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Monitoring, Evaluation Accountability and Learning (MEAL)

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Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) section provides broad picture of IRM’s direction and check the “bottom-line” of its development work. It not only guarantees excellence but also meets competitive demands in response to local and international funding opportunities and assesses quality of all training programmes against set targets. Internal evaluation is also an integral part of PMER, a management tool for self correction and for commitment to quality. MEAL section also conducts studies and baseline surveys for other Humanitarian groups.

The Section was established at IRM in Jan 2010 with the following objectives:

• To ensure that projects undertaken by the IRM are mission-driven, outcome-focused, effective and efficient;
• To provide better means for learning from past experience, improving delivery, planning and demonstrating results as part of accountability to key stakeholders.
 
Monitoring is a joint responsibility of all sections where PMER plays the leading role.  Monitoring in IRM predominantly is directed at three key questions:
• The  extent  to  which  a  programme  is  reaching  the appropriate  target  population;
• Whether  or  not  the  delivery  is consistent with the programme design specifications;
• What resources are being or have been expended in the conduction of the programme.
 

Evaluation includes a systematic analysis of the impact of the service delivery with regard to targeted population and outcomes to determine if the goals of a programme are realized. In IRM, Evaluations are being done both externally and internally. Monthly Progress Report (MPR), Quarterly Progress Report (QPR), Annual Progress Reports (APR), Donor visits and MIS (for projects record tracking and financial management) serve as reliable tool for monitoring and evaluation.

Accountability segment of MEAL deals with articulation of the process through which, programme goals and objectives, critical   success   factors, steps and sequences, (necessary for achieving targeted goals) desired   outcomes   and   performance are measures and identified to ensure accountability of the interventions made.

Learning primarily deals in identifying new areas of interventions or bringing improvement in the existing procedures leading to effectiveness of the programme activities based on the lessons learned.

Contact: aasim@irm.edu.pk