DI Conducts M&E Training in Dili

Dicky Dooradi, DI's Chief of Party, speaks at the opening of the training in Dili.

On June 9th and 10th, 2010 DI’s Timor Leste Research Development Program conducted the first ever program monitoring and evaluation training in Dili. Thirty four participants from 18 local NGOs and USAID partners actively discussed various methods, techniques and systems to monitor program outputs, outcomes and impacts. The training was coordinated by Dicky Dooradi, DI’s Chief of Party in Timor-Leste. Yulianto Dewata, a monitoring and evaluation expert and Democracy International’s M&E Manager in Indonesia, served as the lead trainer and shared his experiences working on various monitoring and evaluations efforts.

“I feel much more confident now. I have done some evaluation and monitoring as part of my job but never had any training before. Thank you USAID and DI. I learned a lot and this will help me perform better”, said one participant. Funded by USAID, DI’s Timor-Leste Research Development Project is a three year project to develop capacity to conduct research in Timor-Leste.

David Dewata, DI's M&E Manager in Indonesia, delivers a presentation on program monitoring and evaluation.