Monitoring and evaluation is considered one of the effective tools to enhance the decision making process and make use

Objectives of the M & E of the HEEP Project

The objective of the M&E of the HEEP project is to

• Assist in monitoring and evaluating the progress of the HEEP project;
• Manage the implementation of the impact evaluation for the HEEP project;
• Strengthen the results-based monitoring and evaluation of the HEEP project.
• Strengthen the capabilities of the Egyptian universities to evaluate their own projects.

M & E Activities

• Establishing a monitoring and evaluation mechanism for HEEP as reform program.
• Designing a template for the required necessary data needed from HEEP sub-project periodic reports.
• Analyzing the collected data from the HEEP sub-projects in a half-annual progress reports.
• Conducting regular meetings with the HEEP directors, the directors of university project management units, and other stakeholders of the HEEP funded projects in order to determine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats that face the HEEP project and determine the relevance and fulfillment of objectives, development efficiency, effectiveness, impact, and sustainability of the HEEP. This information is credible and useful, enabling the incorporation of lessons learned into the decision making process.
• Upgrading the M&E capabilities on PMU level and/or H.E. institution level.

Outputs from M & E of the HEEP Project

• M & E system and manual for HEEP project.
• Sets of indicators for overall HEEP performance, outputs & outcomes.
• Annual and semi-annual monitoring / evaluation reports.
• Report on activities related to the impact assessment on Higher Education institutions level as well as Higher Education systems level.

The Power of Measuring Results

• If you do not measure results, you cannot tell success from failure.
• If you cannot see success, you cannot reward it.
• If you cannot reward success, you are probably rewarding failure.
• If you cannot see success, you cannot learn from it.
• If you cannot recognize failure, you cannot correct it.
• If you can demonstrate results, you can win public support.

Source: Adapted from Osborne & Gaebler 1992.