Monitoring and Evaluation Certification Programme
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Monitoring and Evaluation Certification Programme
8 Junio–24 Julio 2026
El curso está disponible en English
Presentación del curso
An effective monitoring and evaluation system is essential for organizations, development practitioners and public sector managers to measure the success of programmes and projects and to report on results. Monitoring and evaluation systems enable continuous learning and performance improvement, making monitoring and evaluation functions vital for all organizations, programmes, and projects. The ITCILO offers a certification programme that provides all the necessary technical skills and tools needed to ensure effective monitoring of projects and programmes and to efficiently manage the range of evaluations that are part of the programme or project cycle. This programme will help participants gain expertise in building monitoring and evaluation systems and help their ability to deliver high quality projects and programmes.
¿Quiénes participan en este curso?
Monitoring and evaluation specialists; project coordinators; programme managers; independent evaluators; donor staff appraising and evaluating projects and programmes; non-governmental organization staff involved in monitoring and evaluation.
What topics does this course cover?
Identify areas of improvement and brush up on your technical and managerial skills.
- Results Based Management
- Monitoring and evaluation system: purpose, scope and clients
- Monitoring, reporting and control
- Risk Management
- Evaluation of development programmes and projects
- Methods, tools and techniques for setting up monitoring and evaluation systems
What will I learn?
- Theories of and approaches to monitoring and evaluation
- The links between monitoring, reporting, control, audit, research, and evaluation
- The components of a successful monitoring and evaluation system, and how to set one up
- Methods, tools and techniques for operating a monitoring and evaluation system
What will I be able to do?
Work with your peers to hone your skills, and put them to use immediately.
- Engage stakeholders through leadership and soft skills
- Build an M&E plan
- Design empirical project evaluations
- Differentiate impact evaluation using quantitative and qualitative approaches
- Develop a communication plan to share findings, recommendations, and emerging practices
Why should I join?
The certification programme is organised in a blended modality. It includes a distance-learning phase followed by a one-week workshop in Turin on the United Nations Campus under the umbrella of the Development Cooperation Academy. Once participants have completed the workshop, they will then work remotely with the assistance of an expert on a final project and receive their certification. The entire programme consists of approximately 60 hours of learning.
- Employers who sponsor participants receive new or revised monitoring and evaluation plans for their organization as a result of the course.
- Successful participants receive a professional certificate attesting to their ability to effectively monitor and evaluate projects and programmes.
- The programme is designed and delivered by monitoring and evaluation experts and practitioners.
- Participatory activities include self-paced modules, webinars, an online forum, practical assignments, coaching and tutoring.
- Participants have permanent access to the training material and a monitoring and evaluation toolkit.
