M&E of complex humanitarian and development interventions, in the contexts of a changing world
An online workshop using interactive and engaging presentations and discussions on M&E of complex humanitarian and development interventions in the context of a changing world. The nature of global, national and local crises such as floods, cylones, conflicts and lately healthy emergencies calls for M&E professionals to adjust their tools of trade and approaches if M&E is to make a contribution to achievement of SDGs in the changing world. Participants will interrogate M&E approaches and their ability to adapt to complex dynamics situations, with specific case studies and examples from food and nutrition security, water and education sectors. The discussions will also incorporate gender and diversity considerations. The aim of the discussions will be to share experiences in Monitoring and evaluating interventions in times of crises and draw best practices that may be adopted.
Event Type:Skill-Building Workshop
Event Venue:online
Event Address:online
Region :Sub-Saharan Africa
Start Date:June 3
End Date:June 3
Track:Evaluation Capacity Development
Target Audience
Academics, Government Officials, Non-Profit Organizers, Private Sector, Policymakers/Parliamentarians, Evaluation Practitioners, Students
Speaker, Presenter, or Instructor
Speaker:Ms Matodzi Amisi
Organization :CLEAR-AA, Witwatersrand University
Short Biography :Matodzi is a research associate at the Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results (CLEAR-AA) working to support African governments in establishing and strengthening evaluation systems.
Title :M&E Specialist
Speaker:Ms Grace Igweta
Organization :World Food Programme
Short Biography :Grace is a Monitoring and Evaluation practitioner with WFP South Africa (2017 to date). In her current role as the WFP Regional Evaluation Officer, she is supporting WFP country offices across the Southern Africa Region in commissioning, managing and using independent evaluations
Title :Regional Evaluation Officer
Speaker:Ms Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa
Organization :Wits School of Governance
Short Biography :Caitlin is a Senior Lecturer in M&E at the WSG. Her research has focussed on understanding what drives change in complex socio-ecological systems and figuring out how to measure these changes. She has over a decade of experience training theory of change and other evaluation techniques
Title :Senior Lecturer in M&E
Speaker:Mr Khotso Tsotsotso
Organization :New Leaders Foundation
Short Biography :Khotso is the head of M&E at New Leaders Foundation. Before this, he was an M&E Technical Specialist and Researcher at the Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results for Anglophone Africa (CLEAR-AA). His background is in Economics, Management, and Finance, with a strong aptitude for statistics
Title :M&E Manager
Session Details
Session Name:Understanding the complexity of M&E of resilience-building programs
Session Venue:WFP Offices
Session Address:11 Naivasha Rd, Sunninghill, Sandton, 2157
Session Date:June 3
Session Time:09:00 am ~ 04:30 pm
Session Details:A workshop using interactive and engaging presentations on understanding the complexity of M&E of resilience-building programs. Taking into context the unexpected nature of global, national and local crises. Participants will interrogate evaluation concepts, theories and methods and their ability to adapt to complex dynamics systems. Aim of the discussions will be to share experiences on conducting evaluation in times of crises and draw out best practices that may be adopted
Session Type:Skill-Building Workshop
Ms Grace Igweta
Regional Evaluation Officer
World Food Programme
Grace is a Kenyan and a Monitoring and Evaluation practitioner. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from University of Nairobi-Kenya and a Master of Arts in Public Administration from the University of York-United Kingdom. She is studying for a PhD in Social Policy with a focus on reconceptualising the welfare state theory to the Sub-Saharan Africa context to explain evolution of social policy regimes and how different regime configurations have influenced social outcomes over time. She has worked with UNICEF (2001-2004) in information management related roles; with World Food Programme in South Sudan (WFP 2004-2006) and in Kenya (2006-2014) as M&E officer; with WFP in Italy (2014-207) and WFP South Africa (2017 to date) as evaluation Officer. In her current role as the WFP Regional Evaluation Officer, she is supporting WFP country offices across the Southern Africa Region in commissioning, managing and using independent evaluations, and doing so in partnership with Government institutions and other United Nations agencies.
Ms Matodzi Amisi
SAMEA chairperson
South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association (SAMEA)
Ms Amisi is a senior M&E Technical Specialist at the Centers for Learning on Evaluation and Results, Anglophone Africa ( CLEAR-AA). She was a director of evaluations in the Department of Planning Monitoring and Evaluation for 5 years. She has over 10 years’ experience in research and evaluation in the public service.She spent sometime working for the Commission on Gender Equality, a constitutional body in Johannesburg. Here my most exciting work included the National Gender Opinion Survey and working with Political parties to measure achievement of gender parity. From there she worked with the Department of Human Settlements. She was responsible for conducting an managing research and evaluations of the government housing programme. She also did an exciting project on Community of Practice of Housing policy and research units in provinces and local government. This platform created space for sharing knowledge, reflecting on research and implications for policy and addressing capacity issues in research units.
She was involved in developing the South African National Evaluation System and promoting the use of evaluations to support evidence-based policy and decision-making in government. She worked with the Departments of Social Development and Human Settlements.Her area of interest is the production and use of evaluation evidence in violence prevention sector. She has been involved in the institute of Security Studies Dialogue Forum to promote collaboration between Government, Academia and civil society in the generation of evidence of what works to prevent violence against children. She is involved in the Soul City led think-tank to promote gender responsive planning and budgeting.She facilitated the DPME-UCT course for executives in the public service on Evidence Based Policy making.In 2017 she was one of the 25 emerging leaders across Africa who participated in the Building Bridges programme at UCT.
She was involved in developing the South African National Evaluation System and promoting the use of evaluations to support evidence-based policy and decision-making in government. She worked with the Departments of Social Development and Human Settlements.Her area of interest is the production and use of evaluation evidence in violence prevention sector. She has been involved in the institute of Security Studies Dialogue Forum to promote collaboration between Government, Academia and civil society in the generation of evidence of what works to prevent violence against children. She is involved in the Soul City led think-tank to promote gender responsive planning and budgeting.She facilitated the DPME-UCT course for executives in the public service on Evidence Based Policy making.In 2017 she was one of the 25 emerging leaders across Africa who participated in the Building Bridges programme at UCT.