Monitoring and Evaluation in Sponsorship and Complementary Pathways for Refugees and Other People in Need of International Protection
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Highlights
Embedding monitoring and evaluation in refugee sponsorship programmes from the start, with dedicated budgets and coordination, drives evidence-based improvement.
- Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is often an afterthought in refugee sponsorship programmes, leading to one-off evaluations disconnected from operations. Dedicated M&E budget lines and early integration into programme design are critical.
- A theory of change outlining how resources and activities lead to desired outcomes helps foster shared goals and structure meaningful M&E planning across diverse stakeholders.
- Involving beneficiaries and volunteers in M&E—through interviews, surveys, and feedback mechanisms—ensures evaluations ask the right questions and measure outcomes in meaningful, actionable ways.
- Findings must be actively disseminated in accessible formats to programme managers, policymakers, and funders to drive improvements and support peer learning across programmes domestically and internationally.
Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) can help increase the effectiveness and sustainability of sponsorship and complementary pathway programs for refugees and other people in need of international protection. But to do so, an M&E system must be thoughtfully designed and implemented. This fact sheet answers key questions such as: What kinds of information can M&E gather about these programs? What elements should be part of an M&E strategy? And what role should different actors, including program beneficiaries, play in M&E activities?
This fact sheet is part of the Complementary Pathways Network (COMET) project. Other fact sheets developed by MPI Europe as part of this series cover approaches to matching, refugee expectations management, and volunteer engagement in sponsorship and complementary pathway programs.
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