Training on monitoring and evaluation.

In rural northeast parts of Cambodia, support for isolated communities whose incomes depend on natural resources such as forests is limited. However, it is crucial to support the sustainable development of these communities to ensure the preservation of Cambodia’s important biodiversity.

The Development and Partnership in Action (DPA) works to empower and support impoverished and vulnerable individuals, enhance community resilience, foster engagement and collaboration with relevant stakeholders, and advocate for an enabling environment for sustainable development. For instance, DPA assists local communities in the management of natural resources. Through one of its projects, it provides seedlings, small trees, and technical support to help communities restore deforested areas.

However, since each of the NGO’s project uses different monitoring & evaluation (M&E) tools, it becomes challenging to obtain a comprehensive overview of all the NGO’s activities and efficiently produce reports for donors.

DPA’s management team aims to develop their own monitoring and evaluation framework and standardize their tools for both data collection and analysis, as well as report production.

To initiate this process, an assessment of the current situation and existing tools is necessary in order to establish a new framework. While DPA’s team consists of qualified members (program manager and program coordinators) in monitoring and evaluation, they lack the experience to undertake this step independently and have been unable to find any locally available training. Therefore, the team requires assistance in developing new tools and utilizing them on a daily basis.

The volunteer intervention should encompass the following topics:

-Assessing the current situation and tools utilized by DPA.

-Assisting DPA in developing a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework by identifying the most effective tools to be implemented.

Training DPA and providing support to the team in implementing and utilizing the new framework.

Following the initial mission, there will be two subsequent missions that will focus on implementing the new framework. These missions will primarily involve the development of new tools and training the team on their use.

Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia, is a bustling urban environment. It offers a wide range of options, including local and Western restaurants as well as supermarkets. During your days off, there are numerous sites to visit, such as the Royal Palace, National Museum, Sunset River Cruise on the Mekong, Wat Phnom Temple, Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, Central Market, Russian Market, and more.

Time schedule : 8.00 am to 12.am or 2 pm to 5.30 pm depending on the team availability.

The beneficiaries of the training will be 13 members of DPA’s team: Provincial Project Managers (PPM), Assistants to PPM, Programme Coordinator, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer and Programme Manager.

To design the training, the volunteer will work closely with the Programme Coordinator, the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer and the Programme Manager.

They all have already some notions in M&E since they collect data from the field and use tools.

The English level of the participants is good.

The volunteer will be welcomed at Phnom Penh Airport by a member of DPA’s team. Volunteer has to arrive before 6.00 p.m.

Phnom Penh airport.

The volunteer will be staying at a hotel near DPA’s office in Phnom Penh (individual private room, with key-lock, private bathroom) ; Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be taken in hotel or restaurants nearby.

Volunteer should bring a laptop.