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Monitoring, Evaluation and Indicator Verification

Independent, credible evidence on whether programmes actually deliver. We design monitoring and evaluation systems and provide third-party indicator verification for governments, development partners and international NGOs, so that reported results can be trusted by funders, boards and the public.

This is one of our most active practices. We are trusted for verification because our methods are transparent, our fieldwork is auditable and our findings are reported as they are, including when the data challenges assumptions.

In Burundi

Baselines, independent verification and evaluation for development partner and NGO programmes.

What we do

  1. M&E System Design

    We build results frameworks, indicators, data flows and tools that make performance measurable, comparable and reportable, designed to fit the way the institution actually works.

  2. Third-Party Indicator Verification

    We independently verify reported indicators through field checks, record audits and data triangulation, giving funders and boards confidence that the numbers reflect reality.

  3. Baselines, Mid-lines and End-lines

    We measure change against a clear starting point across the programme cycle, which makes progress and impact visible and defensible.

  4. Data Collection and Field Verification

    We run household surveys, facility and waterpoint audits, GPS and photo verification, community scorecards and beneficiary registers. Fieldwork is structured to be replicable and auditable.

  5. Remote and Digital Monitoring

    We use remote sensing, GIS mapping, system logs and automated cross-checks with facility records, adding scale, speed and a second line of evidence.

  6. Impact Evaluation

    We apply rigorous designs, including difference-in-differences and control comparisons, to separate what a programme achieved from what would have happened anyway.

Selected work in this area

Indicator verification for Dorcas Aid International, WaterAid and PATH International; agriculture and water M&E for Machakos and Makueni counties; and health-surveillance verification for the National Syndemic Diseases Control Council.

Typical deliverables

M&E frameworks and indicators, independent verification reports, baseline and end-line studies, dashboards, impact evaluations.

Who we work with: National and subnational governments, development partners and international NGOs.

Questions clients ask

What makes indicator verification independent?

Separation from the implementing team, primary data collected by us, triangulation against records and a documented method that a third party can repeat. We report what we find.

What is a difference-in-differences design?

A method that compares how outcomes change over time in a group that received a programme and a comparable group that did not. The difference between those two changes estimates the programme's effect.

Tell us the decision you are facing.

We will scope the work and recommend the approach that delivers the most value for your budget.