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= Overview =
Monitoring is an essential part of proper project management. On the one hand a proper monitoring system can support the project management by identifying project progress and delays. Hereby it enables project managers to act in time if necessary. On the other hand a strong monitoring systems provides the relevant data for reporting. Nowadays many projects are funded by public sources. In such cases (of course also in other) a public monitoring/reporting is applied. The level of public reporting depends on the purposes. However, even very basic monitoring information can strengthen the understanding of all involved stakeholders.<br/>Monitoring reports can be done narrative, by number and tables or by graphics.<br/><br/>
= Existing Monitoring Tools<br/> =

== Maps Linked with <span class="st">Geographic Information System (GIS)</span> Information ==
<u>This following links show some examples of monitoring data linked with GIS data:</u>
*EnDev - Peru: [http://www.cocinasmejoradasperu.org.pe/ubigeo.htm cocinasmejoradasperu.org] (click on "mapa de ubicacion geografica")
*Uganda: PREEEP-Energy Program: [http://www.gis-uganda.de/WebMap/ gis-uganda.de]
*energypedia: [[Hydropower Sites - GPS Coordinates|Hydropower Sites]] ([http://help.energypedia.info/wiki/What's_a_wiki wiki based] list, with GPS data and map)
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== Online Monitoring of Construction of Biogas Digesters<br/> ==

*[http://www.snvworld.org/ SNV] is using a nice online overview about the number of new biogas digesters per african country and month. Please have a look at: [https://sites.google.com/site/biogas4all/ biogas4all]<br/>
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== Web-based Monitoring Tools<br/> ==

*[http://webmo.info/ WebMo]: a web-based monitoring software for projects in the field of development cooperation<br/>
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= Additions<br/> =
''(Before using any new software, please ensure that the "terms of use" are clear to you and that they don't conflict with your companies/organizantions rules)''
#If a project website exists, in many cases a '''Content-Management-System (CMS)''' is used. Simply publishing images should be as easy as with google-sites then. However, there are better ways to publish and visualize data online using google-services. <u>Have a look at:</u> [http://www.google.com/fusiontables/public/tour/index.html google.com/fusiontables]<br/>Depending on your technical infrastructure, report creating and publishing can be completely automated with some configuration and scripting.
#<u>Some more information and a video about fusiontables can be found here:</u> [http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2010/09/02/tools-for-transparency-google-fusion-tables/ blog.sunlightfoundation.com]<br/><u>Public datasets can be explored here:</u> [http://www.google.com/publicdata/home www.google.com/publicdata]
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= Further Information =

*[[Monitoring Glossary|Monitoring Glossary]]

= References =
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