SHIPDET Core Course Overview

Join us in Shanghai for SHIPDET 2016 Core Course - a one week course on the fundamental issues of monitoring and evaluation (M&E). Combining both attention to M&E theory and practical applications of the theory, the participants completing the course will gain knowledge and experience on M&E tools, techniques, and resources needed for planning, organizing, and/or managing programs and projects.

Program Objectives

The program is designed to promote evaluation capacity building, especially among participants working in Asian development contexts. Upon completing the course, the participants should benefit from the following:

• Improved knowledge of monitoring and evaluation approaches and method
• Understanding of how to build and use evaluation systems that are adaptable to local situations, particularly in Asian developing countries
• Connections to other development evaluation practitioners
• Sharing of knowledge and experiences in development evaluation

History of SHIPDET Program

Strengthening results-based monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and improving development performance are increasingly becoming a focus of world attention. The Chinese government attaches great importance to performance evaluation. One of the major challenges facing almost all developing countries is the lack of capacity to monitor and evaluate how effectively public funds are being used. To address these challenges and to keep pace with international trends, in early 2007, the Chinese Ministry of Finance, the World Bank Group, the Asian Development Bank and the Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Center (Predecessor of AFDI) jointly launched the Shanghai International Program for Development Evaluation Training (SHIPDET).

SHIPDET is committed to promoting development evaluation capacity building in China and other Asian developing countries through a range of activities, such as training workshops, research, and network building. SHIPDET is a key feature of AFDI’s work on evaluation capacity development through its partnership with CLEAR – Regional Centers for Learning on Evaluation and Results.

AFDI is responsible for SHIPDET’s daily operations. The first SHIPDET workshop, held at the Shanghai National Accounting Institute (SNAI) in 2007, was commended by the agencies involved for achieving its goals. Chinese then Vice-Minister of Finance Li Yong remarked, “This workshop was a huge success! Performance evaluation will definitely become an important concept in China’s economic development. Continuous efforts should be made to promote performance evaluation.”

Each year, SHIPDET conducts workshops in the Spring and Fall. The Spring workshop is designed for Chinese participants, primarily governmental officials responsible for development evaluation from the Ministry of Finance, the National Audit Office, the National Bureau of Statistics, and the State-owned Assets Supervision Administration Commission. The Fall workshop is designed for international participants, primarily officials responsible for development evaluation from governmental departments of Asian developing countries and representatives of bilateral and multilateral development agencies. SHIPDET trains about 120 participants annually. SHIPDET strives to include the following into its training programs:

• SHIPDET engages internationally-recognized experts as faculty, to provide the most modern theories and practical approaches in development performance evaluation.
• SHIPDET workshops focus on the application of international best practices, yet ties these to the local situations in Asian developing countries.
• In delivering its training, SHIPDET strives to utilize the most modern and effective materials and methods, including video conferences, case studies and field studies.
• Consistent with SHIPDET’s goal of strengthening results-based management, systematic performance evaluation is an integral part of the training program in order to maximize training effectiveness.

Core Course Description and Sessions

SHIPDET Core Course
The SHIPDET Core Course provides an overview of the theoretical foundations of M&E methods, as well as opportunities for practical application of these methods through course exercises and group projects. The course will feature equal time for instructor presentations and practical, hands-on sessions for participants to work in teams, discuss problem scenarios, share experiences, and develop M&E tools that they can apply in their own jobs following the course.  Topics to be covered are below.

Module 1: Introducing Development Evaluation

Module 2: Understanding the Issues Driving Development

Module 3: Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation

Module 4: Understanding the Evaluation Context and Program Theory of Change

Module 5: Considering the Evaluation Approach

Module 6: Developing Evaluation Questions & Starting the Design Matrix

Module 7: Selecting Designs for Cause-and-Effect, Normative, and Descriptive Evaluation Questions

Module 8: Selecting and Constructing Data Collection Instrument

Module 9: Choosing the Sampling Strategy

Module 10: Planning for and Conducting Data Analysis

Module 11: Evaluating Complex Interventions

Module 12: Managing an Evaluation

Group Presentations

Throughout the course, participants will work each day – using the approaches and tools covered in the course – to develop group presentations that they can apply in their own work.

Field Visit -Local Project

We will visit a Shanghai project that has been evaluated and to discuss M&E applications.

Agenda

Instructors

Course Prerequisites

• There are no technical prerequisites, however applicants should be working in a monitoring or evaluation capacity.
• All participants must be proficient in English. The course will be taught entirely in English.

Applications

Applications will be considered as they are submitted. Please note that submitting an application does not mean automatic enrollment in the course. Applicants will be notified of their enrollment status within 5 days following the application deadline. If you do not receive a note from us indicating that we received and reviewed your application, please contact us with Ms. Annie Wu (wuningqin@afdi.org.cn) or Ms. Amy Chen (amychen@afdi.org.cn). Applications will close once the maximum number of participants, 60, is reached.

Scholarships

AFDI offers partial scholarship for this course, which could cover the course fee of the course. The Asian Development Bank is providing scholarships to its clients on an invitation basis, and all invitations from ADB have been extended

Application Procedures:

All participants applying for the course need to fill in the application form. The deadline for submission is October 7.

Fees

Below is the fee structure.

Payment is to be made in Chinese currency, RMB. Estimates of the amounts are provided in USD equivalents. Note that the current exchange rate is about $1 USD=6.5 RMB. The USD amounts provided below are not exact given moving exchange rates.

The course fee for the Core Course is 6500 RMB U. S equivalent is 1000 USD

Included in the fee:

• Tuition
• Training booklets
• Complementary Transportation to and from the Shanghai airport upon arrival and departure.
• Working lunch at SNAI.
• Group dinner
• Wifi at the AFDI campus and at the hotel.
• Limited visa assistance (e.g., letters of invitation).

Accommodation:

As the accommodation at AFDI is fully booked during that period, the participants need to be responsible for their own accommodation.

Fee Payment

Payment can be made by wire transfer only to AFDI/SNAI. Upon the acceptance to the program, full payment is required no later than October 17. To send the payment by wire transfer, please use the following information.
Beneficiary’s Bank Name: China Construction Bank Corporation, Shanghai Branch, Qingpu Sub-Branch
SWIFT Code: PCBCCNBJSHX
Bank Address: NO. 550 East Cheng Zhong Raod, Qingpu District, Shanghai, China
Beneficiary’s Name: Shanghai National Accounting Institute
Beneficiary’s Account Number: 31001984300059768088
Intermedial Bank: Bank of America, New York
SWIFT Code: BOFAUS3N
Account Number:6550990082

Certification:

Participants will receive a “CLEAR” certificate of attendance.

About CLEAR-SHIPDET and Contacts:

CLEAR-SHIPDET is run by AFDI and situated at the Shanghai National Accounting Institute (SNAI). SNAI was established by the Chinese government in 2000 to provide advanced education for financial professionals. SNAI has world-class teaching facilities, together with an information center, a recreation center, an international conference center, faculty apartments, student apartments, and dining facilities. The coordinators of this course are:

Address of SNAI: 200 Panlong Road, Qingpu District, Shanghai, China 201702, Tel: (86 21) 69768000

For more information, please refer to http://www.afdi.org.cn/

To download the registration form, please click http://www.afdi.org.cn/pic/download/f3737.doc