Monitoring for Effectiveness in Water Supply and Sanitation Activities

Target group: Programme managers/staff interested in developing & implementing new monitoring activities related to water or environmental sanitation (preferably at least two participants from a project); staff from training and resource centres interested in organizing training for monitoring and evaluation within projects/programmes.

Objectives: To enhance capacities of project leaders and personnel to plan and implement monitoring activities which work to improve performance over the short term; to enable participants to monitor selected indicators relevant to their project, with an emphasis on consultative processes; to introduce approaches to participatory monitoring within communities and agencies; to stimulate the use of monitoring information, particularly at the lowest levels where action can be taken.

Programme: The focus is on: project inputs such as technology choice, village and site selection, involvement of women; effectiveness, operation and maintenance, community management; use and benefits; such as use of facilities, hygiene behaviours, water resources.
First block - Core Concepts: project analysis (new developments in strategies and concepts; identifying issues and indicators; utilization of findings; application of monitoring strategies); methods (measurement, sampling frame and time; data collection, analysis; participatory strategies). Second Block (optional) - Development of Individual Plan: plan for monitoring selected indicators or preparation of strategy for implementing a monitoring system for participants having considerable experience in monitoring activities; individual presentations of plans.

Fees: US$ 3350 (US$ 2450 for 2 week course plus US$ 900 for one week guided individual study)

Contact: IRC International Water and Sanitation Center, The Netherlands, tel.: +33 70 30 689 30, fax: +31 70 35 899 64, E mail: general@irc.nl, World Wide Web: http://www.oneworld.org/ircwater/