THE IMPORTANCE OF MONITORING & EVALUATION
Project executors (i.e., a company Community Relations Team, a company/NGO partnership, or a company foundation), M&E can improve management. By monitoring progress against defined goals, a project manager can assess what is working and what is not, and from there can determine what changes should be made to a project. This in turn makes it possible to improve the way things are being done in the project organization.
Companies, whether executing a project or supporting it through partnership or funding, M&E is used to demonstrate progress to internal management and to external stakeholders.
Community members and NGOs, M&E gives an opportunity to influence the design and execution of community development projects, by providing feedback on whether programs are achieving aims in line with community needs and desires. M&E becomes a powerful accountability mechanism.