Climate change adaptation monitoring and evaluation training curriculum – Cagayan de Oro
This training was designed primarily for city officials who are involved in collecting, analyzing or presenting M&E data—both for indicators within a climate change action plan, as well as other city projects. The training objectives included participants being able to:
- Apply M&E methods and principles to climate change action plan activities
- Describe and understand the four stages in an M&E system
- Develop results matrices and logic frameworks that link project activities to outcomes
- Identify relevant indicators that track meaningful progress toward project outcomes
- Plan a data collection system
- Establish suitable methods for analyzing, presenting and disseminating monitoring data
- Commission and oversee pertinent program evaluations
To achieve these objectives, a curriculum of 12 core sessions, spread over three days, was developed. Multiple adult-learning methods were employed including a fictional scenario that ran throughout the three days, role plays, experience sharing, small group exercises, and real- world application exercises. Most sessions begin with a short plenary/explanation of ideas and principles, followed by small group activities working on the fictious scenario or another real- world exercise, and conclude with a review of how the principle directly relates to the existing climate change action plan.