7. SGWI Sample MEL Plan Template 2020.docx

S/GWI Sample – Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Template

Introduction: S/GWI has provided the following sample Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) template for applicants’ convenience. Applicants are not required to use the following template. If using their own, see the accompanying instructions for all required components.

MEL Plan Cover Page

Project Name:

Organization:

Country:

Describe how and who will monitor the project’s implementation and address any challenges that are identified during monitoring?

Who will be responsible for performing monitoring, evaluation, and learning work?

How will the results of project monitoring be used?

What data collection tools will be used for conducting monitoring and evaluation?

How will learning be iterative to improve program management, achieve results, and avoid unintended consequences?

What type of evaluation will be conducted under this grant? For large grants, how will that evaluation be independent? “Independent” can include a contractor, consultant, or other outside source of an evaluation of the progress, process, or results of a project or activity.

Indicators and milestones Refer to the Monitoring and Evaluation Template Instructions to complete the below template. Whenever possible please ensure that your Indicator baselines, and targets are quantitative figures.

Note: S/GWI recommends no more than three objectives, with at least one results indicator per objective, and around three activities per objective. However, please feel free to add or delete rows to the below tables to make the template suitable to your work. Only include indicators that will help manage, monitor, and/or evaluate your work. It may also be helpful to include key milestones that help you track progress towards the project’s intended results. (For example, completion of a community consultation process to create an action plan, community validation of that plan, or other major events whose completion mark major progress towards goals or objectives but would be overly simplistic as a yes/no indicator.) As stated in the accompanying instructions, please integrate relevant S/GWI indicators (section v), where relevant and appropriate, to help S/GWI tell the story of its impact across different programs.

MEL Plan Sample Template

Goal:

Objective 1:

Other Disaggregation[footnoteRef:2] [2: Other disaggregation can include any details on disaggregation that might be relevant, including location, rural vs. urban, type of policy, type of training, sector, etc.]

Frequency of Data Collection

1a

1b

1c

Goal:

Objective 2:

2a

2b

2c

Goal:

Objective 3:

3a

3b

3c

Learning Plan Through timelines or short descriptions, please describe how monitoring will be analyzed and how learning from monitoring will be incorporated through the implementation of the proposal. Please explain who is responsible for the iterative process and how it will be captured in reports.

Logic Model A visual representation that shows the sequence or relationships between events that connect activities, objectives, and outcomes for the proposal.

S/GWI Indicator Menu

A quick chart of most commonly used Foreign Assistance (FA) indicators for telling S/GWI’s story.

WPS/WGDP/GBV FA Indicators

DR.4.2-1 Number of human rights organizations trained and supported

EG 6-15 Percent of individuals with new employment following participation in USG-assisted workforce development programs [Number of whom are women]

DR4.2-2b Number of women’s rights civil society organizations (CSOs) receiving USG assistance engaged in advocacy interventions

DR.4-1 Number of USG-supported activities designed to promote or strengthen the civic participation of women

GNDR-1 Number of legal instruments drafted, proposed, or adopted with USG assistance designed to promote gender equality or non-discrimination against women or girls at the national or sub-national level (and name them)

DR 4.3-1b Number of USG-assisted women’s CSOs that participate in legislative proceedings and/or engage in advocacy with national legislature and its committees

PS.6.2-4b Number of women participating in U.S. Government-supported events, trainings, or activities designed to build mass support for peace and reconciliation.

WPS4.1-1 Number of countries that develop, revise, or implement National Action Plans on WPS with U.S. diplomatic or programmatic support.

WPS4.1-2 Number of countries who integrate WPS concepts into their CVE policy frameworks with U.S. diplomatic or programmatic support.