NewDeveloping and Delivering Effective Strategy and Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit

This toolkit course combines the following courses:

Developing and Delivering Effective Strategy - 5 days

Results Based Monitoring and Evaluation - 5 days

The connection between strategy development and delivery and monitoring & evaluation is both essential and cyclical, forming a continuous feedback loop.  Strategy development is the phase where organizations set their goals, define priorities, and outline action plans to achieve desired outcomes.

Delivery is the implementation of these plans, turning strategic intentions into tangible actions. However, the success of strategy development and delivery depends significantly on expert project management and continuous monitoring & evaluation, which ensures that goals remain aligned with actions and allows for adaptation when needed.

In week one the course, explores the basic approach to strategy development and introduces delegates to the tools, techniques and frameworks they can apply to increase the likelihood that their strategies will succeed, even in the most volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) of environments. 

In week two, this course will equip participants with the knowledge to understand where and how M&E fits within the organisational or national framework, and the strategies required for its successful design, build and integration.

Course Objectives

On completion of the two-week programme, you will be able to:

• Explain what strategy is and describe the relationship between policy, strategy, planning, delivery and ultimately achieving the desired objectives.
• Apply different tools, techniques and frameworks to help develop effective strategy
• Understand how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help develop more effective strategy
• Lead or contribute to the development and delivery of successful strategy in their own organisation
• Differentiate between a strategy that is likely to fail and one that is likely to succeed.
• Apply different tools, techniques and frameworks to help develop effective strategy
• Understand the essentials of M&E, how to design and implement an M&E system and the factors involved in setting up an M&E unit
• Effectively supervise, monitor and evaluate a range of programmes and projects
• Know where and how M&E fits within the organisational or national framework and strategies for successful integration
• Set up a database to collect, analyse, interpret and report on performance
• Design monitoring systems incorporating routine and ad-hoc data collection and reporting techniques
• Understand the importance of analysis of final outcomes and results

 Key Topics

• Different descriptions of strategy
• Critical thinking and the role of constructive challenge
• Developing different options that exploit opportunities to achieve strategic objectives
• Performance metrics, and strategy review
• Leading the development and implementation of strategy
• Deconstructing a vision into realistic and achievable strategic objectives
• From traditional financial reporting towards results-based performance management
• RBM&E methods and performance indicators KPIs and OKRs
• Building a national M&E system or organisational M&E unit
• M&E for improvements in value for money
• Computerised M&E and database management systems
• Identifying potential challenges in M&E and developing strategies to overcome them

Dates

• 9 - 20 June 2025 - London (£4,750)
• 15 - 26 September 2025 - London (£4,750)