GIS for Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Assessment Training Course

This intermediate course develops technical skills in applying GIS to monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment, covering spatial indicator design, geographic targeting analysis and map-based results reporting. Participants work through real M&E spatial analysis challenges rather than generic GIS exercises, examining what makes maps genuinely useful for programme decision-making rather than decorative. The course closes with a spatial M&E product, a coverage map or geographic outcome analysis, built for a defined programme context.

Monitoring and evaluation increasingly demands a spatial dimension, showing where a programme is reaching people, where it is not, and whether outcomes vary geographically in ways that matter, yet most M&E training treats spatial analysis as a specialist add-on rather than a core M&E skill.

GIS applied well to M&E work can answer questions that tables and narrative reports genuinely cannot, revealing coverage gaps, targeting errors and geographic outcome disparities that would otherwise stay invisible. This intermediate course moves beyond generic GIS skills into the specific application of spatial analysis to M&E: coverage mapping, geographic targeting and map-based results communication.

• Explain how spatial analysis adds genuine value to M&E beyond mapping for its own sake
• Design spatial indicators appropriate to programme monitoring needs
• Conduct geographic targeting and coverage gap analysis
• Map programme reach against population and vulnerability data
• Assess geographic disparities in programme outcomes
• Integrate GPS and mobile-collected data into spatial M&E analysis
• Design map-based results products for different audiences
• Evaluate common spatial M&E design and interpretation errors
• Advise programme teams on spatial M&E integration

This programme is ideal for:

• M&E officers and specialists incorporating spatial analysis
• Programme managers overseeing geographically dispersed interventions
• Research staff conducting spatial impact assessment
• Donor programme officers reviewing geographic coverage claims
• GIS analysts supporting M&E teams
• Government planning staff tracking programme coverage
• Consortium M&E coordination staff across multiple sites
• Data visualisation and reporting staff

The programme is delivered through facilitator-led hands-on sessions combining GIS tools with M&E case material, structured around progressive exercises using real or anonymised programme data rather than lecture alone. Each module closes with a short applied task so participants leave with working spatial M&E skills rather than notes alone.

Organisations that send staff to this course can expect:

• M&E systems that genuinely use spatial analysis, not decorative mapping
• Improved geographic targeting reducing coverage gaps
• Stronger identification of geographic disparities in outcomes
• Better-integrated GPS and mobile-collected data into M&E systems
• More credible, analytically grounded map-based results communication
• Improved donor confidence in geographic coverage and targeting claims
• Reduced risk of misleading or superficial spatial analysis
• A documented approach to spatial M&E integration
• Stronger overall programme decision-making informed by spatial evidence

Participants leave this course with:

• Advanced technical skill in applying GIS specifically to M&E work
• Confidence to design spatial indicators appropriate to programme needs
• Sharper geographic targeting and coverage analysis skills
• Practical experience mapping outcome disparities credibly
• Stronger standing in M&E and spatial analysis discussions
• A completed spatial M&E product for direct application
• Improved ability to design map-based results communication
• A specialist skill set bridging GIS and M&E practice
• A foundation for more advanced spatial statistics work

At Strategic Revenue Africa, our certification goes beyond proof of attendance—it represents practical competence and measurable capability. Upon successful completion of our training programs, participants are awarded a Certificate of Completion from Strategic Revenue Africa, recognizing their ability to apply acquired knowledge in real-world settings. As an organization focused on architecting sustainable revenue and strengthening organizational performance, our certifications signal that participants are equipped with skills that drive results, not just theory.

Prior QGIS experience is expected, equivalent to completing a QGIS fundamentals course, alongside general M&E experience. This is an intermediate course applying GIS specifically to M&E practice.