This document outlines the monitoring and evaluation strategy for a partnership between IFAD and IFPRI to develop policies on climate change mitigation and market access. It describes the overall objective to develop a comprehensive M&E strategy and defines M&E as a tool to regularly assess project implementation, operation, and progress toward targets. The stages of M&E are identified as consultation, development, and feedback. Specific outcomes and indicators will be established and benchmarked, with a mid-term review to assess progress relative to targets. Detailed feedback will ensure corrective actions and lessons learned are identified.

1. ©
IFAD & IFPRI
Monitoring and Evaluation
Strategic Partnership to
Develop Innovative Policies on Climate
Change Mitigation and Market Access

2. Overall Objective
 Develop of a comprehensive strategy to:
 monitor the performance,
 assess the effectiveness and
 evaluate the outcomes and results of the
Strategic Partnership between IFAD & IFPRI

3. Monitoring and Evaluation
• A tool that provides regular information on:
• How a project is being implemented
• How a project is operating in the field
• How a project is progressing relative to targets
• Rationale for Monitoring and evaluation:
• Provides basis for corrective action
• Holds implementers accountable for delivery of inputs
• Provides assessment of continued relevance
• Provides critical information for decision-making

4. Description of the stages for Monitoring
and Evaluation
Stage 1: Stage 2: Stage 3:
Consultation Development Feedback
Identify outcomes: by Theme:
• Progress relative
Identification: • Promoting access to high-
• Indicators
• Countries to targets
value commodity markets
• Methods
• Project • Needed
•Climate change mitigation
Define benchmark market access activities
selection corrective
•Program Support Functions
• Activities actions
to
• Information • Lessons learned
by level of Aggregation:
needs • Individual projects
• Monitor performance
• Theme
• Evaluate Effectiveness
• IFAD
Target groups: Rural poor
Rural producers’ organizations,
National policymakers and their advisors

5. Monitoring and Evaluation
 Project monitoring will be based upon a results-
based logical framework
 Progress reports will be prepared for each of the
semi-annual meetings
 Regular consultations will take place with the Joint
Steering Committee (JSC) to solicit suggestions
and advice in the course of implementation

6. Next Steps: Monitoring and Evaluation
1. Specific outcomes and measurable indicators will
be established from the updated log framework
The current logical framework will updated after:
 Activity 1. Planning Workshop, IFPRI and IFAD to
select focus countries;
 Activity 2. Selection and engagement of existing
IFAD funded projects and potential new projects

7. Next Steps: Monitoring and Evaluation
2. A benchmarking exercise will be undertaken in
relation to the three research themes for those
indicators
3. A joint mid-term review of the progress of
activities and progress relative to targets
(outcomes) will be conducted at the end of the
second year by measuring the pre-establish
indicators

8. Next Steps: Monitoring and Evaluation
4. Detail feed back will be given on:
• How the partnership is being implemented
• How the partnership is operating in the field
• How the partnership is progressing relative to targets
• What are the needed corrective actions
• What are lessons learned (positive and negative)
• What are the major results that should be mainstream
through IFAD