Activities & Profiles

Center for Development & Research in Evaluation

Monitoring & Evaluation Research

CeDRE carries out research work on various monitoring and evaluation aspects with the objective of developing and producing new approaches and methods to develop and advance practical and effective monitoring and evaluation practices. Among its major achievements to-date are the internalised self-evaluation approach to evaluation, the Program Logic and Linkages (ProLL™) Model for strategic program planning, the ProLL Integrated Performance Management Framework (IPMF™) for performance monitoring and management, the ProLL Evaluation Planning Tool for planning and designing evaluation, the ProLL M&E Plan (ProMEP™) for planning monitoring, and the ProLL Results Ladder™

Among the various research related activities carried out are the following:

Research in monitoring and evaluation matters to further strengthen and promote monitoring and evaluation practices;
Identifying and develop new concepts and approaches in integrated monitoring and evaluation;
Building on and strengthening existing monitoring and evaluation concepts, techniques, and modalities in terms of theory and practice;
Carrying out joint research on strengthening monitoring and evaluation theory and practices with particular emphases on developing countries and the monitoring and evaluation field in general;
Sharing with the global evaluation community innovations in monitoring and evaluation modalities, approaches, and techniques through research and publications, and regional/international forums and conferences.