NEED

Appropriate planning and implementation of RD policies and

schemes is a continuous demand, given the need to ensure that
public resources are well utilized for intended purpose. For this
reason, demand for evaluation is rapidly growing. This has also
called for much stronger evaluation in order to ascertain whether
expenditures on a programme are delivering the desired results. At
the same time, development partners are becoming equally
interested in partnering with research and academic institutes to
generate effective and sustainable solutions. Development
evaluation therefore becomes central to streamlining programmes
and making informed policy choices. This programme proposes to
use examples of rural development programmes / schemes
contemporary to examine the core elements that constitute the
practice of development evaluation. It is therefore, felt necessary to
equip the rural development and M & E practitioners to enhance
the capacities on evaluation strategies of those involved in
implementation of rural development programmes / schemes.
Keeping in view of this requirement, the present programme has
been designed with the following objectives.
PARTICIPANTS LEVEL
25 officials working as M & E practitioners of rural development
programmes at SIRDs / State / District level
OBJECTIVES
1. To discuss and understand key principles underlying successful
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) for results
2. To understand appropriateness of evaluations and
stakeholders participation
3. To develop a model evaluation management plan for
selected RD programmes

SESSION PLAN
Obj
ectiv
es
1.

Issues

Capacity building
on PME

Content

Learning outcome

What is PME?
M&E tools and techniques
Importance of evaluations in
development context
Evaluation types, Standards and Ethics
(one day)

Participants will have

knowledge on different aspects
of Planning, Monitoring and
Evaluation and their
importance in tracking and
appraisal of results
Improved capacities on M & E

2. Conceptualization
of evaluation
Strategy
Issues in
implementation of
evaluation plan
Institutional set up
for coordination
and implementation

Understand the objectives and

Critical examination /
development indicators of
suitability of programme /
programme / scheme (Theory of
scheme for evaluation
Change)
Equipped with knowledge and
Understand the need and scope for
preparedness for evaluation
evaluation (Evaluation criteria)
study
Preparation of evaluation strategy and Possibility of better
questions
coordination for evaluation
Field level knowledge on
purpose
implementation of RD programmes
(Two days including field visit)

3.

Practice sessions on preparation of

check lists and other instruments for
evaluation study
How to ensure participation?
Preparation of stakeholders
engagement and management of
evaluation plan
Identification of deliverables
Uses of evaluations
(Two days)

Structuring and
delivery of
evaluation
function
Application of
Practical
knowledge on
monitoring
evaluation studies
Management of
Evaluation Plan

Possibility of active
participation
Acquisition of skills on
effective review /monitoring
on evaluation activity
Better understanding for
completion of well-directed
evaluation study
Firm on the deliverables
expected and develop
evidenced based policies

TRAINING METHOD
Lectures cum discussions, case studies presentation, group exercises
by participants. In the group exercises, each participant group will
be given a task of analyzing any one of the rural development
programmes and to prepare an appropriate evaluation
management plan.

DURATION
13 - 17 Feb 2017 (5 days)
VENUE
NIRDPR, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030
Telangana
COURSE COORDINATOR
Dr. G Venkata Raju, Associate Professor
NOMINATIONS
The nominations may kindly be sent reach us latest by 3rd February
2017 along with the contact numbers and email ID of the proposed
participants. Course will start at 9.30 AM on 13th Feb 2017 and will
end on 17th Feb 2017 at 5.30 PM. Confirmed participants are
expected to plan their travel schedules accordingly.

Course on

Evaluation of Rural Development

Programmes
13 - 17 Feb 2017 (5 days)

Venue NIRD & PR, Hyderabad

Address for Communication

Dr G Venkata Raju,
Associate Professor
Centre for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (CPME)
National Institute of Rural Development,
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030,
Andhra Pradesh, India
Phone: 040-24008508, Mobile: 09441779514,
Telefax: 040-24008418
Email: gvraju.nird@gov.in,
Alternative email ID: gvraju_fisheries@yahoo.co.in

Centre for Planning. Monitoring and Evaluation

National Institute of Rural Development and

Panchayati Raj
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030
Website: www.nird.org.co