Our Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Services help our clients in measuring program effects, ensure evidence-based programming and deliver measurable results. We help our clients to measure their progress towards their prior set goals and we provide with insightful contextual analysis for informed decision making. We provide credible, insightful and actionable data to inform decision makers on program performance and to design context-appropriate programs.

Monitoring & Evaluation Systems

We design, develop and implement coherent Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning systems (approaches, procedures, structures, frameworks) that measures program-wide performance and achievements towards outcomes. Performance measurement, reporting, database development and management, and developing M&E frameworks and performance monitoring plans, among other, are among what we do.

Third-Party Monitoring

IDS offers independent and objective verification and appraisal services to our clients where access is challenging and impartial assessment is required. We employ cutting edge skills and approaches to access hard to reach areas and verify program achievements. Our services include providing monitoring and verification services to development programs, documenting program success & lessons, conducting learning events among others.

Media Monitoring

We offer media monitoring services to help our clients ensure the proper airing of their media outputs and to provide with them media and marketing intelligence services.

Performance Evaluations

At IDS, we use robust and efficient methods and tools to conduct process, outcome, impact, and economic evaluations to assess whether a development program or policy altered outcomes from what otherwise might have prevailed.

We design and conduct evaluations in every stage of the program cycle, including but not limited to baseline, mid-term and final evaluations. We employ technical methods which includes quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods to assess the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, impact and sustainability. We produce rigorous and reliable finings to help our clients make informed decision and improve their programming to address development challenges.

We adhere to international standards of excellence for useful, practical, ethical, and accurate evaluations. Key evaluations includes: Baselines, Midterm and End-line Evaluations.