Mengawali Tahun 2012 ini, CIRCLE Indonesia akan berbagi pengetahuan, pengalaman dan ketrampilan melalui program pelatihan dengan dua tema sebagai berikut:
Pelatihan Pendekatan Penghidupan Berkelanjutan : Dalam Konteks Perencanaan Program/Projek(Sustainable Livelihoods Approach/SLA),tanggal 1 – 3 Februari 2012.
Pelatihan Penyusunan Logframe dengan Pendekatan Berbasis Hasil/Dampak, tanggal 15-17 Februari 2012.
Pelatihan Monitoring dan Evaluasi Partisipatif, tanggal 20-22 Februari 2012.
Pelatihan tersebut akan diselenggarakan masing-masing pada bulan Februari 2012, bertempat di UC-UGM Yogyakarta. Untuk partisipasi dalam Pelatihan tersebut, akan dikenakan biaya sebesar Rp3.000.000,-/orang/pelatihan.
Untuk informasi lebih lanjut tentang pelatihan tersebut, silahkan merujuk ke ToR terlampir.
Penulis : Veronica Purwaningasih, peserta training “Penyusunan Lograme”
Seluruh ingatan keterlibatanku dalam belajar bersama, berproses dengan berbagai komunitas tergali dalam waktu tiga hari. Tiga hari itu mengantarku kembali pada Januri 1998, titik dimana aku mulai mengenal institusi yang mengabdi dan membela kepentingan rakyat yang dilupakan. Bentangan waktu dalam rentang lebih dari satu dasawarsa ini, ternyata dapat dipotret melalui Pelatihan Penyusunan Logframe dengan Pendekatan Berbasis Hasil/Dampak yang saya ikuti, dan gambarannya dapat diringkas dalam matrik-matrik logframe. Beberapa lembaga telah saya libati, dan semua menerapkan alur yang tidak sungguh-sungguh berbeda.
Melalui kesempatan mengikuti pelatihan yang diselenggarakan oleh Circle Indonesia, dari tanggal 3 – 5 November 2011 ini, saya menemukan apa yang mendasari mengapa Logical Framework Analysis banyak diterapkan diberbagai lembaga.
LFA memang bukan barang yang baru bagi sebagian banyak orang.Tetapi bagaimana sejarahnya dan apa pentingnya, mungkin tidak semua yang mengenal bahkan menggunakan LFA. Mengetahui manfaatnya, ternyata tidak selalu diiringi dengan pemahaman apa pentingnya.
Dalam proses pelatihan inilah, saya menemukan alasan mendasar mengapa harus ada targetan-targetan dalam suatu kegiatan. Niat baik tidaklah cukup. Dia tidak boleh berhenti pada tindakan yang baik, tetapi bahkan harus dimulai dari pemahaman yang baik atas apa yang akan dilakukan. Merencanakannya dengan baik, sehingga langkah-langkah yang tepat dapat dirumuskan agar mengarah pada target yang ditetapkan. Selain memberi dasar, LFA juga dapat menjadi rambu-rambu dan pagar, agar project tidak lari dari tujuan semula.
Di mulai pada hari pertama dengan materi pengenalan dan penyegaran kembali mengenai sejarah dan istilah, peserta, terutama saya mendapatkan pemahaman pentingnya hasil dijadikan titik awal bergeraknya kegiatan. Dengan bertumpu pada hasil, maka ketika menentukan kegiatannya tidak lagi meraba-raba. Ini juga menghindari adanya project yang isinya banyak kegiatan, tanpa hasil yang jelas.
Di hari kedua, peserta diajak menganalisa suatu kondisi untuk kemudian menentukan apa yang menjadi akar persoalannya dan akibat yang ditimbulkannya. Melalui proses ini, saya menyadari bahwa dalam merumuskan persoalan mendasar butuh informasi dan sumbangan pemikiran dari berbagai pihak dengan berbagai pengalaman. Sulit membuatnya sekali jadi. Perumusan, pengendapan dan pemikiran ulang, tidak tabu untuk dilakukan. Hal ini untuk menghindari adanya lompatan logika dan alur yang sebenarnya tidak terhubung.
Belajar bersama mengalir hingga hari ketiga, dimana pada hari terakhir peserta dibawa pada praktek menyusun logframe. Menerapkan hasil pembelajaran dua hari sebelumnya. Menetapkan outcome dan output dan juga kegiatan, dalam suatu project. Apa yang dilakukan sebenarnya tidaklah sulit. Tetapi karena tidak semua mengenal lokasi yang dijadikan contoh dimana project akan dijalankan, diskusi panjang tidak terelakkan. Disini sangat terasa, bahwa menerapkan logika sederhana menjadi tidak mudah ketika kita tidak memahami konteks dan kondisinya. Informasi sebanyak-banyaknya dari lokasi project, kondisi terkini yang dialami dimana dibutuhkan intervensi, menjadi inti dan kunci keberhasilan. Karena dari situlah perencanaan matang dapat disajikan.
Proses selama tiga hari pelatihan sungguh mencerahkan. Fasilitator sungguh memampukan para peserta untuk saling menggali dan berbagi. Menjadi guru satu sama lain, tanpa ada yang merasa digurui. Semua teryakinkan bahwa yang diperlukan hanya langkah sederhana. Berpijak dari kondisi yang ada, ditetapkan perubahan apa yang diinginkan, yang dapat dicapai dengan kegiatan-kegiatan pendukung.
Dan alat untuk mengeceknya hanya diperlu diterapkan prinsip yang sederhana; sebab – akibat, karena/jika – maka. Hanya itu saja. Disinilah letak pentingnya penalaran yang tidak mengingkari akal sehat dibutuhkan. Jika logika sederhana itu dinafikan, dapat dipastikan project akan mengalami kesesatan yang bisa bersifat permanen.
Dengan apa yang telah saya lalui selama tiga hari pelatihan ini saya bagaikan mendapat peta dan kunci jawaban dari banyak pertanyaan. Peta yang memberi infomasi dititik mana saya berdiri, dan arah mana yang ingin saya tuju dengan melalui jalur mana yang harus saya pilih. Tetapi juga sekaligus memegang kunci yang dapat membuka dan mengungkap persoalan yang kemungkinan ada. Dititik mana persoalan itu terjadi. Dengan peta dan kunci, tentu akan memberi keyakinan bagi saya, bahwa saya tidak akan sesat dan dapat masuk ke segala tempat. Dalam hal ini, dimasukkan dalam project apapun ketika prinsip yang sudah diajarkan dapat saya jalankan, tidak ada yang perlu saya kuatirkan. Dimana saya terlibat, pijakannya hanyalah pada akal sehat.
Writer : Theresia Wuryantari, Non Government Individual
It was like having a wish list comes true when the year end training on Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation was announced by CIRCLE. Having been absent from direct programme implementation works during the past 5 years except for a number of short-term consultancy assignment, I immediately cleared all my other schedules during 7-9 November 2011 and had myself registered for the training. My main and only objective was to be re-charged again about monitoring and implementation, especially participatory ones.
The days lingered like an eternity until the time came for the training. Upon arriving on the training room, I immediately scanned the other eight participants and felt no one was familiar. The familiar faces of the facilitators/trainers were good sign that I would enjoy the training after long period of absence in trainings of such kind, regardless of what the participants would be like.
It took only 45 minutes for me to realize that the training would be full of fun. The opening session of introduction of participants and their hopes and expectations was led in a very participatory and interesting way that it laid the foundation for the whole three-days training. Everyone was certain that their hopes of sharing of experience and improved knowledge and skills as well as new enlightening would be fulfilled.
The three-days training went well – in fact beyond my expectation. Apart from the very systematic and easily understood presentation and sharing of materials by the facilitators, facilitators’ extensive experience in monitoring and evaluation have contributed to the participants’ understanding of the training topics. Sharing of knowledge, lessons learnt and best practices by facilitators were enriched by extensive sharing by the participants – who came with diverse backgrounds. Far from being wise guys, the participants’ knowledge was shared in the way that one would not easily forget: full of fun! I guess the appreciation from the facilitators that each of the participants experience was as meaningful as theirs has – I believe- made it possible.
And in fact, the combination of participants’ very extensive experience and the facilitators’ facilitation ability to make them share their experiences was the main highlight of the training. This is not to mention that the participatory methods that the facilitators applied have made us all felt that we were adults capable of our own learning and sharing.
Last but not least, the facilitators as well as the participants’ healthy and unbiased sense of humour and their wealth of participatory methods have made us – especially me – felt that the training lasted too soon.
Bravo for the well-managed and vibrant training that has made me gone home re-enlightened!
Towards the end of 2011, CIRCLE Indonesia opens 2 ( two) training class which are intended for the public, particularly civil society activists at local and international organization.
The training will be held on 3-5 November 2011 (Logframe Development with Result Based/Impact Approach) and 7-9 November 2011 (Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation), in University Center UGM.
The subject of the training are:
A. Logframe Development with Results Based / Impact Approach
Learning from CIRCLE Indonesia experience in evaluating the project, it’s found that many projects are not based on a good and systematic proposal and logframe. The existing logframes also does not indicate a logical hierarchy of results, formulating systematic logframe and presenting the SMART indicators. This training will provide knowledge and skills for the participants to be able to develop a logical hierarchy results, set up a systematic logframe and formulate SMART indicators
B. Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation
Monitoring and Evaluation (M & E) plays an important role in enhancing the effectiveness of a project for expected social change. Participatory M & E allows both managers and beneficiaries together to make the right decision and ensure that the project goes as planned and conduct modifications if necessary. Participatory M & E also create opportunities for more empowering the beneficiaries through a systematic and comprehensive project monitoring.
Learning from the Evaluation of Merapi, the Early Recovery Program
“The situation is back to normal Sir”, said someone when we asked how the conditions now after Mount Merapi erupt half year ago. We asked them as part of the MERP program (Merapi Early Recovery Program) which is run by Save the Children Indonesia to respond to a disaster that caused by the Mount Merapi eruption. The program cover the entire villages in the Sub District of Dukun.
The evaluation has left a deep impression not only because the sharing session conducted by Save the Children but also because people who became beneficiaries of the program.
During evaluation, we found some new facts from the livelihood around Mount Merapi. Agricultural land gradually rolling back to the state before the eruption, but there still a lot works that has to be done, because the irrigation channels is heavily damaged. Despite people effort to repair the irrigation system, its condition is still nowhere near the state before Merapi erupt. Another challenging aspect that faced by farmer community is that the priced from the yields is still low. We know that the pricing has nothing to do with the eruption. Harvest prices of agricultural products have it up and down moments. When we did the evaluation around early September 2011, pepper prices are too cheap (only Rp5000,00 per kg). It is way off the chart when you compare it to the price when Merapi erupt (Rp60.000,00 per kg).
One mother stated that she is very grateful because the assistance from external organization helps them tremendously to recover from financial blow that they suffer after Merapi erupt.
The local community main concern right now is the issue of relocation. They don’t understand why they have to be relocated. If the reason is for the security, they think that actually there’s no place under the sun that is totally safe. Security is a matter on how we see the threat that could endanger our lives. A Village Chief said that Mount Merapi is a very good friend. He mentioned the eruption process is similar to that mother giving birth. The delivery process was not sudden. The delivery process was not scary but it should be managed. Because we know that Merapi will someday give birth again, then we have to become Mr. Standby. Prepare everything. According to Village Chief, we need to build community relations as good as possible, we need to physically and mentally prepared, so that we are ready when the baby is born.
A refugees model to gather people in one building, is inhumane. It feels not right when people, men, women, children, adolescents, adults, elderly, sick, healthy, are all stuffed in one place. There are some problems like hygiene, sleep and relationships issues that can create discomfort.
He recommend that each family stay at home when Merapi give birth. Let the village halls or public buildings become the central of aid. The data harvesting process should already completed before the baby was born. Data collection is not all about who the people are, but also to which house people will live temporarily during Merapi childbirth, and what things that should be prepared. Data collection should also state the task division among the citizens – who responsible on evacuation, distribution of aid, or keep an eye on the goods that left behind. Therefore assets tagging also needs to be done. The cows need to be tagged. Data harvesting on the family outside the affected areas should be completed including the herds.
It seems that the preparation stated by Village Chief needs to be supported.
Evaluation - external evaluation in particular, has become an integral part in development projects. Evaluation as a part of development itself has been a main concern from development activists. The evaluators as part of the actors in the course of development management cycle needs to be constantly reflect on their experiences and improve their knowledge so that they can give a greater contribution in achieving development objective.
That’s why, CIRCLE Indonesia, a resource development consultant civil society in Indonesia, based in Yogyakarta, felt the needs to facilitate discussion and reflection among network members.
Objectives:
To gain a lessons from evaluation that has been done and the knowledge developed during the evaluation, so that the future project could be done in more effective manner.
Hence at the end of this workshop, we expecting to generate a protocol-oriented evaluation.
Methodology:
Presentation & Discussion
Time & Place:
8 to 9 September 2011, Yogyakarta.
Participants:
20 people.
Panel:
Dwiagus Stepantoro: Theory, paradigms and ideas and experiences on “WORLD MONEV” in Indonesia - what has been done, what should be improved.
Jonatan Lassa: methodology / approach Evaluation of the moment: what’s new today?
Note:
Resource persons were invited to participate in the workshop (if interest is present)
Sources are given the freedom to determine the time for presentation at the October 8 or 9 September 2011
When the presentation of each resource person was allocated 180 minutes per person unless it is deemed necessary to add.
The committee substitute sources of transportation costs to the economy airline tickets and bear the cost of consumption during the workshop.
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Tanggal 5-6 April 2011 yang lalu, CIRCLE Indonesia mengadakan workshop dengan judul “Kemitraan Strategis antar Agen Pembangunan”. Workshop tersebut diadakan dengan melibatkan ORNOP, lembaga donor dan CSR. Beberapa presentasi yang disampaikan di dalam workshop tersebut, dapat diunduh di alamat berikut ini.
