Social Protection

c) Why do M&E?

• They are 4 main motivation to have a rigorous M&E system in every social protection programme:
• Strategic objectives: is the programme achieving its goals, in terms of intended positive impacts?
• Operational Objectives: How can the programme design, implementation and delivery be improved?
• Learning Objectives : What lessons can be learned for future programmes, or for programmes elsewhere?
• Political Objectives: To moblise political will to sustain and expand the social protection programme.

d) M&E is a continuous process

• Pre-project :
• -Needs Assessment: problem identification,needs and type of beneficiaries
• -Baseline Survey :household demographic structure,livelihoods,income and assets,access to services (education,health,etc.
• -Project evolution : Project conceptualisation and design, targeting and registration process,project management , staffing and partneships.

Project Period

• On site Monitoring: E.g.Distance and travelling to distribution point, waiting time and efficiency of distribution, Security at distribution point and returning home.
• Post transfer: Beneficiary Survey (food consumption , nutrition) and Control group survey(food consumption, nutrition).
• Special Studies: Market monitoring, informal social protection mechanisms and child labor survey.

Post –Project

• Impact Assessment
• Project level: Key informant interviews
• Community level: Focus group discussions
• Household level: Case studies of beneficiaries (and excluded households).
• Final evaluation:
• Sustainabilty of impacts at various levels:
• Individual
• Household
• Community
• Government/Agency

Priorities of Social Protection in Gicumbi District.

• Monitoring and evaluation of microprojects supported by District/ MINALOC&FARG
• Monitoring and evaluation of Ubudehe projects supported by District &LODA(Local Development Agency,former RLDSF).
• Ensuring sustainability of those projects
• Follow up of Girinka Program (Targeting and Sustainability)
• Elders Genocide Survivors (Incike) Support.
• Rehabilitation of Shelters
• Social Economic of Marginalised Peaple.
• Reintegration of Rwandans retunees from Tanzania
• Regurarly monitoring report.
• Update report of projects financed.
• Statistical of beneficiaries( elders, Persons with disability ,marginalised Peaple etc)
• Innovations (Kubyara muri Batisimu) and best practices