Example 1: Simple way to understand Monitoring and Evaluation Concept – Cooking
Daily use – example: cooking
| Plan | Inputs | Process | Output | Outcome | Impact |
| Cooking a family dinner | – Decisions to cook – Recipe – Cooking items Ingredients (food items) | – Chopping vegetables, meat and others – Heating pan – Preparing food items according to recipe – Cleaning | – Meal is ready for serving | – Members of the family eat and enjoy the meal – Feeling satisfied (not hungry anymore) | Long-term: – Good nutritional status – Reduction of health problems due to unhealthy diet |
Source: Nirmal Kandel and Jaya Lamichhane
Example 2: Establishing Early Warning Alert and Response Systems (EWARS) for national surveillance system
| Plan | Inputs | Process | Output | Outcome | Impact |
| Establishing EWARS for disease surveillance | – Financial resources – Software / hardware / infrastructure – Staff – Sites – Policy / Strategy / Plans | – Development of guidelines – Training – Setting-up software and hardware – Identification of sites | – Guidelines are available – Staff is trained – EWARS is operational in selected sites | – Alerts are detected, investigated and proper response takes place leading to timely response | Immediate: – Prevention/ contention of outbreaks Long-term: – Reduction of morbidity and mortality due to epidemics |