Capacity Building & Training
We develop approaches, systems, and tools that enable organizational staff to effectively use evidence for informed decision-making. We’ve created electronic monitoring systems that automatically calculate and visualize key indicators. We also offer services that build capacity to effectively use data throughout the project lifecycle.
Examples of our work
STaff stata training for post-distribution monitoring of cash voucher assistance
Save the Children’s Humanitarian Assistance program wanted to empower staff to quickly analyze and put to use data gathered during Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM) activities. We developed Stata code and reporting templates that helped the team translate data from Kobo’s data collection platform into engaging reports. Stata training took place over several months and empowered monitoring and evaluation staff to run their own analyses.
Integrating the measurement of reading and numeracy outcomes into financial literacy program M&E
Aflatoun International chose to integrate reading and numeracy outcome measurement into M&E practices for their financial literacy programming. Informed created a toolkit that empowers clients and program staff in measuring reading and numeracy in their local context, as measured by the PAL Network. The toolkit includes specific guidance on how to examine and quantify the interplay between financial literacy and learning outcomes.
Monitoring Education Quality Achieved (MEQA): Electronic Monitoring System for Education Programming
World Vision sought an electronic monitoring platform to collect data during Early Childhood Education programming and within primary school classrooms to inform quality of implementation and the ongoing progress toward objectives of the education program. Informed worked with SMAP to create a suite of monitoring tools that examine the quality of education a child is receiving as well as the quality of the environment in which that child is being educated. Feedback to teachers was automated so that before leaving the school, observers could provide encouragement and feedback for improvement. Indicators were measured and visualized on the online dashboard, which can be viewed here.