With all the changes happening around the world due to the pandemic, our consultancy work had to change, opening up a new area for online and remote working. Following a successful online Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) training in Kenya with Porticus Africa, IMA were invited to facilitate and support the team in developing their Theory of Change (ToC) and MEL framework.

As part of the collaboration, we facilitated the development of an animated video and the initiation of an MEL framework, as well as reviewing Porticus program documents using the current Africa strategy. This process was started by encouraging staff to draw how they perceived the current MEL system.  These were collated, with shared thoughts identified and differences highlighted, to develop a list of starter questions initiating the discussion in a creative way.

We hope that our partnership with Porticus Africa has supported the development of their ToC and MEL frameworks, to enable long term benefits of their work responding to complex social challenges in Africa.