| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to establish factors affecting implementation of M&E practices in
donor funded projects in Gruppo per le Relazioni Transculturali – GRT. The study was guided
by the following objectives: To establish the influence of staff technical skills on the
implementation of Monitoring and Evaluation in GRT in Nairobi County; to examine the extent
to which stakeholder’s involvement influences the implementation of M& E in GRT in Nairobi
County; to find out how Budgetary allocation influences the implementation of M&E in GRT in
Nairobi County and to establish the influence of M & E indicators in the implementation of
M&E in GRT in Nairobi County. Descriptive research design was used for the study. The target
population consisted of project staff and stakeholders of GRT. A total of 110 respondents were
therefore targeted by the study (including 44 staff and 66 stakeholders) out of which a total of 98
responded (consisting 40 staff and 58 stakeholders) giving a response rate of 89%.
Questionnaires were used as instruments for data collection. Questionnaires were used to collect
data from all the staff and stakeholders. Data was analyzed through the use of a computer
software SPSS. Primary data from the field was edited first. Coding was then done to translate
question responses into specific categories. Quantitative data collected was analyzed by
descriptive statistics while a content analysis technique was used to analyze qualitative data.
Descriptive statistics such as means, standard deviation, frequencies and percentages were used
to describe the data. The analyzed data was presented in form of tables. In determining the
influence of staff technical skills on the implementation of monitoring and evaluation the study
found out that the technical skills were inadequate and that technical skill is a determinant of
M&E. Regarding the influence of stakeholders’ involvement in the implementation of
monitoring and evaluation the study found that stakeholder’s level of involvement to be in small
extent. On the influence of budget allocation on the implementation of Monitoring and
evaluation the study found out that inadequate allocation of resources can lead to failure in the
implementation of monitoring and evaluation to a very large extent. Furthermore, the study also
revealed that that inappropriate choice of indicators leads to an unfairly negative evaluation to
very large extent. From the findings of the study, it can be concluded that staff technical skills
the affect the implementation of monitoring and evaluation in that necessary skills play a key
role in providing functional advice in the development of appropriate results-based performance
monitoring systems. It can also be concluded that even though there was funding, poor budget
allocation thus affects the implementation of monitoring and evaluation. The study further
concluded that stakeholders’ participation influence the implementation of monitoring and
evaluation. It can finally be concluded that inappropriate indicators of monitoring and evaluation
influences the implementation of monitoring and evaluation. The study recommended that the
project managers should provide the necessary resources and facilities for monitoring and
evaluation. This will facilitate effective implementation of monitoring and evaluation. The study
also recommends that the staff should be trained and/or given in-service courses on monitoring
and evaluation. This will give them the skills and knowledge in monitoring and evaluation. The
study further recommends that Monitoring and evaluation indicators should be well constructed
to avoid poor monitoring and evaluation. The study finally recommends that stakeholder’s
participation should be improved in monitoring and evaluation. This will promote the
implementation of monitoring and evaluation since there will be little resistance from
stakeholders. The study finally recommended that another study be done factors influencing the
effective implementation of projects in Kenya which was not a concern in this study | en_US |
