Stakeholder participation in monitoring and evaluation

This tool from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) provides an overview of the process of participatory monitoring.

The paper includes a step by step process and a number of case study examples to demonstrate the specifics of the approach.

Contents

• What is participatory monitoring and evaluation?
  • Box 1. Principles which Distinguish Conventional M&E from Participatory M&E
• Who are the stakeholders?
  • Box 2. Types of Stakeholder
• The rationale for stakeholder participation in M&E
  • Box 3. Advantages of Stakeholder Participation in M&E Planning and Implementation
• When is it appropriate to use participatory M&E approaches?
  • Box 4. Lessons from applying the COPE methodology in Madagascar
• Which stakeholders should participate in evaluation and what role should they play?
  • Table 1. Responsibilities of participants in “Expert-driven” and Participatory Evaluations
• What are the steps in a participatory evaluation process?
  • Box 5. NGO staff can successfully evaluate their own projects
• Elements of successful stakeholder participation in evaluation
  • Box 6. Discovering the real interests of stakeholders through dialogue