Design, monitoring and evaluation capacity and systems within the CARE world vary as much as the countries in which we operate. Within a single country, projects may have very different D,M&E systems. Generalising across the breadth of the CARE world is difficult and perhaps foolish. However, having been asked to do so, I have summarised some of the key trends, both positive and negative that I have observed as I have worked in different country offices and in the CARE International UK office in London. I have also listed examples of some of the positive attempts to improve D,M&E, primarily in Bangladesh. Pulling these lessons together has been entirely subjective, and non-participatory. On the other hand, the presentation invoked intense discussion.
This presentation was given during a workshop in D,M&E capacity assessment. It was designed to highlight ‘non-technical’ aspects of D,M&E that are nevertheless critical to successful D,M&E and more importantly — learning. This is intended to fill a gap in the Capacity Assessment tool, which is focussed more on technical aspects of D,M&E.
