Key points

• Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) frameworks help project teams plan and execute M&E tasks, providing a clear structure and guidance for tracking project progress.
• M&E frameworks typically include descriptions of project activities, expected results, indicators, data sources, targets, data disaggregation, data collection schedules, and responsibilities.
• An M&E framework is composed of different levels of results: impact (long-term results), outcomes (shorter-term objectives), and outputs (tangible deliverables from activities).
• Indicators are metrics used to measure project progress and are linked to outputs and outcomes. In our real-time M&E dashboards, indicators for outputs will be the primary focus.
• Data sources indicate where the information for each indicator will come from. In our project, the data source is the activity form.
• Targets are included in the M&E framework to provide a benchmark for comparing actual progress against desired results.
• Disaggregation allows for the comparison of indicators across different categories, such as gender or district.
• With the understanding of our MEAL framework, we should now be able to create reporting forms for collecting data