Ghana: Outcome mapping training

Date: 1st – 3rd December, 2015

Venue: PALOMA ACCRA

The Institute for Development Practice and Management (IDPM) of PDA Ghana announces a 3-day workshop to introduce the basic principles of Outcome Mapping, and how they can be applied to the planning, monitoring and evaluation of development projects and programmes.

Development professionals around the world are using Outcome Mapping because it helps them address questions such as: • How do we move beyond attribution to document contribution to social change? • How can we systematically and realistically capture the richness of what is occurring in our projects? • How do we get our partners and other important stakeholders involved in monitoring our projects? • How do we integrate M&E into the project from the planning stage? • How do we decide what to monitor and evaluate? • How can we notice, explain and respond to unexpected results?

Course outline: In the course, participants will learn how Outcome Mapping can help: • Plan and measure social change in development projects and corporate initiatives; • Bring stakeholders into the planning, monitoring & evaluation processes; • Foster social and organizational learning; • Strengthen partnerships and alliances; • Understand and influence more effectively, human and ecological well-being.

Intended Participants: The course is designed for programme managers, desk officers and field staff from CSO’s NGOs, funding agencies and national and international development organisations looking for effective ways to address the dynamics of change in the complex environments in which they work. For more information about Outcome Mapping visit the OM Learning Community (http://www.outcomemapping.ca/)

Certificate: On completion of the course, all participants will be issued with a certificate.

Fees and registration: To register for training, please send a completed electronic application form (downloadable here) by email to, Michael Boadi, mboadi@pdaghana.com by 10th November, 2015. Confirmation of your place will be made by 25th November 2015.

To maximize participation and instructional quality, we limit the number of participants to 25 per workshop. To avoid disappointment please register early. On completion of the course participants will be issued with a certificate.

Course fee: GHS 2,000.00 or USD 800. The cedi equivalent may vary depending on the exchange rate on the day of payment.

This includes workshop registration, training materials, lunch and snacks. This does not include accommodation; however we are happy to suggest suitable accommodation for participants. Please contact us directly for more information.

Course trainers:

Steff Deprez

Steff Deprez works as a freelance consultant specialised in programme design, monitoring and evaluation. His Outcome Mapping experience started in 2004 with the design and monitoring of an Environmental Education Programme in Zimbabwe. Between 2006 and 2010, he worked as Programme Advisor for VECO in Indonesia. During this time, he facilitated the development of an OM-based framework for VECOs value chain programmes and a learning-oriented monitoring system - Planning, Learning and Accountability system applied in 12 countries. As part of his freelance consulting, he provides in-house & public OM trainings, facilitates workshops on the M&E process of OM and is advises organisations in developing OM-based project monitoring and evaluation systems. In 2010, he coordinated the compilation of a contextualised Indonesian Outcome Mapping manual. Steff is a steward of the Outcome Mapping Learning Community and is currently working on an online Outcome Mapping Practitioners' Guide. He works as a freelance consultant and as a part-time PLA Coordinator at VECOs head office in Belgium. Steff has a keen interest in contextualising OM to fit specific programme needs and setting up relevant, useful and pragmatic monitoring and learning practices.

Glowen Kyei-Mensah

Glowen is the Managing Director of Participatory Development Associates (PDA) Ltd. She has more than 10 years’ experience working with development organisations. This includes technical expertise and experience in programme management, planning, policy advocacy, designing, implementation, monitoring and evaluating. She has worked extensively with Civil Society and Government on issues of citizen voice and participation. Over the last 4 years, she has been actively applying Outcome Mapping in her work with 14 partner organizations across Ghana. Other experiences include the use of rights based approaches and participatory methodologies, policy advocacy, sustainable livelihoods, participatory monitoring and evaluation, training and facilitation.

Michael Boadi

Michael Boadi is the Manager of IDPM and has been a development worker since 1993. Before his appointment as the manager of IDPM he worked as an advocacy officer and a Technical Advisor of the Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health. He was also the Project Coordinator of Public Agenda. He has managed and coordinated projects and programmes in development communication, advocacy, project management and monitoring and evaluation. He is an experienced facilitator and a member of the Outcome Mapping Community.

For further information about the course please contact: Michael Boadi Institute for Development Practice and Management (IDPM) No.30 Oroko Avenue (Near Accra Central View Hotel and ATTC), Kokomemle, Accra, Ghana Tel: +233 (0) 244286836 & +233 0289 554360 / Email

. Fees and registration: To register for training, please send a completed electronic application form (downloadable here) by email to, Michael Boadi, mboadi@pdaghana.com by 10th November, 2015. Confirmation of your place will be made by 25th November 2015.

To maximize participation and instructional quality, we limit the number of participants to 25 per workshop. To avoid disappointment please register early. On completion of the course participants will be issued with a certificate.