About Course

About the Program

The Monitoring and Evaluation for Climate Change Adaptation Training is designed to build practical skills for tracking and improving the performance of climate adaptation programs. This course introduces participants to the fundamentals of climate change adaptation and integrates them with core M&E principles, tools, and practices. Participants will learn how to design results-based frameworks, develop measurable indicators, manage and analyze data, and apply M&E plans tailored to climate-focused initiatives. With a strong focus on gender inclusion and impact evaluation, the training empowers professionals to assess program effectiveness, strengthen decision-making, and communicate results clearly to stakeholders. Whether you’re new to M&E or seeking to enhance your climate adaptation efforts, this training offers the tools to implement sustainable, evidence-based strategies.

The program is offered both online and in-person and includes a certificate of completion.

Program Objectives

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• Understand M&E principles tailored for climate change adaptation.
• Design climate change adaptation projects using a logical framework analysis approach.
• Define and select appropriate climate change adaptation indicators.
• Track performance indicators over the life of the project.
• Evaluate climate change adaptation programs against set objectives and targets.
• Understand the role of gender in M&E for climate change adaptation.
• Conduct impact evaluations for climate change adaptation programs.

Target Audience Monitoring Evaluation Climate Training

This program is designed for:

Decision-makers responsible for M&E in climate change adaptation programs at the project, program, or organizational level.

Researchers

Project Staff

Development Practitioners

Managers

Training Period

Classroom: 5 Days

Online: 7 Days

Course Outline for Monitoring Evaluation Climate Training

Module 1: Overview of Climate Change Adaptation Programs

• Introduction to the concept of climate change adaptation.
• Sustainable climate change adaptation programs and their life cycle.

Module 2: Introduction to M&E

• Definition and importance of M&E in climate change adaptation projects.
• Key principles and concepts in M&E throughout the project lifecycle

Module 3: M&E Frameworks in Climate Change Adaptation  Programs

• Conceptual and Results Frameworks.
• Logical Framework Analysis (LFA) for designing climate change adaptation projects.

Module 4: Climate Change Adaptation Indicators

• Selection of indicators and defining their metrics.
• Linking indicators to results and tracking performance.
• Identifying sector-wide and thematic indicators specific to climate change adaptation.

Module 5: M&E Plans in Climate Change Adaptation Programs

• Importance of an M&E Plan.
• Documenting M&E System in the M&E Plan.
• Components of M&E Plan.
• Using M&E Plan to implement monitoring and evaluation in a Project.

Module 6: Data Management for M&E in Climate Change Adaptation  Programs

• Data sources: information systems, surveys, and participatory assessments.
• Methods for collecting and analyzing data in climate change adaptation programs.

Module 7: Gender Perspective in M&E for Climate Change  Adaptation Programs

• Importance of gender in M&E.
• Integrating gender into program logic.
• Setting gender-sensitive indicators.
• Collecting gender-disaggregated data.
• Analyzing M&E data from a gender perspective.
• Appraisal of projects from a gender perspective.
• Issues with integrating gender into M&E.

Module 8: Performance Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation  Programs

• Determining evaluation points from the results framework.
• Components of evaluations: implementation and process evaluations.
• Evaluation designs-experimental, quasi-experimental, and non-experimental.
• Performance evaluation process.
• Evaluation findings sharing and dissemination.

Module 9: Impact Evaluation in Climate Change Adaptation  Programs

• Why impact evaluation is important.
• Project attribution.
• Counterfactual in IE.
• IE Methods; Difference in Difference & Propensity score matching.

Module 10: M&E Results Use and Dissemination

• Use of M&E results to improve and strengthen climate change  adaptation programs.
• Use of M&E Lessons Learned and Best Practices.
• M&E reporting format.
• M&E results in communication strategies.

Delivery Method

The program is delivered through a mix of practical activities, theory, group work, and case studies. Participants will also receive training manuals and additional reference materials.

CERTIFICATION

Upon successful completion of the training, participants will be awarded a certificate of course completion

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