Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting & Learning for the USAID RESILIM-O Program – MERL Framework

Authors: Eureta Rosenberg with input from Karen Kotschy, Jane Burt, Vhutshilo Mudau, Derick du Toit & Sharon Pollard

This document describes the approach taken to Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Learning (MERL) in the RESILIM-O (Resilience in the Olifants Basin) program which is implemented through a cooperative agreement between USAID Southern Africa and AWARD (the Association for Water and Rural Development). It describes and provides the rationale for the approach to monitoring and evaluation, which was formulated in 2014