Webinar: Participatory M&E Tools for Sustainable and Inclusive Development
Delivered bilingually in English and Hindi.
Dear readers,
We at 4th Wheel Social Impact are thrilled to kick off our gLocal Evaluation Week 2025 series with the first session, "Participatory M&E Tools for Sustainable and Inclusive Development," on Wednesday, June 4, at 2 PM IST. After receiving multiple requests from our community to host webinars in Hindi and other regional languages, this marks our first attempt at making our knowledge-sharing more linguistically accessible. Our most experienced team members—who have collectively been part of over 100 on-field projects across diverse communities—will be leading this session. They will share invaluable insights on how they've successfully engaged with communities, navigated cultural nuances, collected meaningful data, and built trust through participatory approaches that truly center community voices. This session brings together grounded stories and practical tools from our in-house evaluators, showcasing how evaluation can be made more participatory, people-led, and rooted in real-world contexts.
What will the session cover:
What participatory M&E tools are, and why they matter in inclusive development.
How participatory approaches can center community voices, especially those of marginalized groups, and surface insights often missed by conventional methods.
Real-world case studies from across India showcasing how such tools have influenced program design, implementation, and outcomes.
Practical reflections on benefits, challenges, and what it takes to embed participatory tools in everyday M&E practice
The speakers will walk participants through three grounded case studies:
The Value Game: Understanding what youth value most after vocational training—beyond certificates and placements.
Dotmocracy: How women in rural areas guided infrastructure planning to reflect real, everyday needs.
Participatory Resource Mapping: How communities used mapping and transect walks to launch local solutions—from water committees to skill exchanges.
Who is this relevant for:
Field-based M&E practitioners and data collection teams
Grassroots facilitators working directly with communities
On-ground program implementers and field coordinators
Community mobilizers and village-level workers
Field researchers conducting participatory studies
Development practitioners engaged in direct community work
This is part of our Inclusive Evaluation, Redefined webinar series during gLocal Evaluation Week 2025, hosted by 4th Wheel Social Impact. To know more about the series: https://tinyurl.com/437ckzsw.
If you can't attend the live session, please still register to receive the recording and all presentation materials shared during the webinar.
About gLOCAL Evaluation Week:
gLOCAL Evaluation Week is a global knowledge-sharing event that connects evaluators, development practitioners, and changemakers to share insights and foster learning. The 2025 edition, taking place from June 2–6, centers on the theme "Evaluation for a Better Future: Environmental Sustainability, Inclusion, and Peace."Watch our past webinars here.