BACKGROUND
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) are essential management processes that allow project/program managers to track the progress of project activities and capture results and value addition of the program to the development agenda. In other words, it can help an organization, including managers, verify whether the objectives and intended outcomes are being achieved, whether project activities are happening as planned, and whether resources are being used correctly and efficiently.

The Sendai Framework Monitoring under the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) (2015-2030) is a management tool to help countries develop disaster risk reduction strategies, make risk-informed policy decisions, and allocate resources to prevent new disaster risks. This monitoring framework consists of 38 indicators used to track the progress in implementing seven global targets of the SFDRR. As a result, countries also need to track or monitor the progress of the implementation of SFDRR at the national and sub-national levels.

In the context of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), M&E enables disaster management professionals to assess the progress and outcomes of implementing specific risk reduction measures and evaluate the risk reduction outcomes for other types of development and humanitarian assistance programs.

The course aims to raise the knowledge and skills of participants on M&E in DRR, particularly in designing monitoring systems and evaluation frameworks and processes to effectively manage results and learning of DRR programs and projects.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of this three-day course, participants should be able to:

• Explain basic DRR-related concepts, frameworks, and needs for M&E
• Describe the process for designing an M&E framework and system for disaster programs & projects
• Explain M&E in project cycle and process to develop M&E into DRM project cycle management
• Share knowledge and experience amongst different agencies and partners in the region who conduct M&E in DRM

COURSE CONTENTS
Module 1: Overview of DRR Concepts and Needs for M&E
Session 1.1: Concepts and Terminologies Related to DRR
Session 1.2: Overview of M&E and Needs for M&E in DRR
Session 1.3: M&E in DRR Frameworks

Module 2: M&E Concepts, Frameworks, Approaches and Methods
Session 2.1: Theory of Change, Indicators and Baseline
Session 2.2: M&E Data collection methods and tools
Session 2.3: M&E Planning
Session 2.4: Evaluation and Learning

Module 3: Developing M&E process in DRM Project Cycle Management
Session 3.1: M&E in DRR Project
Session 3.2: M&E in Project Design and Planning
Session 3.3: M&E in Project Implementation
Session 3.4: M&E in Evaluation and Learning

Module 4: Sharing Good Practices and Challenges of M&E in DRM Project
Session 4.1 M&E Experience of Building Resilience through inclusive and climate adaptive DRR in Asia & Pacific (BRDR)
Session 4.2: M&E Experience of SERVIER Program for Lower Mekong Countries
Session 4.3: Sendai M&E framework for reporting progress on DRR

METHODOLOGIES
This course shall use various trainee-centered methodologies:

• Participatory lectures and discussions
• Presentations
• Group exercises
• Case studies
• Knowledge assessment