From Reporting to Learning: Making the Case for Mutual Accountability
For years, reporting has been the default language of accountability in the nonprofit sector. We track activities, submit indicators and fill in...Read More
Collecting Useable Data: Turning Measurement into Learning
Across the development and humanitarian sector, data often described as “the backbone of accountability” plays a extremely vital role. We use it...Read More
Community-Led Development: The Heart of Localization
As the global development and humanitarian sectors continue to reflect on equity, power, and sustainability, localization has become a central theme. It’s...Read More
Upcoming Event: Unleash the Power of ChatGPT with Salanga & CanWaCH
Join Salanga and the Canadian Partnership for Women and Children's Health (CanWaCH) for “ChatGPT Unleashed: Ignite Your Monitoring and Evaluation Journey with AI,” a virtual three-part interactive training series designed for AI beginners!
Event Summary: Pathways to Localization
Community-Led Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (CoLMEAL) is an approach to MEAL that capacitates diverse key community members/change agents, including the marginalized and vulnerable, to continually monitor, analyze, share, and reflect on progress against their community development plans based on outcomes and indicators/metrics they define to take action to achieve their goals/vision.
Q&A Adapting CoLMEAL to Context
Community-Led Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (CoLMEAL) is an approach to MEAL that capacitates diverse key community members/change agents, including the marginalized and vulnerable, to continually monitor, analyze, share, and reflect on progress against their community development plans based on outcomes and indicators/metrics they define to take action to achieve their goals/vision.
Is your organization ready for CoLMEAL?
Community-Led Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (CoLMEAL) is an approach to MEAL that capacitates diverse key community members/change agents, including the marginalized and vulnerable, to continually monitor, analyze, share, and reflect on progress against their community development plans based on outcomes and indicators/metrics they define to take action to achieve their goals/vision.
CoLMEAL: Getting your organization and colleagues on board
Community-Led Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (CoLMEAL) is an approach to MEAL that capacitates diverse key community members/change agents, including the marginalized and vulnerable, to continually monitor, analyze, share, and reflect on progress against their community development plans based on outcomes and indicators/metrics they define to take action to achieve their goals/vision.
Implementing CoLMEAL: Key Benefits & Considerations
Community-led Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (CoLMEAL) can offer wonderful opportunities for capacity-building, improved engagement and participation, among other major benefits, but the approach also comes with some important considerations and limitations.
CoLMEAL: Why it helps development
Community-Led Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (CoLMEAL) is an approach to MEAL that capacitates diverse key community members/change agents, including the marginalized and vulnerable, to continually monitor, analyze, share, and reflect on progress against their community development plans based on outcomes and indicators/metrics they define to take action to achieve their goals/vision.