6. Monitoring

Selecting and developing project indicators

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Operational Standards 

Key CVA-related issues and related indicators are defined to monitor at process, activity, output and outcome level

Key Actions

  1. Identify and select a minimum number of indicators to ensure the cash and/or voucher distribution process, activities and outcomes are monitored (and by paying attention to gender including gender based risks). Indicators must ensure CVA related risks are monitored (access to CVA for different gender groups for instance)
  2. Define a program-wide approach to MEAL data that collects and analyzes all data by sex disability and age groups (in line with Gender Marker Guidance and CARE CVA Strategic Commitment 3.3). Disability and other vulnerabilities should also be considered, and appropriate data should be collected where practical.
  3. Identify and select a minimum number of indicators to ensure the effect of CVA on the markets are monitored
  4. Incorporate these CVA indicators into the overall programme monitoring plan

Impact, Outcome, and Process Monitoring

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Operational Standards 

CVA-related processes/activities, outputs, and programmatic and contextual risks are monitored

Key Actions

  1. Ensure CVA processes and activities are safe, efficient and meet their intended purpose, by monitoring the registration and verification process and the channeling of cash via the delivery mechanism. Explore potential negative unintended impacts on gender relations (such as relating to transfer values not meeting multiple needs) as identified by recipients. Ensure PDM not only assesses quality of CVA but also the process of CVA distribution to enable access to quality SRHR.
  2. Track sex and age disaggregated data (SADD) to ensure that systems are in place to register and analyze SADD and to train staff to fill the templates and report them. Review data on process from post-distribution monitoring (PDM) and feedback in “real time,” paying attention to outliers based on gender, age, and other characteristics.
  3. Feed into the coordination groups with your process and output monitoring data
  4. Analyse protection risks for all gender groups throughout implementation and monitor the effectiveness of risk mitigation measures
  5. Use the results of monitoring to inform programme decisions and explore potential negative unintended impacts on gender relations, uptake of health services and perceptions of the health system as identified by recipients. Monitor access to CVA for different gender groups and develop indicators to measure this based on the assessed access gaps and gender relations

Market monitoring

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Operational standards

Markets are consistently monitored, beyond price monitoring

Key Actions

  1. Monitor/identify a partner who monitor market-related indicators that, at minimum, capture the price changes, volume of transactions, avaibility of goods and the ability of the beneficiary household to access the market
  2. Determine the frequency with which monitoring should occur by considering the robustness of the initial market assessment, the expected volatility of the market and the relative scale of the programme compared to local markets
  3. Ensure sufficient resources for regular and timely market monitoring
  4. Use the results of market monitoring to assess the appropriateness of the intervention and to make programmatic changes if required
  5. Share market monitoring data with coordination groups