Why everyone should learn to love MEL
This October, PASS-CR’s Climate Change and MEL Lead, Dr Daniela Medina Hidalgo delivered the monthly Skills Session for members of the Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research.
Her talk focused on the evolution of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) frameworks in the research and development space, including the important, emerging focus on Learning (MEL).
Drawing on her experience as a climate change researcher, Dr Medina highlighted benefits of evolving MEL techniques, and three reasons it’s worth falling in love with Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning:
⭐️ Career opportunities and demand from development agencies
⭐️ To become a better researcher, and
⭐️ To improve planning and project management.
Dr Medina explained useful tools and approaches that can be applied in the development and implementation of MEL frameworks, and gave practical examples about how they can be used across a wide range of projects. Click below to view the presentation slides.
The ACPIR Skills Session series is a monthly offering available to ACPIR members.
For details, visit: www.usc.edu.au/research/australian-centre-for-pacific-islands-research.
View the Presentation PowerPoint
About the Presenter
Dr Daniela Medina Hidalgo is an ACPIR research fellow and the Climate Change and MEL Lead for the PASS-CR Program. She has more than 10 years experience focused on international agricultural development projects in Latin America, Africa, the Pacific and Caribbean regions.
Prior to beginning her PhD, Dr Medina spent six years working as a Climate Change and Agriculture Specialist for the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture. Her work allowed her to engage with policymakers and governments to develop, implement and evaluate climate change strategies for the agricultural sector in the Americas and the Caribbean regions, and to support capacity building, knowledge and information management strategies.