1. Monitoring and Evaluation of HIV/AIDS Programs Workshop Overview
28 February, 2011
Pretoria, South Africa

2. Welcome & Introductions & Expectations

3. Workshop Goals
Reinforce the capacity of participants knowledge of state-of-the-art tools and techniques for monitoring and evaluation of HIV/AIDS programs
To build and practice new skills by developing M&E plans

4. Workshop Objectives
Identify decisions related to HIV/AIDS programs that can be informed by M&E information
Formulate questions that need to be answered in order to make informed decisions
Understand and construct frameworks for conceptualizing the factors that influence the success of programs in reaching their goals and logically explaining how program activities contribute to its objective

5. Workshop Objectives (2)
Develop realistic and targeted goals and objectives
Understand and be able to select indicators appropriate for a given country/program
Understand information systems and flow of data
Disseminate and use M&E information strategically
Understand how to operationalize/implement M&E plans

6. Workshop Curriculum Designing and Implementing an M&E Plan
Evaluation Frameworks
Selecting and Calculating Indicators
Data Sources and Data Systems
Understanding Impact Evaluation
Dissemination of M&E results
M&E of specific HIV Program Areas
Field Trip-
Group presentations

7. Hands-on practice Participants will form small groups of 5-6 people
Over the course of the workshop, each group will develop an M&E plan for a HIV/AIDS program intervention
Topics are suggested, or your group may choose its own topic
First week of workshop will cover each step of M&E plan development – framework, indicators, data sources, etc.
Presentation of plans by each group on last day

8. Field Trip
A field trip to visit local HIV/AIDS programs to observe M&E in action
Selected sites:
Kalafong Hospital
Tshwane District Hospital

9. Exam and Presentations
Important to have a formal assessment of knowledge and skills
Determine if learning objectives being achieved
Formative and summative

10. Formative-20 % Attendance Punctuality Participation in class
Participation in group work

11. Individual assessment-
Summative-
Individual assessment-
40 % of total marks
Class test
Multiple choice questions
Scheduled for Saturday 6th March 2010
Scope
Mainly principles
Sessions covered from Monday to Saturday
Group assessment
40 % of total marks
Group presentation of M&E plan

12. Workshop evaluation
Daily feedback to be collected on content, pace, and appropriateness of workshop curriculum, and how it fits participant needs
Please help us evaluate constructively, so that future workshops can be improved.

13. Facilitators University of Pretoria USAID UNAIDS Guest Lecturers
Participants

14. Review Agenda Questions?

15. Ground Rules

16. There are no enemies in M&E!

17. Visit us online at http://www.cpc.unc.edu/measure.
MEASURE Evaluation is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) through Cooperative Agreement GPO-A and is implemented by the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina in partnership with Futures Group, John Snow, Inc., ORC Macro International, and Tulane University.
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