The Darwin Initiative is a UK government grants scheme that helps to protect biodiversity and the natural environment through locally based projects worldwide.
Robust monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is a requirement for all Darwin projects. M&E has been necessary for Darwin projects for many years, however, the standard required has increased in recent years.
This briefing paper is intended to help Darwin projects teams and applicants to understand what we mean by M&E. Given the diversity of the Darwin portfolio there are people coming from very different starting points when it comes to M&E. Here we have attempted to encapsulate M&E from the perspective of the Darwin Initiative’s requirements.
In short we cover:
