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Introduction to M&E Task ForceM&E Capacity Strengthening Workshop, Addis Ababa4 to 8 June 2012
Arif Rashid, TOPS
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Technical and Operational Performance Support for FFP Grantees
August 13, 2010 – August 12, 2015
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Strategic Objective
Highest quality information, knowledge, and best practices for improved methodologies in Title II food aid commodity program performance identified, established, shared and adapted
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TOPS Support
• TOPS Program Award: $20 million• Leader with Associate Agreement: $75 million ceiling • Small grants program: $3.4 million
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Who we are?
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Program Strategies
• Focused capacity building • Community of Practice:
Food Security and Nutrition Network• Knowledge management web
portal • Small grants program
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USAID/FFP-Funded Program
Multiple collaboration mechanisms
• Technical task forces
• Technical knowledge sharing meetings
• Web portal (under development)
• Newsletter and email group
Three Program Strategies
• Food Security and Nutrition Community of Practice
• Direct Capacity Strengthening
• Small Grants Program
TOPS Program Output
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Program Partners• Africare• ADRA• IRD• Land O’Lakes• OIC International• Project Concern International• Samaritan’s Purse• Technoserve
• Cornell University
• FAO• Inside NGO• Institute of Development
Studies• International Center for
Research on Women• Tulane University• World Food Programme• Worldwatch Institute
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Priority Technical Areas
• Nutrition and food technology• Agriculture• Social and behavior change• Monitoring and evaluation• Commodity management• Gender equity• Emergencies
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Who to contact?
USAID
Adam [email protected] Judy CanahuatiActivity [email protected]
TOPS Program Staff
Mark FritzlerProject [email protected] Tom DavisSocial and Behavior Change [email protected] Joan JenningsNutrition & Food Technology [email protected]
Arif RashidMonitoring and [email protected]
Joan WhelanKnowledge Management [email protected]
VacantAgriculture [email protected]
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M&E Task ForceGoal: Improve the effectiveness of Monitoring and Evaluation of Food Security and Nutrition programs. Objectives: • Ensure that the priorities of implementing agencies
are reflected in donor guidance;• Identify and disseminate successful methods, tools
and practices; and • Improve monitoring and evaluation skills of
implementing agencies at the Headquarters and at the field.
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M&E Task Force Members• Chung Lai, IRD • Dan Houston, FFP, South Africa• Celeste Lemrow, Africare • Ruso Luca, FAO
• Harry “Happ” Carr , CRS • Marumbo Ngwira, World Vision, South Africa
• Jodi Beckham, Samaritan’s Purse
• Donard Nyirendra, World Vision, Haiti
• Pamela Velez-Vega, FANTA 2 • Faly Rabetaliana, Land O’Lakes, Madagascar
• Maria Bina Palmisano, ACDI/VOCA
• Kelvin Luputa, Land-O-Lakes, Zambia
• Mogollen Nestor, ADRA • Edson Torrico, FH, Guatemala
• Marie Aughenbaugh, Counterpart Intl
• Issa Konda, Africare, Chad
• Ediner Ogwangi, Land O’Lakes • Denis Marrota, ACDI/VOCA, Uganda
• Edith Mutalaya, World Vision • Dramane Mariko, FFP Dakar
• Joyce Luma, WFP (VAM) • Towfique Aziz, Save the Children, Bangladesh
• Michelle Mwalimu, OICI • Abdul Wadud, CARE Bangladesh
• Sarah Titus, Save the Children • Arif Rashid, TOPS/TANGO
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Progress so far…
• Developed Core Competencies for M&E Professionals
• Conducted first round of self capacity-assessment • Contributed to the revision of baseline and end-line
required indicators• Reviewed a number of existing M&E Guides
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Ongoing Activities
• Developing an M&E Guide for the Field Based Practitioners
• Developing a standard Scope of Work for Mid Term Evaluation
• Developing Job Description of M&E Staff working for Title II Projects
• Identifying a Beneficiary Registration and Tracking Tool
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This presentation was made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of Save the Children and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.