Example 1: Simple way to understand Monitoring and Evaluation Concept – Cooking
| Activity | Inputs | Process | Output | Outcome | Impact |
| Daily use – example: cooking | |||||
| 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 Early Warning Alert and Response Systems (EWARS) for national surveillance system | |||||
| 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 |