🌐 ABOUT HOREX
Horizon of Excellence (HOREX) Ltd, established in 2011, is a professional center committed to enhancing professional competences, conducting research, and providing consulting services. Conveniently located on the right side of the Kigali-Muhanga Road (RN 3), just 300m from Bank of Kigali, Ruyenzi, Runda, Kamonyi District.
🎓 MEL CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Embark on a transformative journey with our Career Development Program (CDP) in Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL). Our program offers three levels of professional certificates:
- MEL Professional (Fundamental Level-1) – Ideal for beginners
- Advanced MEL Professional (Advanced Level-2) – Suitable for intermediate learners
- Evaluation Researcher (Expert Level-3) – Tailored for advanced practitioners
🌟 AIMS OF MEL CERTIFICATION
Our MEL certification aims to:
- Improve skills in project design and management with a focus on monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL).
- Build rigorous research and analytical capacities related to socio-program evaluation.
- Enhance job opportunities for MEL professionals through advanced certification.
- Introduce and integrate data science techniques for evidence-based decision-making in the field of monitoring and evaluation.
- Open to individuals from any sector, fostering a diverse community of MEL professionals.
🌐 OPERATIONAL STRATEGY
The MEL CDP has a structured organizational framework, including the MEL CDP Management team, Curriculum & Exam Development (CED) Board, and Authorized Training Consultants (ATC).
📚 GRADUATE PROFILES
Upon completion of the program, graduates will possess:
MEL FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL (13 courses):
- Good understanding of the MEL work environment in project management complexity.
- Technical know-how on setting up and maintaining an effective M&E system.
- Ability to go through the sampling process, survey design, and data collection using modern technologies such as Kobo ToolBox, SurveyCTO, etc.
- Ability to statistically handle missing values and calculate sample weights.
- Hands-on skills using Excel to summarize and visualize data and statistically validate hypotheses and conclusions.
- Hands-on skills on creating MEL Dashboards, including Google Maps, using Power BI.
- Understanding of qualitative designs.
- Hands-on experience in developing an operational MEL system.
MEL ADVANCED LEVEL (10 courses):
- Knowledge and skills from the Fundamental level.
- Statistical knowledge and skills using Stata.
- Good understanding of statistical assumptions and different data distributions.
- Hands-on skills related to developing regression models fitting different circumstances and conditions, adequacy checking, and interpretation.
- Qualitative data collection and analysis using qualitative software such as NVivo.
- Hands-on experience through an evaluation project.
EXPERT LEVEL (8 courses):
- Knowledge and skills from Fundamental and Advanced levels.
- Statistical knowledge and skills in using R.
- Practical knowledge of data mining strategies to represent big data in reduced dimensions for program analysis.
- Ability to use R for GIS and skills for spatial analysis.
- Good understanding of data science and opportunities for leveraging big data in MEL activities.
- Specialization in Impact Evaluation, Performance analysis, or efficiency analysis.
- Hands-on experience through an evaluation project.
📢 DETAILS OF THE CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
HOREX LTD is delighted to announce the reopening of its professional training activities post-COVID-19. Here are the key details:
- Training Start Date: April 15, 2024
- Application Deadline: March 31, 2024
- Program Structure: Three professional certification levels
- Eligibility: Open to M&E professionals and 3rd/4th-year undergraduate students
- Admission: Placement based on the applications and provided support documents
- Training fees: 59,000; 88,500 & 118,000 Frw per course in Level 1, 2, & 3 respectively.
- Certification: Based on the successful acquisition of the required competence
- Competence Requirements: Visit our website (https://horizonexcel.rw/) for details
🎓 WHO SHOULD JOIN MEL CDP?
MEL CDP welcomes:
- Students, graduates, employed & self-employed individuals
- Aspiring M&E professionals seeking certification
- Those interested in integrating data science in M&E practices
- Individuals wanting to connect IT ecosystems for data processing
- Those aiming to become experts in evaluation, cost-benefit analysis, and more
📚 SKILLS YOU WILL ACQUIRE
- Effective Communication
- Strategic Thinking
- Adaptive Management
- Inclusive Coordination
- Capacity Development
- ICT Skills,
- Social Research Abilities,
- Continuing Professional Development,
- Specialization
📘 COURSE MODULES INCLUDE:
- Building Effective M&E systems
- Survey and Data Management
- Data Summarization and Visualization
- Quantitative Data Analysis
- Qualitative Data Analysis
- Robust Evaluation Designs
📅 WEEKLY SESSIONS
Join our weekly sessions for queries, questions, and briefings every Friday from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm (Rwanda time) through the https://meet.google.com/mmb-usqp-ewa
📞 CONTACT INFORMATION
For more information, contact the HOREX LTD Management at Tel: 0786669501. Email: horizon.excel@gmail.com
Transform your career with Horizon of Excellence – Your Gateway to Professional Success!