Course overview
Integrating GIS into Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) adds the critical dimension of location to programme data, enabling professionals to map interventions, identify spatial patterns, compare outcomes across areas, and detect gaps that conventional data may overlook. The training demonstrates how GIS, spatial analysis, GPS, satellite imagery, and digital mapping can strengthen programme monitoring, outcome measurement, resource allocation, and evidence-based decision-making
This training equips M&E professionals, researchers, and development practitioners with practical skills to use GIS, geospatial data, spatial analysis, and mapping for monitoring and evaluation. Participants learn to visualise project performance, assess geographic coverage, identify underserved areas, track interventions, and generate location-based evidence for better programme planning, evaluation, impact assessment, and decision-making.
Course objectives
- Practical Training in GIS, Remote Sensing, Spatial Analysis, Mapping and Geospatial Data for M&E
- Understand the application of GIS and Remote Sensing in project monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment.
- Collect, manage and integrate spatial and non-spatial project data from GPS, mobile data collection tools, surveys and existing databases.
- Use GIS to map project locations, beneficiaries, activities, outputs and outcomes. Perform spatial analysis to identify project coverage, gaps, trends, accessibility and geographic disparities.
- Apply Remote Sensing and satellite imagery to monitor environmental, infrastructure and land-use changes relevant to projects.
- Develop geospatial indicators and maps for tracking project performance and results.
- Create GIS-based dashboards and visualizations for communicating M&E findings to decision-makers.
- Integrate GIS with M&E frameworks, indicators and results-based management approaches.
- Use geospatial evidence to support project planning, evaluation and evidence-based decision-making.
- Produce professional GIS and Remote Sensing outputs for project reports, evaluations and presentations.
Who should attend
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officers and Managers
Project Managers and Programme Officers
GIS and Geospatial Professionals
Remote Sensing and Earth Observation Specialists
Development and NGO/INGO Programme Staff
Government and County Government M&E Officers
Researchers, Data Analysts and Impact Assessment Specialists
Planning and Development Professionals
Environmental and Natural Resource Management Professionals
Surveyors, Land Management and Urban Planning Professionals
ICT and Data Management Professionals working with spatial data
Students and graduates in GIS, Remote Sensing, Geography, Environmental Science, Development Studies and related fields