Coached Program: MEAL for Humanitarian and Development Professionals: 23 September - 21 October 2025
Track progress, demonstrate impact, and ensure accountability through effective data collection and analysis systems.
Enroll NowCoached Online Learning Program
- Format: 5 Coached live sessions plus self-study
- Dates: 23 September - 21 October 2025
- Live Sessions: Tuesdays at 13:00-14:30 UTC
- Time Commitment: 4-5 hours per week over 5 weeks
- Investment: $495 (or $395 for limited budgets)
Good Data Should Lead to Good Decisions
In humanitarian and development work, projects can fail to demonstrate their impact—not because they lack results, but because they can't measure or communicate them effectively. Without strong MEAL systems, projects face:
- Missed opportunities to adapt and improve programs in real-time
- Inability to prove project impact to donors and stakeholders
- Accountability gaps that erode community trust
- Reduced community impact when programs can't adjust to changing needs
- Repeated mistakes when lessons learned are missed
This coached program equips you with practical tools to design MEAL systems that track progress, demonstrate results, and drive adaptive management. You'll develop data collection skills and create feedback mechanisms that put communities at the center. Through effective MEAL implementation, you can:
- Adapt programs based on real-time data and feedback
- Make evidence-based decisions that improve outcomes
- Demonstrate clear impact to communities and donors
- Build trust through transparent accountability mechanisms
- Capture and share learning across teams and projects
What You'll Learn
Week 1: MEAL Foundations and Monitoring
Understand the core principles of MEAL systems and master monitoring fundamentals. Learn to design indicators, develop monitoring frameworks, and establish data collection systems that track progress effectively and inform decision-making.
Week 2: Evaluation Design and Implementation
Design and conduct meaningful evaluations that generate actionable insights. Develop evaluation questions, select appropriate methodologies, and create evaluation plans that assess impact, effectiveness, and sustainability of interventions.
Week 3: Accountability in Practice
Build accountability mechanisms that strengthen stakeholder trust and program transparency. Learn to engage communities in feedback processes, establish complaint mechanisms, and ensure programs are responsive to beneficiary needs and concerns.
Week 4: Learning and Adaptive Management
Transform data and insights into adaptive program improvements. Master techniques for facilitating learning sessions, documenting lessons learned, and creating knowledge management systems that drive continuous improvement and innovation.
Week 5: Integration and Application
Synthesize all MEAL components into a cohesive system for your context. In the final meeting, we consolidate your learning through review and action planning. You then have one week to submit your assignment for personalized feedback.
How You'll Learn: Coached Interactive Workshops
Small-group coaching sessions where you work directly with an expert to solve your actual MEAL challenges—not just theory, but hands-on practice with your real projects.
What makes this different:
- Active problem-solving - Work through your specific MEAL challenges with expert guidance, not generic examples
- Maximum 8 participants - Get personalized attention and learn from peers facing similar challenges
- Build as you learn - Create your actual MEAL framework during sessions, not afterwards
- Immediate application - Everything you develop can be used in your work right away
Program Structure:
- 90-minute weekly live workshops
- Self-paced materials between sessions (videos, templates, tools)
- Submit your MEAL framework for personalized video feedback
- Ongoing support through the Impact Community
Impact Stories
9.2/10 Rating (based on 47 reviews)
"I now understand MEAL in depth and can apply it to projects without needing specialized staff. The course gave me confidence to handle both qualitative and quantitative indicators and data analysis independently."
— Participant, Médecins Sans Frontières
"This course taught me to design logical frameworks and indicators to track long-term impact of our SDG projects. I've built skills in data collection and analysis and can now embed MEAL throughout our project cycle for strategic decision-making."
— Kathrin E.
"I feel like I have gone through a whole degree program by just taking this course. I am already applying it in my work. Value for money 100%."
— Alice Wanjiru Ngahu
Who This Is For
This coached program is for people working in relief, development, or humanitarian contexts who want to enhance their MEAL capabilities. It's ideal for:
- Monitoring and evaluation officers seeking to strengthen technical skills
- Project managers and coordinators integrating MEAL into project cycles
- Field staff responsible for data collection and analysis
- Program development teams designing MEAL systems
- Field staff aligning MEAL systems with community needs
- Anyone whose work involves demonstrating results, accountability, and learning
No prior training experience needed—the course delivers clear, practical guidance for newcomers while providing strategic insights and advanced applications for seasoned practitioners.
Your Instructor
With over 25 years of expertise, Neil Kendrick, founder of ELD Impact, specializes in Professional Writing, Reporting Skills, Proposal Writing, Results-Based Management, and Monitoring & Evaluation. Originally from the UK and now based in Turkey, Neil has trained and coached humanitarian and development professionals across more than 20 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
Regularly praised for his ability to demystify complex topics, Neil makes challenging concepts accessible to practitioners at any level - from field staff in rural NGOs to program managers in multilateral organizations.
Course Details
Start: 23 September 2025
Duration: 5 weeks (4-5 hours per week: 90-minute live session + 3 hours self-study)
Investment: $495 (or $395 for limited budgets)
Group Size: Maximum 8 participants
Includes:
- Lifetime access to all course materials (videos, handouts, templates, transcripts)
- Five 90-minute live coaching sessions with expert facilitator
- Personalized video feedback on your assignment (72-hour turnaround)
- End-of-module assessments
- Certificate of completion and letter of achievement
- Post-training access to MEAL Impact Community
Payment Options: To enroll, pay by credit card below. Choose the standard fee or reduced fee based on your budget.
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