Advanced Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Training

The Advanced MERL Training equips development professionals with the skills to design, track, and assess projects effectively. This ensures stronger interventions that drive meaningful progress toward global development goals

Training Modules

Focus Areas

  1. Logical Framework Approach (LFA),
  2. Theory of Change, Results-Based Management (RBM)
  3. Participatory Monitoring & Evaluation (PM&E)
  4. Adaptive M&E

 

Objectives

  1. To understand various M&E frameworks and their application in different contexts.
  2. To enhance knowledge of M&E methodologies for improved program design and implementation.

Focus Areas

  1. – Gender analysis tools
  2. – Intersectionality in MEL
  3. – Evaluation methods
  4. – Addressing power dynamics
  5. – Gender mainstreaming in M&E systems

 

Objectives

  1. – To explore gender-sensitive approaches and tools for MEL.
  2. – To integrate gender equality principles into M&E systems and evaluations.

Focus Areas

  1. Impact evaluation designs and methodologies
    • Randomized Control Trials (RCTs)
    • Quasi-experimental designs
    • Propensity Score Matching
    • Theory-based evaluations
    • Longitudinal studies
  1. Causality and Attribution

 

Objectives

  1. – To deepen understanding of impact evaluation designs and methodologies.
  2. – To explore methods for determining causality and attribution in evaluations.
  3. – To provide advanced skills in assessing the causal impact of interventions.

Focus Areas

  1. – Research methodologies for MEL
  2. – Ethical principles in research and MEL
  3. – Informed consent and confidentiality
  4. – Reporting standards and transparency

Objectives

  1. – To equip participants with the tools to conduct ethical research within MERL.
  2. – To ensure participants can report findings with integrity, clarity, and ethical responsibility.

Focus Areas

  1. – Evaluation commissioning processes
  2. – Managing external evaluators
  3. – Knowledge sharing mechanisms
  4. – Building organizational learning systems
  5. – Adaptive learning frameworks
  6.  – Strategies for responding to MERL-inclined RFPs effectively

Objectives

  1. – To enhance knowledge of commissioning evaluations and managing evaluation teams.
  2. – To promote knowledge management and organizational learning within M&E systems.
  3.  – To build capacity for responding to MERL-inclined RFPs and positioning organizations for successful bids.

Individual

N 350,000
  • Access to Course Materials
  • Access to Live Training Sessions
  • Certificate of Completion

Group/Organization

N 245,000
  • Access to Course Materials
  • Access to Live Training Sessions
  • Certificate of Completion

Individual

USD 250
  • Access to Course Materials
  • Access to Live Training Sessions
  • Certificate of Completion

Group/Organization

USD 175
  • Access to Course Materials
  • Access to Live Training Sessions
  • Certificate of Completion

LEAP MERL Advisory

We offer tailored Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) services aligned with global best practices. Our services empower organizations to make better-informed decisions, improve accountability, and enhance program outcomes—whether it’s demonstrating impact to donors, optimizing resources, or integrating CSR initiatives.

Our offerings include customized training, data collection, evaluations, research studies, and consultations—all designed to meet the unique needs of your organization. We help you overcome challenges like inefficient implementation, lack of data-driven decisions, and poor impact measurement, ensuring you achieve meaningful and sustainable impact.

What We Do

Promote Accountability

Carry Out Evaluations

Conduct Research Activities

Propagate Learning & Knowledge Sharing

Knowledge Management

Trainings for Corporate/Individuals

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Our Offerings

Consultancy Services

  • Do you need assistance designing and choosing the best data collection tools and methodology for your programmes?
  • Looking for impact reporting solutions?
    Struggling with evaluating programme effectiveness?
  • Seeking guidance in monitoring project outcomes?
  • Need expertise in designing evaluation frameworks?


Our team is here to guide and support you every step of the way. We offer a comprehensive range of services to enhance your monitoring and evaluation practices.

M&E Consultancy
M&E Training

MERL Training

  • Do you require support in training your staff for MERL tasks?
  • Are you an individual new to MERL or seeking to enhance your existing skills?

Our training programs cover a wide range of topics, including MERL fundamentals, data collection techniques, impact assessment, and more.

Research Services and Collaboration

  • Do you need support on your research projects?
  • Are you looking for collaboration on research initiatives on Youth-focused development; Leadership, Education, Entrepreneurship development, Active Citizenship in Africa?


Our team offers a variety of research services and can support you in designing and implementing research studies that meet your organization’s goals.

Research & Collaboration

LEAP MERL Advisory Community of Practice

Are you an evaluation professional, young or emerging evaluator, researcher, data analyst, or organization in Africa eager to connect, learn, collaborate, and enhance your capabilities alongside like-minded experts across Africa?

LEAP Africa is pleased to invite you to join the LEAP MERL Advisory Community of Practice (CoP), a platform designed to foster collaboration, knowledge sharing, and capacity building across Africa. We bring together individuals and organizations from non-profits, civil society organizations, the private sector, and academic institutions to enhance evidence seeking and evidence application practices tailored to the African context.

We invite you to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) to join this community. CoP members will benefit from access to learning opportunities, collaboration on initiatives, and potential consulting opportunities.

Ready to optimize and enhance your impact?

Some of Our Assignments

LEAP Africa representatives with Haruna Abbas Bashar, the Commissioner for Commerce, Trade and Industries, Sokoto State, Nigeria during a stakeholder engagement visit for the iLEAD programme.

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LEAP Africa MERL Officer on assignment for the iLEAD programme in partnership with Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN) during baseline data collection.

The programme aims to equip 4000 students in 10 public secondary schools in Sokoto State, Nigeria with leadership and entrepreneurship skills.

Our team held a midline visit to the Mastercard Foundation associates at the Improvision eye care center in Lagos, Nigeria

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Member of LEAP Africa MERL Unit during an interview with an eLearning bootcamp participant

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Staff of LEAP Africa MERL Unit on assignment for a midline evaluation exercise for the Mastercard Foundation Associate Programme in Accra, Ghana

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NYFF MERL Officer on assignment for a monitoring visit to a grantee, Hyelasinta Women, Children, and Youth Initiative.

The grantee implemented a project on drug abuse sensitization and inmates rehabilitation in Adamawa State

 

Testimonials

LEAP Africa MERL Toolkit and Handbook

LEAP Africa invests in continuous research on leadership development in Africa, and has published pioneering books which form an integral component of its curriculum.

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