Abstract: Monitoring and evaluation system is a fundamental tool in project management aimed at checking whether the projects’ objectives and goals are being achieved. It improves the overall efficiency of project planning, management and implementation. Many of the projects funded or initiated by donors have ended up collapsing either within the project period while others that survived the project period have not proceeded further after the termination of donor support. This has raised the questions; do these projects have a well-designed monitoring and evaluations plan to ensure effective implementation of monitoring and evaluation practices? The purpose of this project was to investigate the factors that influence the implementation of effective monitoring and evaluation in HIV research projects at Project San Francisco (PSF). This study was meant to establish how financial availability, staff participation, management commitment, and relevant skills influence implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems in HIV research projects which are mainly donor funded. The research design that was applied on this study was a survey design where a census of the target population was done using questionnaires as the instruments of data collection. Descriptive statistics was used as the method of data analysis. This study targeted San Francisco project which is internationally funded and has been actively involved in research for the HIV Vaccine. About 103 respondents from Project San Francisco was formally interviewed using structured questionnaires. Briefing, rapport building, and piloting of questionnaires and respondents was done and ensure their efficiency in terms of validity and reliability. The data collected was coded, keyed into SPSS (a computer software database version 21), organized, and cleaned for any errors that might have occurred during data collection. The data was then analyzed using descriptive statistics with aid of the SPSS and Microsoft Excel (computer software). Qualitative statistical techniques were used to describe and summarize data. The results were then interpreted in the form of descriptive statistics which are frequencies and percentages. The findings were presented in form of tables and figures. The findings indicate that management commitment is significantly correlated to implementation of monitoring and evaluation at Project (r=0.347, p<0.01). This implies that management commitment would result to implementation of monitoring and evaluation at Project San Francisco. The study concludes that there is need for management to have commitment towards the success of the project. This will be reflected in terms of staff capacity building efforts, both in staffing and training. The management should give management commitment priority since it is a vital planning tool in project management.
Keywords: Management commitment, monitoring and evaluation, implementation of HIV project, Project San Francisco.
Title: FACTORS INFLUENCING IMPLEMENTATION OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION IN HIV RESEARCH PROJECTS IN RWANDA: A CASE OF PROJECT SAN FRANCISCO (PSF)
Author: JEAN PIERRE NKURANGA, Dr. PATRICK MULYUNGI
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
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