Interactive Lab
MEL Design Lab
Design a complete Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning system — from framework selection to indicator development, data collection planning, and analysis strategy.
MEL Framework
Define the purpose, key questions, criteria, and approach for your MEL system. This frames everything that follows.
Evaluation Purpose & Scope
DAC Evaluation Criteria
Select OECD-DAC criteria relevant to your evaluation. Each generates key evaluation questions.
Key Evaluation Questions
Good KEQs are specific, answerable, and tied to a DAC criterion
Indicator Development
Build SMART indicators mapped to the results chain. Each indicator needs a clear definition, baseline, target, and data source.
Add Indicator
Data Collection Design
Choose methods, design sampling, create timelines, and estimate costs for your data collection activities.
Data Collection Methods
Select all methods you plan to use.
Sampling Strategy
Data Collection Timeline
Analysis & Use Plan
Plan how you will analyze data, report findings, and ensure learning feeds back into programme decisions.
Analysis Methods
Reporting & Dissemination
Learning & Adaptive Management
Learning questions go beyond accountability — they explore the 'how' and 'why' of change