Course Details

Training On Monitoring & Evaluating for Human Rights Programmes

INTRODUCTION

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) plays a critical role in ensuring that human rights programs achieve their intended outcomes of protecting and promoting human rights. In the context of human rights, effective M&E helps organizations track progress, identify gaps, and assess the impact of their initiatives on individuals, communities, and society at large. This course on Monitoring & Evaluation for Human Rights Programs is designed to provide participants with the tools and techniques to effectively plan, implement, and evaluate human rights programs.

The course will cover key M&E concepts, strategies, and best practices specific to the field of human rights. It emphasizes the need for rigorous data collection and analysis to uphold accountability, transparency, and effectiveness in promoting human rights.

DURATION

10 days

TARGET AUDIENCE

This is a general training is targeting variety of programme staff, management team members and thematic staff, Project Management Officials, government officials, programme managers; policy makers and programme implementers; development practitioners and activists and NGO and CSO members, and human rights activists.

OBJECTIVES

At the end of this course the participants will be able to:

• Understand the Fundamentals of M&E in Human Rights Programs:
• Introduce participants to the principles, concepts, and importance of M&E in the context of human rights.
• Clarify the role of M&E in ensuring that human rights initiatives achieve their objectives of protection, promotion, and redress.
• · Develop M&E Frameworks for Human Rights Programs:
• Equip participants with the skills to design and develop M&E frameworks tailored to the specific needs of human rights programs.
• Ensure that M&E systems align with international human rights standards, principles, and conventions.
• · Apply M&E Tools and Techniques to Human Rights Work:
• Provide hands-on training in data collection, monitoring, and evaluation techniques suitable for human rights programs, including qualitative and participatory approaches.
• Teach how to use appropriate tools to monitor violations, policy impacts, and program effectiveness.
• · Ensure Accountability and Transparency in Human Rights Work:
• Demonstrate the role of M&E in holding stakeholders, including governments and organizations, accountable for human rights commitments.
• Promote transparency in reporting progress and challenges in human rights advocacy and protection efforts.
• · Assess Impact and Outcomes of Human Rights Initiatives:
• Train participants to measure the impact of human rights programs, focusing on both immediate outcomes and long-term societal change.
• Emphasize the use of M&E findings to inform strategic adjustments and advocacy for human rights reforms.
• · Strengthen Evidence-Based Decision-Making:
• Highlight how M&E contributes to building evidence for policy advocacy, legal reforms, and program improvements in human rights.
• Equip participants with skills to present M&E findings effectively to influence policy and practice.
• · Integrate Human Rights Principles in M&E:
• Ensure that M&E processes respect and reflect human rights principles such as inclusivity, non-discrimination, and participation.
• Teach strategies for involving vulnerable and marginalized groups in the M&E process to ensure their voices are heard.
• · Respond to Challenges in Monitoring Human Rights:
• Address specific challenges in monitoring human rights programs, such as dealing with sensitive data, protecting informants, and working in hostile environments.
• Provide guidance on ethical issues related to M&E in human rights, ensuring the safety and dignity of individuals involved.

COURSE OUTLINE

M&E fundamentals

• What is M&E?
• M&E Plans
• M&E Frameworks
• Indicators
• Data sources collection and use
• Relating Monitoring and evaluation to your project cycle
• Identifying the challenges facing Monitoring and evaluation professionals in the health sector

Fundamentals of Human Rights: Introduction to Human Rights

• Introduction to the concept of human rights
• Human Rights and Human Security
• History and Philosophy of Human Rights
• Concepts and Nature of Human Rights
• Human Rights Standards at the Universal Level
• Implementation of Universal Human Rights Instruments
• Human Rights and Civil Society

M&E frameworks in the respect of human rights

• M&E Frameworks basics for human right based programmes
• M&E in a human rights context
• M&E Frameworks
• Developing and operationalizing M&E frameworks

Human Rights Indicators

• Human rights indicators (both qualitative and quantitative)
• Indicator metrics
• Link between indicators and results
• Indicator Matrix
• Human rights indicator performance tracking

Data collection, management, and data quality

• Data collection methods: How to undertake data collection (quantitative and qualitative)
• Data collection versus data analysis
• Data quality and data management
• Data quality dimensions
• Functional areas of data management systems
• Double counting
• Obtaining data from Social media
• ICT tool for Data processing
• Using Mobile phones for data collection

Data use

• Introduction
• Data use frameworks and key concepts
• Data demand
• Information availability
• Information use

Introduction to data analysis and interpretation for human rights programmes

• Introduction
• Data analysis key concepts
• Types of variables
• Basic analysis

Summarizing data

• Numerical summaries for discrete variables
• Tables for dichotomous variables
• Tables for categorical variables
• Tables for ordinal variables
• Graphs and charts for dichotomous and categorical variables
• Graphs and charts for ordinal variables
• Tabulations for summary statistics for continuous variables
• Graphs and charts for continuous variables

Introduction to qualitative Human rights data analysis

• Planning for qualitative data analysis
• Reviewing the data
• Organizing your data
• Coding the data
• Introduction to using a qualitative data analysis software (NVivo)

Quantitative Data Analysis

• Planning for qualitative data analysis
• Comparison of Data analysis packages
• Basics for statistical analysis
• Testing for normality of data
• Choosing the correct statistical test
• Hypothesis testing
• Confidence intervals
• Tests of statistical significance (Parametric and non-parametric tests)
• Hypothesis testing versus confidence intervals
• Interpreting the data

Evaluation of Human rights affiliated Programs

• Determining evaluation points from results framework
• Components of evaluations, implementation and process evaluations
• Evaluation designs
• Performance evaluation process
• Evaluation findings, sharing, and dissemination

Impact Assessment

• Introduction to impact evaluation
• Impact assessment in program design
• Attribution in impact evaluation
• Impact evaluation methods

M&E Results Use and Dissemination

• Use of M&E results to improve and strengthen Human rights-related programmes
• Use of M&E Lessons learned and best practices
• M&E reporting
• Design, monitoring, and evaluation of resilience interventions

CERTIFICATION

• Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued with Macskills Training and Development Institute Certificate

TRAINING VENUE

• Training will be held at Macskills Training Centre. We also tailor make the training upon request at different locations across the world.

AIRPORT PICK UP AND ACCOMMODATION

• Airport pick up and accommodation is arranged upon request

TERMS OF PAYMENT

• Payment should be made to Macskills Development Institute bank account before the start of the training and receipts sent to info@macskillsdevelopment.com