Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Practitioner

Monitoring and Evaluation have become key pillars in the humanitarian and development sectors, leading to high job demand. The Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning (MEL) Practitioner course is your gateway to mastering these essential skills and advancing your career.

• High Job Demand:
  Equip yourself with the skills that are in high demand across donor agencies, development aid funded projects, international and local NGOs, consulting firms, corporate foundations, philanthropic foundations and public sector agencies.
• Comprehensive Skill Set:
  Gain expertise in planning, project control, learning, and adaptive management, ensuring you can meet and exceed the expectations of your role.
  Practical Experience:
  Engage in hands-on learning through case studies, exercises, and real-world scenarios, preparing you to tackle challenges head-on.
• Networking Opportunities:
  Connect with peers and experts from the MENA region and beyond, expanding your professional network and opening doors to new opportunities.
• Expert Instructors:
  Learn from seasoned professionals who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the classroom.

This training is designed for professionals across NGOs, management and development consulting firms, corporate social responsibility and philanthropic foundations, and public sector agencies. It is also ideal for those currently working in or aspiring to contribute to international development and aid-funded programs. Specifically, it benefits:

• Monitoring and Evaluation (MEL) Officers:
  Whether you want to enhance your performance or pivot into a MEL-focused career, this training provides a structured pathway.
• Project and Program Implementers:
  Gain the tools to establish or refine Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) frameworks for effective project management.
• Evaluation Consultants and Advisors:
  Strengthen your MEL expertise to offer more insightful guidance and strategic support to clients and initiatives.
• Communication, Advocacy, and Proposal Development Professionals:
  Elevate your ability to craft compelling, evidence-driven messages that influence and engage stakeholders, maintain and scale up funding.

After Completing this course you will be able to:

1. Differentiate between monitoring, evaluation, learning and adaptation in terms of concepts, functions, benefits and value.
2. Design development projects using Theory of Change, Results Chain, Logical and Results Frameworks.
3. Distinguish and differentiate between the different type of results
4. Develop quantitative and qualitative SMART Key Performance Indicators against the different levels of change.
5. Design data collection tools and apply fundamental techniques to analyse collected data.
6. Understand the six OECD-DAC criteria including effectiveness, impact, efficiency, relevance, coherence, and sustainability used in evaluations.
7. Describe evaluation management steps and roles as well as prepare a well-designed evaluation terms of reference.
8. Implement monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) practices to ensure long-term organizational impact.

• 8 X 1.5-hour facilitated online training workshops over 4 weeks
• Certificate:
  Earn your certificate by meeting either one or both of following conditions:
  • Attend at least 65% of the live sessions.
  • Pass a 30-minute online exam with 45 multiple-choice questions.
• Power-point Presentations, materials, and training instructions are in English.
• 14 Competency skills and workplace in monitoring, evaluation, and learning skills (MEL)

Alaa Shaheen

With over 30 years of expertise, Alaa Shaheen, managing founder of Beit Al Karma Consulting, specializes in Proposal Writing, Results-Based Management, and Monitoring & Evaluation. Alaa has led and participated in the evaluation of 30+ development-aid funded projects in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Palestine.

Based in Egypt, Alaa has trained and coached humanitarian and development professionals from hundreds of organizations across more than 20 countries in the MENA region, Africa, Europe, and beyond. He works as a lecturer and trainer in DAAD and at the American University in Cairo. Alaa holds a master’s degree in project management from Brighton University, UK, and a bachelor’s degree in construction engineering from the American University in Cairo.

Nermine Habib

Nermine has 15+ years of experience in leading, managing and reporting mid-term and final evaluation missions of development funded projects implemented by UNHCR, IOM, GIZ, Plan International, Care and Save the Children. Nermine holds double master’s degrees in Conflict Resolution and Peace Building as well as in Sociolinguistics studies. She has received intensive training in Monitoring and Evaluation from UNICEF, France and MDF Consulting of the Netherlands.