MONITORING CAPACITY BUILDING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE Presented by Patrick Chimutu CHRISTIAN SERVICE COMMITTEE

Introduction The experiences I share at this workshop relate to my development practice in Malawi and other countries There are many players with interest in issues of climate change in Malawi In this paper I share some experiences in monitoring in general with examples from Christian service committee

Lessons on M & E Generally M & E operates well if integrated within operational units rather than keep them as separate units Usually people measure what is easier than what is important An M & E Framework enhances sysyematic monitoring and evaluation when well executed

Recommendations There is need to develop a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, along side the Capacity Building Framework, which should be used by all stakeholders to capture information relating to capacity building programmes in climate change.

Case study for Food Security Policy Implementation National level inventory for indicators (all stakeholders included Agreed on important indicators for monitoring Agreed on scope of monitoring (what data to collect, who to collect, frequency of collection

Challenge Capacity levels by stakeholders (financial and technical capacity) differed significantly