PME is a widely used term by all USAID projects since early 2000, it is an acronym for top-down Planning, Management (Monitoring) and Evaluation. It would be better to avoid using PME as here we mean "Participatory monitoring and evaluation", a bottom-up approach.
RE: The farmer as a key participant of M&E: lessons and experiences from Participatory M&E systems
PME is a widely used term by all USAID projects since early 2000, it is an acronym for top-down Planning, Management (Monitoring) and Evaluation. It would be better to avoid using PME as here we mean "Participatory monitoring and evaluation", a bottom-up approach.
Sincerely
Elamin