Monitoring and Evaluation Regional Project for the EC/UNFPA Reproductive Health Initiative in Asia 1999-2002

Principal investigator

Ronald Horstman (NIDI)

Collaboration

NIDI and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Funding

European Union under the EC/UNFPA Reproductive Health Initiative in Asia

Period

1999-2002

Description of the research

The comprehensive project assessed Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) systems and mechanisms of 40 projects that were implemented by 60 NGOs in 7 Asian Countries (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Nepal). The NGO’s were backstopped by 20 International NGO’s including IPPF, MSI and KIT. The M&E project was furthermore responsible for general monitoring and evaluation principles and guidelines, for technical assistance in the implementation at project level, and for the overall programme monitoring and evaluation. The added value of the endeavour included the development of monitoring and evaluation indicators, the use the logical framework approach and the specific attention in the preparation for the 2nd phase for result-based evaluation, which focuses on output, outcomes and impact, rather than on inputs and processes. The principles and recommendations that were based on this project are widely recognised and appreciated.

Presentations

• Horstman, R.G. (2000), EC/UNFPA Reproductive Health Initiative for Asia: challenges for monitoring and evaluation. Paper presented at the Conference on Population Studies in Britain and the Netherlands, British Society for Population Studies and the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Demografie, Utrecht, 31 August – 1 September 2000.

Publications

• Horstman, R.G., with J. Cleland, M. Douthwaite, M. Ambegaokar, and S. Salway (2002), Monitoring and evaluation of sexual and reproductive health interventions: A manual for the EC/UNFPA Initiative for Reproductive Health in Asia (199 p). Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, The Hague.
• Mayhew, S.H., M.A. Ambegaokar, M. Douthwaite, R.G. Horstman, A.A. Venema (2002), Donor support to the NGO sector: An analysis of the EC/UNFPA Initiative for Reproductive Health in Asia (130p). Centre for Population Studies/London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London.
• Venema, A.A., R.G. Horstman and M. Douthwaite (2002), Practical tips for the preparation of the RHIYA M&E System. EC/UNFPA Reproductive Health Initiative for Youth in Asia (53p). Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, The Hague.
• V enema, A.A , R.G. Horstman, M.D. Douthwaite, J. Cleland and L. de Bruijn (2002), EC/UNFPA Initiative for Reproductive Health in Asia; Monitoring Report 2000: Results of routine and non-routine data collection. Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, The Hague/ London.
• Douthwaite, M. and R.G. Horstman (2001), Focus on monitoring and evaluation, challenges and lessons learned. EC/UNFPA Initiative for Reproductive Health in Asia. Fact Sheet Series 11.  Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung. Hannover.