Arab Foundation for Monitoring & Evaluation and Quality (AFMEQ)

11/08/2024

21/05/2024

Are you a relief or development professional working with qualitative data? Are you interested in leveraging the power of AI for your qualitative work (e.g., interview transcripts, desk review of program documents, outcome harvesting)?

💡The M&E Global Working Group invites you to a learning event! 🎉 We’ll be hosting James Goh, Founder of AILYZE, in a hands-on session on using AILYZE (www.ailyze.com) for qualitative data analysis, and to learn more about how AI can support you in your M&E work.

🎯 Join us on May 30th at 12:30 pm EST / 4:30 pm GMT! Sign up here: https://shorturl.at/kvxX6. Workshop registration will close on Tuesday, May 28th at 5pm EST.

💰This event is free for everyone. The event will not be recorded.

🌍 Want to connect globally with folks doing M&E, to get and offer technical support? Join us in The M&E Global Working Group on Facebook, here: https://bit.ly/3otrIdv

AILYZE

05/01/2024

04/01/2024

Mr. Mahmoud El Menshawy, HR, Mountain View, is currently looking for a Senior M&E Specialist with 4-6 years of experience. The job location is New Cairo.

16/12/2023

Don’t miss our upcoming EnCompass Learning Center offering!



Course Title: Equity and Social Justice Assessment and Evaluation

Instructor: Khalil Bitar



Increasingly, implementers have to speak to the ways in which their interventions are addressing equity and social justice issues, requiring both an assessment of past and present practices, processes, and results and a vision for how to do more in the future.



Given their role, expected contribution, and training, evaluators are well positioned to gather the evidence on how implementers are addressing these issues and to share results. However, evaluators often lack the tools to systematically assess and evaluate equity and social justice in diverse contexts and at different phases of the intervention (and evaluation).

This course will provide practical tips and tools that evaluators need to do this essential work! Participants will:

Develop an understanding of the complex but essential topic of equity and social justice considerations in the evaluation field

Gain concrete tools to tackle these issues more systematically and successfully in their practice



This course is ideal for people working at the intersection of evaluation and social justice and for implementers who wish to understand what equity and social justice assessment entails.



Classes will take place online Zoom. Certificates of completion will be provided at the end of the course to all participants who have successfully completed the modules. Read more about each of the modules and register for this 2-module offering, taking place on January 16 and 18 from 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. EDT at: https://encompassworld.com/elc/upcoming/equity-and-social-justice-assessment-and-evaluation/

Learn about our certificate tracks at: https://encompassworld.com/elc/elc-certificates/

Learn about course fees, available discounts, and policies at: https://encompassworld.com/elc/course-fees/

See our full 2024 schedule at: https://encompassworld.com/elc/elc-course-schedule-2024/

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We are happy to answer any questions. Please reach out to us at [email protected]

Equity and Social Justice Assessment and Evaluation course with Khalil Bitar.

02/11/2023

Check out this job at Youth and Development Consultancy Institute, Etijah:

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09/05/2023

Le Bureau Projet de l’OIT au Maroc cherche un évaluateur/trice pour conduire l’évaluation interne à mi-parcours du projet WAFIRA (Women as financially independent rural actors).

Période de l’évaluation : juin-août 2023

Date limite de soumission de candidature : 26 mai 2023

Type de contrat : Contrat de collaboration externe

Langues requises : Maîtrise du Français écrit et parlé, maîtrise conversationnelle de l’Anglais, la connaissance du darija (Arabe marocain) est un atout.

Pour plus de détails sur l’évaluation, veuillez consulter les termes de références (TdRs) ci-joint et ici .

Il faut noter que les dates mentionnées dans les TdRs sont à titre indicatif et pourraient être légèrement revues si nécessaire.

Le candidat(e) intéressé(e) par cet appel à manifestation d’intérêt devra fournir les informations suivantes :

Description des compétences, les qualifications et l’expérience du/ de la candidat(e) tout en montrant comment celles-ci répondent au mieux aux qualifications requises pour cette position,

Une liste des évaluations réalisées antérieurement qui sont préférables en relation avec le contexte et la thématique du présent appel, indiquant clairement le rôle joué par le/ la consultant(e),

Le/ la candidat(e) doit démontrer son expertise et sa capacité à conduire des évaluations de projets/ programmes, notamment au sein du système des nations Unies et ou avec des organisations internationales de développement,

Une déclaration du/ de la candidat(e) attestant sa disponibilité à conduire l’évaluation finale au Maroc et une proposition des honoraires professionnels quotidiens exprimés en US Dollar (incluant les coûts d’interprétation si nécessaires et excluant le DSA pour visites dans le pays)

Une copie du curriculum vitæ du/ de la candidat(e) (qui doit comprendre des renseignements sur les compétences et qualifications du candidat mentionnés plus haut).

Une déclaration attestant que le/ la candidat(e) n’a pas été impliqué(e) dans la conception et la mise en œuvre des projets en question ou n’a pas une relation personnelle privilégiée avec les fonctionnaires de l’OIT travaillant directement sur ledit projets au Maroc,

Les noms de deux personnes de référence (téléphone et courriel compris) à contacter.

Deux rapports dans lesquels l’évaluateur a été le seul évaluateur ou le chef d'équipe.

Le consultant/trice pourrait résider au Maroc ou en autre pays.

Les femmes sont encouragées à appliquer.

La date limite pour présenter une expression d’intérêt pour la réalisation de cette évaluation est le 26 mai 2023, à la fermeture des bureaux (17h30 GMT). Veuillez envoyer un courriel avec en objet «Evaluation du projet MAR/21/01/ICM à Jeanne Schmitt [email protected] , mettant en copie Ricardo Furman [email protected] et Pacome Dessero [email protected]
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10/04/2023

MEAL Officer Vacancy Kindly follow the below link Please note that the only way to consider the job application is by following the application process in the…

10/04/2023

Five Tips for Productive Meetings



Productive and engaging meetings need a clear objective, an open dialog, and a strong leader as well. This will assure that each meeting runs effectively and smoothly.

Define goals in advance
Make a structure for the meeting. State your purpose for the meeting and what you hope to achieve at the outset. Just stating the ideal results often motivates the participants and makes a meeting more fruitful. At the very least, it underlines a feature that every meeting requires: a goal. Even before the meeting begins, make sure that everybody understands the goals and objectives by writing a plan.

Get productive input from attendees
A meeting is designed for open communication, so it is critical to get honest input to those attending. It's the responsibility of the meeting leader to make sure everyone is heard. To encourage open discussion, avoid wearing your opinion on your sleeve—it is quite easy for a leader to stifle a discussion if everyone assumes that the outcome is already determined.
Make sure that key ideas and decisions are written down. Do this visually, so that everyone can see the developments as they occur. The leader of the meeting or someone else should be designated to do this. Why is this important? Because everyone in the room (or online) can see what's being logged. It limits miscommunication and misunderstanding and promotes accountability.

Make every meeting matter
Decide if a meeting is required and invite only people which are necessary. Huge amounts of valuable time are wasted just because managers think that face-time is vital or because they've become comfortable with a particular routine. E-mails are usually enough to give your team a status report or an update. But if you require instant feedback from all the participants, then e-mail will not be as effective as a face-to-face meeting.

Value everyone's time
The most common complaint about meetings is that too much time is wasted. Research shows that most meetings are scheduled to last between 30 to 60 minutes. Why? Because those are the default meeting times allotted by the Microsoft Outlook calendar! Worse yet, most meetings go over their scheduled time. This can and must be avoided. Value everyone's time. Schedule meetings for only the amount of time absolutely necessary to accomplish the goal. Start and finish on time... and keep the meetings moving in between. Don't allow extraneous discussion to run a meeting off the rails. If something comes up that is important enough to discuss, then either cover it in the time allotted or schedule it for another time.

Close with an action plan
End the meeting by re-stating the intended purpose and goal of this meeting and how it was accomplished. Review any action items and make sure they are delegated. Send a follow-up email to every attendee.

08/04/2023

Why should you use a standard methodology for managing your projects?

A Methodology for Project Management is a strategy that increases the chances for project success; by giving a clear direction, it saves time and improves the quality of the deliverables. Most development project managers use a type of methodology that was either learned by years of experience or is part of the organization’s policies and methods for project management. A common benefit of a methodology is that it helps manage projects by reducing risks, which improve the chances of success of a project.


What is a Methodology?
A methodology is "a set of methods, processes, and practices that are repeatedly carried out to deliver projects". The key element is that by repeating the same actions on every project, the organization will gain efficiencies in its approach.

What is a Standard?
A standard is defined as "a collection of knowledge areas that are generally accepted as best practice in the industry". Standards give guidance, whereas methodologies provide practical processes for managing projects. Standards are not methodologies and vice versa. The two most popular standards used in project management worldwide are the PMBoK® (from the Project Management Institute) and Prince2® (a UK standard)



What are the components of a methodology?



A project methodology should contain:

A set of processes to manage projects.

A set of competencies to build the required skills.

A set of tools forms and templates to standardize information.

Why use a Methodology?

A methodology is not a magic wand that can be used to solve every problem in a project, but it helps by the use of a clear set of processes for managing projects that everyone in the organization understands. A good methodology, that is fit to the context and environment where an organization works, is able to provide clear guidance of the what, who, when, and how a project should be done. A methodology also provides a level of flexibility that can be adapted to the special conditions of every project. For instance, for smaller projects, the organization can choose to apply a light version of the management processes. And when managing large projects, it can apply the full processes required to monitor every element of the project in enough detail to reduce risks. Organizations that can manage every project, in the same way, will be able to gain efficiencies; project staff will be able to work smarter and reduce waste. A methodology gives every project team a clear understanding of what is expected from them, which in turn increases the chances of success.

28/03/2023

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Evaluating Sustainable Pathways to Climate Resilience . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.