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Monitoring and Evaluation Plan [DISEASE] [COUNTRY] [YYYY – YYYY] Guidance for submission of an ME plan for Global Fund grants TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL GUIDING PRINCIPLES 3 SUBMISSION OF AN ME PLAN 4 CONTENT OF ME PLAN 5 1. INDICATOR DEFINITIONS AND MEASUREMENT 5 2. ROUTINE DATA COLLECTION 5 3. DATA MANAGEMENT 6 4. PROGRAM REVIEW, EVALUATION, AND SURVEYS 6 5. DATA QUALITY ASSURANCE MECHANISMS AND RELATED SUPPORTIVE SUPERVISION 7 6. ME COORDINATION 7 7. CAPACITY BUILDING 7 8. ME COSTED WORK PLAN 8 9. ME BUDGET 8 10. INFORMATION PRODUCTS, DISSEMINATION AND USE 9 ANNEX A –ME Framework Template 10 ANNEX B- Indicator Reference Sheet Template 11 ANNEX C – Impact and Outcome Measurement Table 12 ANNEX D – Dimensions of data quality 14 ANNEX E – Monitoring Evaluation work plan and budget 15 REFERENCES 16 GENERAL GUIDING PRINCIPLES Monitoring and Evaluation is a key component of Performance-based Funding. Through ME, the programme results at all levels (impact, outcome, output, process and input) can be measured to provide the basis for accountability and informed decision-making at both programme and policy level. Each Global Fund grant agreement includes a Performance Framework, a legal document through which the recipient organization and the Global Fund commonly agree the indicators to be used and the targets to be achieved to demonstrate performance and consequently, ensure continued funding. The ME plan is an essential document for a country as it describes how the ME system should be run. It should be accompanied by an annual costed workplan describing the planned ME activities for each year including the strengthening measures to improve the ME system identified through ME system or Data quality assessments. It is also a required document for the Global Fund as it provides the background information for the indicators included in the Performance Framework and for the ME system that produces the res