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Folder 1A: Guidelines on M&E of national systems

No.	Title	Summary	Type	Reference
1A.1	National AIDS Programs: A Guide to Monitoring & Evaluation	Provides an overview of designing national M&E systems for national programmes. Explains the how and why of using different data sources and types of monitoring, what is behind indicators and gives indicator descriptions. NB: Some information may have been updated since the making of this manual, i.e., indicators have changed, however, it is still a must-have manual for all professionals working in M&E.	PDF	UNAIDS, June 2000
1A.2	National AIDS Councils: Monitoring & Evaluation Operations Manual	Provides an introduction to the development of an overall M&E system, and M&E of programmes and services at national level. Offers examples of key materials necessary for M&E and its administration. Another must-have manual for M&E professionals.	PDF	UNAIDS, August 2002
1A.3	Evaluating Programs for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care in Developing Countries: A Handbook for Program Managers and Decision Makers	Comprehensive manual with lots of theory as well as practical guidelines on how to evaluate various HIV/AIDS programmes of the national response. A must-have for M&E professionals.	PDF	FHI (USA), 2001
1A.4	National AIDS Programs: A Guide to Monitoring & Evaluating HIV/AIDS Care and Support	Guide for national AIDS program managers to monitor & evaluate public and private care and support programmes for HIV/AIDS.	PDF	UNAIDS/WHO, 2004
1A.5	National AIDS Programs: A Guide to Indicators for Monitoring & Evaluating National HIV/AIDS Prevention programs for Young People	Complementary manual to other UNAIDS documents focusing on HIV prevention among young people.	PDF	UNAIDS/WHO, 2004
1A.6	Initiating second generation HIV surveillance systems: practical guidelines	Guidelines that explain the how and why of implementing second generation surveillance systems at national level. Good for helping to better understand why data sources are used for certain indicators and the importance of triangulating data. Important manual to understand how to make better use of HIV prevalence data.	PDF	UNAIDS/WHO, August 2002
1A.7	Guidelines for effective use of data from HIV surveillance systems	Not only helps in strengthening surveillance systems, but also explains the how and why of data use. A must-have for M&E professionals to help take M&E beyond merely collecting data.	PDF	UNAIDS/WHO, 2004
1A.8	HIV/AIDS M&E – Getting Results: Eleven components of a fully functional HIV M&E System	Gives a good overview of the functional elements of a national M&E system, describing the roles/responsibilities of each. A good read.	PDF	UNAIDS/The World Bank, Nov 2006

Folder 1B: Indicators

No.	Title	Summary	Type	Reference
1B.1	M&E Toolkit & Annexes	Most up-to-date guide that lists the major indicators for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and malaria, their definitions, how they fit into general monitoring and evaluation, and frequently asked questions and answers. A must-have to develop national frameworks.	PDF	The Global Fund, January 2006
1B.2	UNGASS Monitoring the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS: Guidelines on construction of core indicators	Lists the most up-to-date core indicators and their definitions that measure the effectiveness of the national HIV/AIDS response, and are used in reporting on the UNGASS indicators. A must-have to develop national frameworks.	PDF	UNAIDS, July 2005.

Folder 1C: Global Fund M&E

No.	Title	Summary	Type	Reference
1C.1	M&E Guidelines for Global Fund reporting	Guidelines on how to develop indicators and targets for Global Fund proposals.	Word document	The Global Fund
1C.2	Monitoring and Evaluation Plan Guidelines	Guidelines on how to develop an M&E Plan for Global Fund proposals.	Word document	The Global Fund
1C.3	M&E Systems Strengthening Tool	A generic tool to assess M&E Plans and Systems, this is a relatively new tool that looks at primarily the M&E plan and systems that need to be in place for Program management and reporting. Very useful for GFATM work, and can also be used for other M&E assessments.	PDF	The Global Fund, 2006
1C.3b	M&E Systems Strengthening Tool, Excel version	This excel version is only for facilitators/rapporteurs for transcription and consolidation of the workshop results into one country checklist.	Zipp file with Excel spreadsheet	The Global Fund, 2006
1C.4	Guidelines for a Principal Recipient M&E Plan	This document explains how to develop an M&E plan for a Global Fund proposal, also gives a sample template for the M&E plan and indicators. A must-have for those developing or reviewing Global Fund M&E plans/systems.	PDF	The Global Fund, 2003

Folder 1D: Related Resources

No.	Title	Summary	Type	Reference
1D.1	Country Response Information System (CRIS): Overview of the System and its Plan of Establishment	Provides an overview of the CRIS system and the plan of roll-out. M&E professionals should at least be familiar with the CRIS system as all countries are required to use it for biennial UNGASS reporting.	PDF	UNAIDS/WHO, 2003
1D.2	Useful websites	Lists website addresses for: UNAIDS, WHO, The World Bank, FHI, Measure Evaluation, and USAID and the types of information one may find on each one.	Word document	n/a