Learning & impact· Medium risk

Monitoring, evaluation and learning plan

Draft a MEL plan for a new programme.

When to use this prompt

Reach for this prompt when you need to draft a MEL plan for a new programme. It's designed for M&E lead. Typically used within Evaluation work.

Draft with AI, then have a colleague verify facts and tone before use.

1
Gather your inputs
You'll need: Programme, Duration.
Nice to have: Budget.
2
Fill in the template
Copy the template below and replace every bracketed placeholder with real, local context. Keep names and safeguarding details out.
3
Run it in your AI tool
Paste into your preferred AI assistant. Ask a follow-up if the output misses your association's tone or context.
4
Review with the checklist
Work through the human-review checklist below before you send, publish or act on the output.

Prefer a guided flow? Adapt with the guided builder — it fills placeholders from your association profile.

Draft a MEL plan for {{programme}} at {{association_name}} over {{duration}}. Cover indicators, method, cadence, learning, sharing.

Replace bracketed placeholders with real context. Never paste identifying details about children, health or safeguarding cases.

A MEL plan with learning cadence.

Tick each before you send or publish the output.

MEL that ends in a PDF nobody reads is expensive theatre; plan for learning.

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