Dear all,
In February 2010 we will have the next edition of our (English) training course in Monitoring and Evaluation of Procurement and Supply Management Systems
Below you will find a summary of this training.
If you are interested to attend, please check our website for the complete course-description and the application form òr send an email to: training@iplussolutions.org <mailto:training@iplussolutions.org>
For any questions or remarks, do not hesitate to contact us.
Kind regards,
i+solutions
Training Department
training@iplussolutions.org <mailto:training@iplussolutions.org>
Tel: +31 348 489630
Direct line: +31 348 489643/646
Fax: +31 348 489659
Monitoring and Evaluation of Procurement and Supply Management Systems
The Netherlands 7 – 12 February 2010
Date of arrival: 7 February
Date of departure: 13 February
Course objectives
* To discuss the major issues surrounding M&E of PSM systems such as accountability, continuous improvement, sharing of “lessons learnt” and “best practices”, avoiding duplication through encouraging single M&E systems at country and regional levels;
* To provide practical tools to decision makers and staff working in public health programmes to ensure accountability, transparency and to improve their performance;
* To encourage the exchange of views and experiences between senior officers and decision makers;
* To develop M&E indicators for procurement and supply management.
* To write the outline of a plan for M&E of a PSM system for the participant’s organization.
Aims
This course can be seen as a logical next step after doing a training in drug supply management. Once you have made adjustments to your PSM system, how will you monitor the activities in order to measure performance, to prevent or to correct structural problems? Nevertheless, people who have not done a course in drug supply management can also participate in this training as long as they are part of the target audience. The course aims to provide participants with an understanding of how indicators can be used as a tool for the purposes of M&E of PSM systems. Using a participatory, hands-on approach, participants will acquire basic skills in developing the outline of a plan for M&E of PSM. An important part of the activities entails developing new indicators or refining existing ones so that they could be used in programme design, monitoring, evaluation and re-design. All components of an M&E plan will be dealt with during the training. The course participant should be prepared to play a leadership role in developing their own organisation’s M&E indicators for PSM after attending the course.
Audience
The course is especially aimed at senior health system managers and providers of technical assistance in governmental and non-governmental organizations in both developed and developing countries.
The primary target group includes all stakeholders (government, faith-based organisations, NGOs, donors) involved in implementing as well as managing programmes that involve procurement and supply management systems of health commodities.
Programme managers would benefit from using PSM indicators on a more regular basis to track their programmes for the purpose of improvement.
Donor agencies, project leaders, technical and implementing agencies can benefit from using the tools to harmonise information demands and compare programmes across different countries.
Major topics include
* Definition of monitoring and evaluation of procurement and supply management;
* Definition and formulation of indicators for monitoring and evaluation of procurement and supply management of health commodities;
* Methods of collecting, processing and analysing indicator data for M&E of PSM;
* Components of an M&E plan for procurement and supply management;
* Human resource management issues related to M&E activities.
Course Fees and Costs
The total fee of €2.700 includes:
* Tuition fee (including course materials)
* Transfer to and from Amsterdam International airport (on February 7th and 13th only)
* Hotel accommodation (single occupancy) for the duration of the course
* Three meals a day during the week
* Coffee and tea during course breaks
In addition to this fee, each participant requires an allowance to cover personal expenses