MDF Brussels (BXL)

Project Cycle Management: Indicators                                                                  

Indicators can be very powerful instruments for managers of development projects and programmes. The development and usage of indicators form an essential part in the management of development efforts. However, at all levels, organisations struggle to find appropriate and useful indicators, in order to avoid large and expensive data collecting systems. Moreover, phenomena very often appear too complex to be put into measurable  indicators. This course thoroughly deals with the functions and limitations of indicators and proposes ways to identify suitable indicators to the particular context.

Course Objectives

Participants get a solid knowledge of planning and monitoring indicators and will learn how to develop those indicators

At the end of this course, participants :

• have a common comprehension of indicators
• are well experienced with the functions and limitations of indicators
• are able to identify, formulate and appraise indicators for planning and monitoring activities
• exchanged good-practices

Participants

This course aims at staff of development organisations involved in the preparation, supervision, coordination and guidance of development projects and programmes in one or more phases of the project/programme cycle. These include desk officers, programme officers, staff from resident representation offices and managers of financing and implementing agencies.

Participants are assumed to be familiar with the logical framework approach through training or hands-on experience

Course Content

The programme shows how different types of indicators are linked to different needs of information in the project cycle. The first part of the course focuses on the planning indicators while the second part deals with monitoring indicators.

Training Method

The training method used is highly participatory. The trainers will propose theoretical tools and models for analysis which will be linked to day-to-day practice through practical exercises based on case material brought in by the client. Standard case material can also be provided by MDF.

During this process, the trainers will stimulate discussions and the exchange of practical experiences and know-how between participants.

Our participative and interactive method enables to:

• take into account the participants' expectations
• alternate theory and practice with group discussions
• alternate group work with personal brainstorming
• control the participants' interventions, foreseen at particular moments.

Indicative Course Outline

Duration and course content are adapted to the client's needs and expectations. Following course outline is an example.

Registration

MDF Brussels delivers this training only on tailor made basis for organisations*.

It is our role to target your organisation's requests. We will be happy to identify with you a training programme that meets your needs.

Please contact us.

* Open inscription courses on this topic for individual participants are organised by MDF in the Netherlands and by our various other branch offices. We refer individual participants who wish to attend this course to the MDF group website for further details and on-line registration, see our course calendar.