MEAL DPro
Monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning for development and humanitarian professionals.
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What to Expect
MEAL DPro gives you the skills and tools you need to plan and implement monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning activities throughout the project cycle. The course helps you build a strong MEAL system that generates useful evidence, strengthens accountability, supports learning, and informs better project decisions.
Flexible delivery
Join a scheduled four-week online course or bring MEAL DPro to your organization through a dedicated cohort or in-house learning experience.
Expert facilitation
Learn with experienced facilitators who bring practical MEAL experience from development and humanitarian contexts.
Practical learning
Work with practical MEAL concepts and tools, including logic models, indicators, MEAL plans, feedback mechanisms, and more.
What You’ll Learn
MEAL DPro approaches monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning as connected parts of an effective MEAL system. You’ll explore how these components work together across the project cycle and practice using the tools that support evidence, accountability, learning, and decision-making.
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- Explain the purpose and components of an effective MEAL system
- Describe how MEAL connects with project management across the project cycle
- Apply relevant ethical standards and principles to MEAL activities
- Use project logic models as a foundation for MEAL
- Work with logic models, including the Theory of Change, Results Frameworks, and Logical Frameworks
- Develop and assess SMART indicators and select appropriate measurement methods
- Use key MEAL planning tools, including performance monitoring plans and indicator tracking tables
- Plan evaluations and develop tools such as evaluation summary tables and terms of reference
- Understand the role and design of feedback and response mechanisms
- Assess data quality and select appropriate data collection methods
- Apply basic sampling principles and responsible data-management practices
- Understand the purpose and processes of quantitative and qualitative data analysis
Choose Your MEAL DPro Experience
Whether you’re joining a course yourself or bringing MEAL DPro to your organization, choose the option that fits your needs.
Join an Upcoming Online Course
Pyramid Learning offers a four-week, asynchronous online MEAL DPro course for individual learners. You’ll learn alongside professionals from development, humanitarian, and related organizations, with support from experienced facilitators.
What to expect
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- Four-week online course
- Asynchronous learning — participate on your own schedule throughout each week
- Approximately 4–5 hours of learning each week
- Facilitator-supported, with opportunities to discuss ideas and learn with and from other participants
Bring Project DPro to Your Organization
Pyramid Learning can deliver MEAL DPro exclusively for your organization, helping colleagues build a shared understanding of MEAL while applying the learning to their own projects, systems, and context.
Choose the format that works for your team
Online
A dedicated, facilitator-supported online cohort for your organization. The asynchronous format allows team members in different locations to learn together, discuss MEAL practice, and connect course concepts to their organizational context.
Face-to-face
An interactive, facilitator-led workshop delivered for your organization. Face-to-face delivery provides opportunities for intensive discussion, practical application, and collaborative learning focused on the realities of your team’s work.
Interested in Project DPro for your organization?
Contact us to discuss your team, preferred delivery approach, timing, language, and how MEAL DPro can support your organization’s MEAL capability.
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Upcoming MEAL DPro Courses
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Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to common questions about the meal DPro course and learning experience.
Who is MEAL DPro for?
MEAL DPro is designed for active professionals who want to strengthen their knowledge and practice of monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning. It is particularly relevant to people working in development, humanitarian relief, conservation, and related social-impact settings.
How much time should I plan to spend on the course each week?
Plan to spend approximately 4–5 hours each week over the four-week course. Because the course is asynchronous, you can organize that time in the way that works best for you while completing the learning activities and participating in course discussions.
Will the course prepare me for the MEAL DPro certification exam?
The course is designed to prepare participants for the MEAL DPro certification exam. Participants who intend to pursue certification should participate actively in the course and study the Guide to the MEAL DPro comprehensively and in detail.
To learn more about Project DPro certification, visit the PM4NGOs website.
What happens if I have questions or need help during the course?
An experienced facilitator will support you throughout the course. Facilitators guide discussions, respond to questions, and help participants connect MEAL concepts and tools to their own work and experience.
Bring MEAL DPro to Your Organization
Build your team’s MEAL capability with a MEAL DPro learning experience designed for your organization. Bring colleagues together to strengthen monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning practice while applying the course to your own context.