| Abstract: | At present, NGOs are playing a prominent role in the development sector by filling gaps in the
developing world face that the government fails and/ or needs support. The study emphasizes the
assessment of practice and challenges of monitoring and evaluation in local NGO's: as a case
study of Network of Ethiopian Women’s Associations (NEWA). The purpose of this research is to
assess this practice and the challenges that NEWA is facing while implementing M&E. The target
population of this research is 38 employees of NEWA operating in development and advocacy
projects and 22 employees were selected by purposive sampling. A questioner survey was
distributed to all these sampled employees and 21 respondents filled in and returned the questioner
properly. This research employs a descriptive research design for the acquisition of quantitative
data. The data is analyzed using SPSS v. 17 and interpreted in percentage, and frequency and
were presented in the graph to enhance the data presented. The findings of this study revealed
that: relevant M&E staff working in NEWA had received the necessary training in monitoring and
evaluation either formally or through in-service training, have a written M&E plan that is easily
adjustable. On the contrary, the research revealed insufficient baseline data, shortage of expertise,
and lack of sufficient funding especially for M&E as challenges that are facing M&E
implementation. Furthermore, this study showed developing an M&E plan continuously, increased
the role of management participation, and computerizing the M&E system contribute to mitigating
the existing challenges. In general, this study shows that although NEWA has good M&E practice,
the company also faces numerous challenges when implementing M&E. Finally, there is a need to
further support, facilitate and improve the M&E implementation with a computerized system and
developing an easily adaptable and continuous written M&E plan, and increasing the role of top
& middle management participation are presented to remedy the challenges of M&E. |
