land planning and management, to foster social and economic development and to contribute to the resilience of the Haitian population. GIZ “Reintegration”, a multi-stakeholder program to support migrants returning to their home countries, will use WebMo to improve the exchange...Tags:
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