Monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL)

Key actors

• ALNAP

Global network dedicated to improving the performance of humanitarian action, including through improving evaluations

• Humentum

Association offering training and support in monitoring and evaluation, compliance, financial management, program management, and HR & Learning

• INTRAC

Conducts trainings and consultancy work on planning, monitoring, evaluation, impact assessment, and learning

• MEASURE Evaluation Project

Creates tools and approaches for rigorous evaluations and aims at strengthening health information systems in low-resource settings

PHAP certifications

The PHAP Credentialing Program offers Core and Advanced level certifications in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) (coming soon). Read more about the program

Key references

• Guidance on Monitoring and Evaluation (ALNAP, 2012)

Handbook providing guidance for designing and implementing a monitoring and evaluation system

Tools for the job

• Indicator Registry (IASC)

Tool to help select appropriate indicators, and to find standard definitions and applications of those indicators for needs assessment and monitoring and evaluation

Organizational perspectives

• Project/programme monitoring and evaluation (M&E) Guide (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (IFRC), 2011)

Detailed guide aiming to promote a common understanding and reliable practice of monitoring and evaluation for IFRC project and programs

Crosscutting themes

Protection activities

• Evaluation of Protection in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP, 2018)

Evaluation guidance focusing on protection in humanitarian action seeking to address the challenges of the definitional problem for protection work, variation in protection approaches, understanding cause-effect relationships, and collecting data