M&E Training needs survey

1. The questions

The purpose of this online survey is to collate information about people's training needs, especially about training in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E). I hope that this information will then be viewed and used by providers of M&E training, who will then seek to meet the needs that have been described here. Supply might end up having a better fit with demand.

This survey form was designed to be used by those seeking training in M&E. If you complete this online survey you will get access to the collated results of the survey at the end of the survey form.

If you are a provider of M&E training and want to see the collated results please contact rick@mande.co.uk for a link to the results page, where you can view and analyse the collated data online, or download the data in Excel format.

If you want to suggest any additions or changes to this online survey contact rick@mande.co.uk

Thanks in advance, rick davies, www.mande.co.uk

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* 1. Please indicate if you are responding to this survey:

as an individual

on behalf of a group of people with training needs (If so, read "you" in the questions below as meaning "your group")

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* 2. If you are answering on behalf of a group, how many people are in that group?

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* 3. What topics do you want covered in the training?
Please use 100 points to signal your interests (More points for a topic = more interest, no points for a topic = no interest)

How to make strategic plans evaluable

How to design a participatory M&E system

Rights based approaches to M&E

Outcome Mapping

Utilisation-Focused Evaluation

M&E in the context of decentralisation

Building M&E capacity with organisations

How to build a learning culture

Evaluating partnerships and other relationships

Meeting the requirements of donors

How to design and negotiate the terms of reference for an evaluation

How to develop a Logical Framework

How to get the most value from a Logical Framework once it has been developed

Monitoring without indicators (MSC - Most Significant Change)

Collecting, analysing and using qualitative data

Using surveys in an evaluation

Questionnaire design

Interviewing skills (face to face and by phone)

Simple statistics for monitoring and evaluation

Using software packages to analyse data

Presenting M&E results within your organisation

Using M&E results for decision making

Using information to influence policies of other organisations

Current trends in M&E

None of these

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* 4. Thinking about the topics you have selected above, ...how long do you you want the training course to be?

1 day

2 to 3 days

1 week

2 to 3 weeks

1 month

2 to 3 months

4 to 6 months

Other (please specify)

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* 5. What proportion of time during the training program do you want spent on the following activities?
(use 100 points, giving more points to the most important item)

Presentations by lecturers / experts

Small group exercises

Field work: asessment of one organisation's M&E system

Talks by visiting specialists

Own research project

Personal action plan development

Case study done by a group of particpants

Mentoring and coaching

None of these

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* 6. What would be the ideal class size? (the number of other people who will participate in the training events along with you)

One to one (yourself only)

Up to 10

10-20

20-30

More than 30

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* 7. Which of these options would you most prefer?

All the students meet and work in one location

All the students meet and work in one location, but with some online teaching and student interaction after the event

All the students meet and work in one location, but with some online teaching and student interaction before the event

All the students meet and work in one location, but with some online teaching and student interaction before and after the event

Allmost all the student and teacher interaction is online, but there they meet in location at the end.

Other (please specify)

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* 8. Which would you prefer

A "sandwich" course, where you attend training, then go back to work to apply new skills, then come back to a refresher training

One training event, of the same length as the two training events above

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* 9. Would you be willing to take part in:

A pre-course assessment of your knowledge, to ensure that the course is not too boring or too difficult for you

A post-course assessment of the effectiveness of your training, to help improve the training process in future

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* 10. Where would you most like the training to be provided?

In your own country

Within your own region

In USA

In Europe

Other (please specify)

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* 11. Which of these options, concerning the course and training provider, is most important to you:

The course has been accredited by a government authority

The training provider has been accredited by a government provider

The training provider is a member of a self-governing professional association

Their courses have been attended by other people/organisations like you/yours

Other (please specify)

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* 12. What is the maximum amount you (or your organisation or sponsor) could pay for your training?

less than $US 100

less than $US250

less than $US500

less than $US1,000

less than $US5,000

less than $US10,000

less than $US20,000

less than $US50,000

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* 13. Would your organisation be interested in an M&E training program that is customised specifically for your organisation's needs?

Yes

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* 1. Please indicate if you are responding to this survey:

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* 2. If you are answering on behalf of a group, how many people are in that group?

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* 3. What topics do you want covered in the training? Please use 100 points to signal your interests (More points for a topic = more interest, no points for a topic = no interest)

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* 4. Thinking about the topics you have selected above, ...how long do you you want the training course to be?

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* 5. What proportion of time during the training program do you want spent on the following activities? (use 100 points, giving more points to the most important item)

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* 6. What would be the ideal class size? (the number of other people who will participate in the training events along with you)

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* 7. Which of these options would you most prefer?

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* 8. Which would you prefer

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* 9. Would you be willing to take part in:

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* 10. Where would you most like the training to be provided?

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* 11. Which of these options, concerning the course and training provider, is most important to you:

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* 12. What is the maximum amount you (or your organisation or sponsor) could pay for your training?

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* 13. Would your organisation be interested in an M&E training program that is customised specifically for your organisation's needs?

* 3. What topics do you want covered in the training?
Please use 100 points to signal your interests (More points for a topic = more interest, no points for a topic = no interest)

* 5. What proportion of time during the training program do you want spent on the following activities?
(use 100 points, giving more points to the most important item)