Monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) 

©Gwenn Dubourthoumieu / Fondation Hirondelle - Didier Diembu, enquêteur formé par la société Immar, réalise une enquête d’impact pour la Fondation Hirondelle à Obo, à l’extrême sud-est de la République Centrafricaine le 30 novembre 2023.
©Gwenn Dubourthoumieu / Fondation Hirondelle – Didier Diembu, enquêteur formé par la société Immar, réalise une enquête d’impact pour la Fondation Hirondelle à Obo, à l’extrême sud-est de la République Centrafricaine le 30 novembre 2023.

Our experience capitalisation process allows us to improve the quality and relevance of our work.


To strengthen the impact of its interventions, Fondation Hirondelle has implemented a results-based project management approach.  Essential for analysing performance, this monitoring and evaluation tool also enables greater stakeholder inclusivity.

Fondation Hirondelle monitors the progress of its projects and programmes through continuous quantitative and qualitative data analysis. Audience and partner testimonials collected by MEAL managers in our field offices enable us to better respond to people’s needs and adapt our activities where necessary.

We continuously collect data from our projects in the following key areas:

  • Editorial: Launched in 2016, our programming database provides essential information on the topics and regions covered, as well as on gender equality in the media in order to ensure that our programmes are representative and balanced.
  • Work with partners: We collect information about the support we provide to our partners, whether on the theme of a training course or the profile and satisfaction level of beneficiaries.
  • Audience feedback: Our national teams carry out regular research to collect comments from our audiences and better understand their needs.
  • Our audiences: We carry out audience surveys every 2 years in the countries where we work to update the national audience rating. These studies also help us understand to what extent our audiences trust our content, how useful they find it, and whether they feel it meets their needs.



Our team

Nicki Bailey

MEAL Manager

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