From Theory of Change to database design for evidence-based decision making - How to develop a MEAL plan

About the Webinar

This webinar is the fifth and final session of the webinar series “From Theory of Change to database design for evidence-based decision making”. It is a one-hour session ideal for Monitoring and Evaluation professionals or Program Managers who are interested in developing a MEAL plan and a system to support it. We base the session on a specific scenario to make the presentation easier to follow.

In summary, we explore:

• What is the MEAL plan?
• Why is the MEAL plan important?
• How does the ActivityInfo platform enable the use of MEAL plans?

View the presentation slides of the Webinar.

Is this Webinar for me?

• Are you an M&E practitioner or Program Manager who wishes to better understand the steps for building a MEAL plan and how ActivityInfo can support you in that?

Then, watch our Webinar!

About the Trainer and ActivityInfo

Ms Eliza Avgeropoulou earned her BSc from Athens University of Economics and Business, and her MSc degree in Economic Development and Growth from Lund University and Carlos III University, Madrid. She brings eight years of experience in M&E in international NGOs, including CARE, Innovations for Poverty Action and Catholic Relief Services (CRS). The past five years, she has led the MEAL system design for various multi-stakeholders’ projects focusing on education, livelihoods, protection and cash. She believes that evidence-based decision making is the core of high quality program implementation. She now joins us as our M&E Implementation Specialist, bringing together her experience on the ground and passion for data-driven decision making to help our customers achieve success with ActivityInfo.

ActivityInfo is an information management platform perfect for monitoring and evaluation, humanitarian coordination and case management. For more than a decade, the ActivityInfo team has been supporting humanitarian operations and development programmes worldwide catering for emerging needs for data collection and analysis. UN agencies, INGOS and NGOs use the platform to centralize and standardize data collection, display the impact of their activities while maintaining complete control on data access and changes. Originally developed for UNICEF’s emergency program in eastern DRC, ActivityInfo is a service provided by BeDataDriven a company based in The Hague, Netherlands.