Streamlined Fund and MEL Management

Managing programmes can be challenging and complex. Multiple donors/partners with global reach and teams can lead to siloed planning and heavy use of digital tools and coordination efforts to deal with large volumes of people and organisations.

The SmartME programme management consists of two core systems:

Fund Management & MEL Management

SmartME is a proven platform that can streamline your fund management and MEL efforts and can be deployed rapidly. This saves you significant time and allows you to create greater impact.

Fund Management System

SmartME makes fund management easy by offering multiple features and configurable phases throughout all the steps of the applicant processing. This enables you to to effectively monitor, manage and distribute funds towards projects that align with your programme or funds objectives.

Streamlined administration

Reduce and simplify administrative tasks to improve efficiency.

Rapid deployment

Launch quickly and globally.

Centralised management

Control the entire process from a single, unified platform.

Automated workflows

Process simple and complex grant applications.

High-volume application management

Process large volumes of applications efficiently.

Transparent and secure evaluation

Ensure high level of transparency, security, and compliance throughout the evaluation and grant & finance awarding process.

MEL System

SmartME offers an effective Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) system that includes a range of features that allow organisations to track and analyse their projects with ease. These tools enable you to better understand your projects as a whole and make informed decisions leaving time for optimising project performance.

MEL System Core Features

Indicator management 

RF and DataGrid

Project monitoring and progress tracking
Data collection 

Reports, surveys, offline data collection

Disbursement cycle
Budget tracking
Analytics, Reporting and Dashboards

Project Management Process

Project Setup

  • Results Framework
  • Indicators
  • Reporting Workflow
  • Visualisations

Project Monitoring

  • Reporting Workflows
  • Indicators
  • Data Collection

Project Reporting

  • Impact Reporting
  • MEL & Data Collection
  • Analytics
  • Visualisations

SmartME

MEL Benefits

  • Integrated Digital MEL Framework:

    A unified system with digital indicators to align data across all projects.

  • Project Communications exclusively via SmartME:

    Our platform provides a wide range of communication channels for all users.

  • Streamlined Data Collection:

    SmartME provides comprehensive integrated toolkits to simplify and accelerate data collection processes.

  • Advanced Project Portfolio Monitoring:

    Creates clear, interactive data visualisations for better project tracking and performance analysis.

  • Simplified Reporting Workflows:

    Streamlines reporting and analysis to reduce time-consuming paperwork.

  • Global Indicator Alignment:

    Brings global indicators into alignment to effectively demonstrate collective impact.

  • Activity Insights Generation:

    Delivers activity insights across the entire portfolio of projects.

  • Collecting Lessons Learned:

    Captures and shares knowledge and learning across the project portfolio.