{"id":4966,"date":"2023-10-20T08:37:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T05:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matsh.co\/en\/?post_type=course&#038;p=4966"},"modified":"2026-05-19T22:35:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:35:56","slug":"youth-program-planning-monitoring-and-evaluation","status":"publish","type":"course","link":"https:\/\/matsh.co\/en\/course\/youth-program-planning-monitoring-and-evaluation\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Program Planning Monitoring and Evaluation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ch-hook\">\n  <h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(1.15rem,2.5vw,1.5rem);font-weight:800;color:var(--navy);line-height:1.25;margin:0 0 14px\">Good Intentions Don't Produce Measurable Impact. A Well-Built Programme Does.<\/h2>\n  <p class=\"ch-lead\">Most youth development programmes are built on good intentions. Too few are built on a clear theory of what change they are trying to produce, how they will know if it is happening, and what they will do when it is not. The result is programmes that run for years without evidence of impact, or lose funding because they cannot demonstrate the impact they are having.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"ch-stats\">\n    <div class=\"ch-stat\"><strong>70%<\/strong><span>of youth programmes cannot demonstrate measurable outcomes to their funders<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"ch-stat\"><strong>1 in 3<\/strong><span>youth organisations report M&amp;E as their single biggest capacity gap<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"ch-stat\"><strong>300+<\/strong><span>youth development professionals trained by Matsh across the Gulf, Africa and Asia<\/span><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"yp-pain\">\n  <p style=\"font-weight:700;font-size:1.05rem;margin:0;color:var(--navy)\">Do any of these sound familiar?<\/p>\n  <ul>\n    <li>Your funder is asking for outcome data and you are reporting activities, number of workshops, number of participants, not change<\/li>\n    <li>You have a logframe but nobody on the team actually uses it to make decisions<\/li>\n    <li>Your monitoring system exists on paper but the data never makes it into any report<\/li>\n    <li>You are collecting data from young people but nobody has analysed it or acted on it<\/li>\n    <li>You designed the programme based on what you thought young people needed, not what an actual needs assessment revealed<\/li>\n    <li>You are about to write an evaluation report and you do not have the data to answer the questions it needs to answer<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n  <p style=\"margin:16px 0 0;font-weight:700;color:var(--youth);font-size:.97rem\">These are design and system problems, and they have practical solutions. This course provides them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"yp-ctx\">\n  <h3 style=\"font-size:1.1rem;font-weight:800;color:var(--navy);margin:0 0 14px\">Why This Course Is Built for the Gulf, Africa and Asia<\/h3>\n  <p style=\"color:var(--text);font-size:.92rem;line-height:1.75;margin:0 0 20px\">Generic M&amp;E training is designed for Western NGO contexts. Youth development practitioners across the Gulf, Africa and Asia operate in fundamentally different environments that require different approaches.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"yp-ctx-grid\">\n    <div class=\"yp-ctx-card\"><h4>\ud83c\udf0d GCC Funder Landscape<\/h4><p>Gulf-based foundations, government youth bodies, and international donors active in the region, USAID, FCDO, EU, Mohammed Bin Rashid Foundation, each have specific M&amp;E requirements. This course covers all of them.<\/p><\/div>\n    <div class=\"yp-ctx-card\"><h4>\ud83c\udf31 African Context<\/h4><p>Collecting data from young people in Lagos, Nairobi, or Accra requires different tools, ethical frameworks, and community engagement approaches than data collection in a European programme setting. We address this directly.<\/p><\/div>\n    <div class=\"yp-ctx-card\"><h4>\ud83d\udcca Hard-to-Measure Outcomes<\/h4><p>Youth development produces attitude change, skill development, and behavioural shifts, outcomes that resist simple counting. This course builds the qualitative and mixed-methods literacy to capture what actually matters.<\/p><\/div>\n    <div class=\"yp-ctx-card\"><h4>\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f Government Accountability<\/h4><p>Youth practitioners in the Gulf increasingly work within Vision 2030 and national youth strategy frameworks that require alignment between programme outcomes and national indicators. We cover this alignment.<\/p><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"yp-sh\">Who Should Attend<\/h2>\n<div class=\"yp-cards\">\n  <div class=\"yp-card\"><div style=\"font-size:1.8rem\">\ud83d\udccb<\/div><h4>Programme Managers<\/h4><p>Youth programme managers who need to build M&amp;E systems that actually work and produce data funders trust.<\/p><\/div>\n  <div class=\"yp-card\"><div style=\"font-size:1.8rem\">\ud83d\udcca<\/div><h4>M&amp;E Officers<\/h4><p>Monitoring and evaluation officers in youth organisations who want to deepen their practice beyond log frames and indicator lists.<\/p><\/div>\n  <div class=\"yp-card\"><div style=\"font-size:1.8rem\">\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f<\/div><h4>Government Ministry Staff<\/h4><p>Staff in youth affairs, social development and education ministries responsible for programme accountability and national reporting.<\/p><\/div>\n  <div class=\"yp-card\"><div style=\"font-size:1.8rem\">\ud83c\udf0d<\/div><h4>UN and INGO Programme Officers<\/h4><p>Officers managing youth portfolios in UN agencies, bilateral donors, and international organisations who need stronger M&amp;E foundations.<\/p><\/div>\n  <div class=\"yp-card\"><div style=\"font-size:1.8rem\">\ud83d\udd0d<\/div><h4>Consultants and Advisors<\/h4><p>Independent consultants who design or evaluate youth development interventions and want a more rigorous methodological base.<\/p><\/div>\n  <div class=\"yp-card\"><div style=\"font-size:1.8rem\">\ud83c\udfaf<\/div><h4>Youth Centre Managers<\/h4><p>Managers moving from operational delivery into programme leadership who need to build accountability systems for the first time.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"yp-gains\">\n  <h2 style=\"font-size:1.45rem;font-weight:800;color:var(--navy);margin:0 0 6px\">What You Will Leave With<\/h2>\n  <p style=\"color:var(--text);margin:0 0 24px;font-size:.95rem\">Practical tools you can apply to your programme within two weeks of returning to work.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"yp-gain-grid\">\n    <div class=\"yp-gain\"><span class=\"yp-check\">\u2713<\/span><span><strong>Theory of change template<\/strong> applied to your actual programme, not a generic example<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"yp-gain\"><span class=\"yp-check\">\u2713<\/span><span><strong>Logframe or results framework<\/strong> built or rebuilt around outcomes, not activities<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"yp-gain\"><span class=\"yp-check\">\u2713<\/span><span><strong>Indicator selection guide<\/strong> for measuring attitude change, skill development, and behavioural outcomes<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"yp-gain\"><span class=\"yp-check\">\u2713<\/span><span><strong>Monitoring plan<\/strong> with data collection tools your team will actually use in the field<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"yp-gain\"><span class=\"yp-check\">\u2713<\/span><span><strong>Ethical data collection framework<\/strong> for working with young people across GCC, African and Asian cultural contexts<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"yp-gain\"><span class=\"yp-check\">\u2713<\/span><span><strong>Evaluation report structure<\/strong> that answers the questions funders ask and communities deserve<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"yp-gain\"><span class=\"yp-check\">\u2713<\/span><span><strong>Adaptive management protocol<\/strong> for using M&amp;E findings to improve programmes in real time<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"yp-gain\"><span class=\"yp-check\">\u2713<\/span><span><strong>Funder alignment guide<\/strong> mapping your framework to USAID, FCDO, EU and Gulf foundation requirements<\/span><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"yp-stat\">\n  <h3 style=\"font-size:1.3rem;font-weight:800;margin:0 0 6px\">What Participants Report<\/h3>\n  <p style=\"opacity:.85;margin:0 0 20px;font-size:.92rem\">From follow-up surveys with participants three months after the programme<\/p>\n  <div class=\"yp-stat-row\">\n    <div class=\"yp-stat-item\"><strong>94%<\/strong><span>built or improved a functional<br>M&amp;E system within 3 months<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"yp-stat-item\"><strong>87%<\/strong><span>reported stronger funder confidence<br>in their programme reporting<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"yp-stat-item\"><strong>300+<\/strong><span>youth professionals trained across<br>Gulf, Africa and Asia<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"yp-stat-item\"><strong>12+<\/strong><span>countries represented across<br>all programme cohorts<\/span><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"yp-quote\">\n    \"We had a logframe that had not been touched since the proposal was submitted. After this course we rebuilt it from scratch, created actual monitoring tools and ran our first real mid-term review. The funder came back for a second grant, something that had never happened before.\" <br><em style=\"opacity:.7;font-size:.82rem\">Programme Manager, youth NGO, Amman cohort<\/em>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"yp-sh\">Programme Outline<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"yp-day\">\n  <div class=\"yp-day-head\"><div class=\"yp-day-num\">1<\/div><strong>Programme Design and Theory of Change<\/strong><\/div>\n  <div class=\"yp-day-body\">\n    <p><strong>Why this module matters:<\/strong> Every M&amp;E failure begins at the design stage. If you cannot articulate clearly what change your programme produces and how, you cannot measure it. Module 1 builds the design foundation that everything else rests on, and reveals, for most participants, significant gaps in how their programmes are currently conceived.<\/p>\n    <ul>\n      <li>What a theory of change actually is, and why most are unusable in practice<\/li>\n      <li>Building a testable theory of change: assumptions, pathways, intermediate outcomes<\/li>\n      <li>Common design failures in Gulf, African and Asian youth programmes<\/li>\n      <li>Results-based management: principles and application<\/li>\n      <li>Workshop: participants map the theory of change for their own programme and identify gaps<\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"yp-day\">\n  <div class=\"yp-day-head\"><div class=\"yp-day-num\">2<\/div><strong>Logical Frameworks, Results Frameworks and Funder Alignment<\/strong><\/div>\n  <div class=\"yp-day-body\">\n    <p><strong>Why this module matters:<\/strong> The logframe is the single most common M&amp;E tool in international development, and the single most commonly misused one. Module 2 rebuilds your understanding of it from first principles and then maps it to the specific requirements of the funders most active in the Gulf, Africa and Asia.<\/p>\n    <ul>\n      <li>Inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes and impact: what each level means and how to populate it honestly<\/li>\n      <li>Results frameworks as an alternative or complement to logframes<\/li>\n      <li>Aligning your framework to USAID, FCDO, EU and Gulf foundation reporting requirements<\/li>\n      <li>Common logframe mistakes: over-ambitious impact claims, output-level outcome indicators, unverifiable assumptions<\/li>\n      <li>Workshop: participants build or rebuild the logframe for their own programme<\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"yp-day\">\n  <div class=\"yp-day-head\"><div class=\"yp-day-num\">3<\/div><strong>Indicator Selection, Monitoring Systems and Data Collection<\/strong><\/div>\n  <div class=\"yp-day-body\">\n    <p><strong>Why this module matters:<\/strong> Indicator selection is where M&amp;E most commonly goes wrong. Programmes choose what is easy to count rather than what matters, producing data that is accurate but useless. Module 3 builds indicator literacy and then designs the monitoring system and data collection tools to make those indicators measurable in practice.<\/p>\n    <ul>\n      <li>What makes a good indicator: SMART criteria and beyond<\/li>\n      <li>Measuring hard-to-measure outcomes: attitude change, skill development, social norms<\/li>\n      <li>Disaggregating data by gender, age, geography and vulnerability<\/li>\n      <li>Building a monitoring plan: what data, from whom, how often, using what tools<\/li>\n      <li>Ethical data collection with young people in Gulf, African and Asian cultural contexts<\/li>\n      <li>Participatory data collection methods: most significant change, focus groups, community scorecards<\/li>\n      <li>Workshop: participants design the monitoring plan and at least two data collection tools for their programme<\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"yp-day\">\n  <div class=\"yp-day-head\"><div class=\"yp-day-num\">4<\/div><strong>Evaluation Design, Analysis and Reporting<\/strong><\/div>\n  <div class=\"yp-day-body\">\n    <p><strong>Why this module matters:<\/strong> Collecting data is not the same as evaluating your programme. Module 4 covers how to design evaluations that actually answer important questions, how to analyse both quantitative and qualitative data without losing what matters, and how to write reports that funders, government partners and communities find credible and useful.<\/p>\n    <ul>\n      <li>Types of evaluation: process, outcome, impact, when to use each<\/li>\n      <li>When to commission external evaluation vs conducting internal evaluation<\/li>\n      <li>Qualitative and mixed-methods approaches for youth outcomes<\/li>\n      <li>Analysing qualitative data without losing nuance<\/li>\n      <li>Writing evaluation reports that get read and acted on<\/li>\n      <li>Communicating results to different audiences: funders, government, communities, young people themselves<\/li>\n      <li>Workshop: participants develop an evaluation design for their programme<\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"yp-day\">\n  <div class=\"yp-day-head\"><div class=\"yp-day-num\">5<\/div><strong>Adaptive Management and Building an M&amp;E Culture<\/strong><\/div>\n  <div class=\"yp-day-body\">\n    <p><strong>Why this module matters:<\/strong> An M&amp;E system that only produces reports is a compliance tool. A good M&amp;E system produces learning that improves the programme in real time. Module 5 covers how to use M&amp;E data to make programme decisions, how to communicate changes to funders transparently, and how to build an organisational culture where M&amp;E is valued rather than resented.<\/p>\n    <ul>\n      <li>Adaptive management: using M&amp;E findings to make programme adjustments in real time<\/li>\n      <li>When to pivot vs when to stay the course<\/li>\n      <li>Documenting programme evolution honestly<\/li>\n      <li>Reporting changes to funders: how to turn course corrections into evidence of learning<\/li>\n      <li>Building M&amp;E capacity in your team: supervision, coaching, creating a learning environment<\/li>\n      <li>Personal M&amp;E action plan: the three specific things each participant will do in the 30 days after this course<\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"yp-org\">\n  <h3 style=\"font-size:1.15rem;font-weight:800;color:var(--navy);margin:0 0 10px\">\ud83d\udccb For L&amp;D Managers and Programme Directors<\/h3>\n  <p style=\"color:var(--navy);font-size:.92rem;line-height:1.75;margin:0 0 6px\">Weak M&amp;E costs organisations far more than the cost of fixing it:<\/p>\n  <div class=\"yp-org-list\">\n    <div class=\"yp-org-item\">Funder retention: organisations with credible M&amp;E systems are significantly more likely to receive repeat grants<\/div>\n    <div class=\"yp-org-item\">Programme quality: teams that use data to make decisions run better programmes than teams that operate on instinct<\/div>\n    <div class=\"yp-org-item\">Staff capability: M&amp;E competence is among the most valued skills in the international development sector<\/div>\n    <div class=\"yp-org-item\">Accountability: young people and communities deserve to know whether programmes are actually working<\/div>\n    <div class=\"yp-org-item\">Reputation: organisations known for rigorous M&amp;E attract stronger partnerships and more competitive funding<\/div>\n    <div class=\"yp-org-item\">Scalability: programmes with strong evidence bases are the ones that get scaled and replicated<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div style=\"margin-top:24px;padding-top:20px;border-top:1px solid var(--border)\">\n    <strong style=\"color:var(--navy)\">In-House for Your Team<\/strong>\n    <p style=\"margin:8px 0 16px;font-size:.9rem;color:var(--navy)\">Most effective when delivered to a programme team together, we can work directly with your existing logframes, indicators and M&amp;E tools to produce a functioning system by the end of the programme. Contact us to discuss.<\/p>\n    <a href=\"\/en\/contact-us\/?type=inhouse&amp;course=Youth+Programme+Planning+ME\" style=\"background:var(--navy);color:#fff;padding:12px 26px;border-radius:8px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:700;font-size:.9rem;display:inline-block\">Request In-House Delivery<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"border:1.5px solid var(--border);border-radius:14px;overflow:hidden;margin-bottom:44px\">\n  <div style=\"background:rgba(27,143,110,.08);padding:18px 24px;border-bottom:1px solid var(--border)\"><strong style=\"color:var(--navy)\">Course At a Glance<\/strong><\/div>\n  <table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:.9rem\">\n    <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid var(--border)\"><td style=\"padding:14px 24px;font-weight:600;color:var(--navy);width:35%\">Locations<\/td><td style=\"padding:14px 24px;color:var(--text)\">Riyadh, Dubai, Amman, Nairobi, Lagos, Doha, Online<\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid var(--border);background:var(--bg)\"><td style=\"padding:14px 24px;font-weight:600;color:var(--navy)\">Methodology<\/td><td style=\"padding:14px 24px;color:var(--text)\">50% applied workshops, participants work on their own programme throughout<\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr style=\"border-bottom:1px solid var(--border)\"><td style=\"padding:14px 24px;font-weight:600;color:var(--navy)\">Investment<\/td><td style=\"padding:14px 24px;color:var(--text)\">Group rates available \u00b7 In-house pricing on request<\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td style=\"padding:14px 24px;font-weight:600;color:var(--navy)\">What's Included<\/td><td style=\"padding:14px 24px;color:var(--text)\">Workbook, logframe template, indicator bank, monitoring plan template, evaluation report structure, certificate<\/td><\/tr>\n  <\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"yp-sh\">Common Questions<\/h2>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:44px\">\n  <div class=\"yp-faq\"><p class=\"yp-faq-q\">Do I need a background in research or statistics?<\/p><p class=\"yp-faq-a\">No. This course is designed for programme practitioners, not researchers. We focus on applying frameworks to real programme situations rather than statistical methodology. If you can read a logframe, you have enough background to benefit fully.<\/p><\/div>\n  <div class=\"yp-faq\"><p class=\"yp-faq-q\">Is this relevant if my programme uses a specific funder's M&amp;E requirements?<\/p><p class=\"yp-faq-a\">Yes. The course covers M&amp;E frameworks used by USAID, FCDO, EU, UNICEF, and Gulf-based foundations. Where funder requirements differ from best practice, we discuss both, and how to satisfy the funder without sacrificing the quality of your learning.<\/p><\/div>\n  <div class=\"yp-faq\"><p class=\"yp-faq-q\">We are a small NGO with no dedicated M&amp;E staff. Is this course too advanced for us?<\/p><p class=\"yp-faq-a\">No, in fact, small organisations with no dedicated M&amp;E capacity are among those who benefit most. The course focuses on building practical, proportionate systems that a small team can actually maintain, not theoretical frameworks that require a dedicated research department.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"yp-sh\">Related Courses<\/h2>\n<div class=\"yp-related\">\n  <a class=\"yp-rel\" href=\"\/en\/course\/monitoring-and-evaluation-course\/\">Monitoring and Evaluation Course<\/a>\n  <a class=\"yp-rel\" href=\"\/en\/course\/youth-development-management-skills\/\">Youth Development Management<\/a>\n  <a class=\"yp-rel\" href=\"\/en\/course\/youth-policy-development\/\">Youth Policy Development<\/a>\n  <a class=\"yp-rel\" href=\"\/en\/course\/project-management-fundamentals-course\/\">Project Management Fundamentals<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"yp-cta\">\n  <h3>Your Programme Is Working. Prove It, and Make It Work Better.<\/h3>\n  <p>Join youth development professionals from across the Gulf, Africa and Asia who have built the M&amp;E systems to demonstrate impact, retain funders, and continuously improve their programmes.<\/p>\n  <div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:14px;justify-content:center\">\n    <a href=\"\/en\/register\/?course=Youth+Programme+Planning+ME\" style=\"background:var(--youth);color:#fff;padding:14px 32px;border-radius:8px;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:1rem\">Register Now<\/a>\n    <a href=\"\/en\/upcoming-courses\/?course=youth-program-planning-monitoring-and-evaluation\" style=\"background:transparent;color:#fff;border:2px solid rgba(255,255,255,.6);padding:14px 32px;border-radius:8px;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:1rem\">View All Dates<\/a>\n    <a href=\"\/en\/contact-us\/?type=inhouse&amp;course=Youth+Programme+Planning+ME\" style=\"background:transparent;color:#fff;border:2px solid 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href=\"https:\/\/matsh.co\/en\/register\/?cn=Youth%20Program%20Planning%20Monitoring%20and%20Evaluation&#038;cid=youth-program-planning-monitoring-and-evaluation&#038;venue=Riyadh&#038;date=01%20Jun%202026&#038;price=2850&#038;currency=USD&#038;duration=5%20Days&#038;sid=8029\" class=\"btn btn-a sm\" style=\"margin-top:8px\">Register \u2192<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div><div class=\"scard\">\n                <div class=\"sdate\"><span class=\"sday\">06<\/span><span class=\"smon\">Jul 2026<\/span><\/div>\n                <div>\n                    <div class=\"si-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matsh.co\/en\/course\/youth-program-planning-monitoring-and-evaluation\/\" style=\"color:var(--navy);text-decoration:none;font-weight:700\">Youth Program Planning Monitoring and Evaluation<\/a><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"si-venue\">\ud83d\udccd Dubai<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"si-badges\"><span class=\"badge bn\">In-person<\/span><\/div>\n               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