The Web-based Project Reporting System (Web-PRS™) is an extensive information management and reporting system which is providing a transparent way for implementers and donors to monitor the immediate and long-term impacts of development programs worldwide, facilitating data management, and enabling enhanced decision-making that leads to more effective and successful program implementation. Web-PRS™ is of particular interest to the international development sector and to those who recognize the importance and advantages it provides to collect, analyze, manage and communicate information across borders, in complex environments.

Originally designed as an internal information management and reporting tool to support program manager's efforts to capture and synthesize key community development program project level data, Web-PRS™ has evolved into a fully-functional online program monitoring and reporting tool used by international based development implementers and donors alike. Web-PRS™ is now the standard for monitoring and evaluating one of the largest community development programs in the world, in addition to several other multi-country/multi-implementer community based development programs elsewhere.

Among the most important benefits for international donors is the extensive availability and “real time” access to comprehensive program project data. Web-PRS™ utilizes the latest technology to provide a sophisticated tool for users to capture, store, filter, analyze, and report on key activity level and program-wide data. Information, photos, and reports that used to take weeks to obtain can now be shared with stakeholders instantly.

Data is presented in a consistent framework across large, multi-implementer, community-based international development programs whether operating in a single country or multiple countries within a region. Program project data can be viewed, filtered, analyzed, and reported in “real time” over the Internet anywhere in the world.

Web-PRS™ Features

Monitoring
> Enter baseline data
> Define beneficiary categories, performance measures, and indicators
> Create community and project profiles
> Upload visual representation (including maps and photos) of projects before, during and after
completion
> Update project status directly from the field
> Monitor program progress towards targets in real-time, with multiple views and easy navigation to see details

Evaluation
> Sophisticated filtering and comparative reporting and evaluation for multi-implementer programs
> Supports programmatic transparency by populating public websites with WEB-PRS™ data
> WEB-PRS™ data serves as a resource for results-based programmatic impact analysis and evaluation, demonstrating performance capacity and extracting lessons learned

Reporting
> Online reporting with different detail levels
> Standardized reporting from program implementers with general and customized reporting format
> Export reports in multiple formats
> Chart and graph-enabled reports
> Multi-level data aggregation and consolidated views for donors to report on multi-implementer programs
> Enable reporting by project, community, beneficiaries, indicators, and many other options

Other Features
> Store program success stories
> Event scheduling system tracks upcoming events and important milestones on program-wide level
> Discussion Board facilitates communication among WEB-PRS™ users

Support
> Supported by experts in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and Information Technology (IT)
> Regularly updated user manuals, as well as content and topic-specific online help
> User support is available online and via phone, fax, email, discussion forums, live web-conferencing, and in-person, where regional support specialists are available

Web-PRS™ has been serving programs involving multiple implementing partners and development organizations in: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Mongolia, Palestine, Serbia, and Montenegro.

The beginnings: Web-PRS™ was first conceptualized and developed in 1999 by the creative minds of CHF’s team in Lebanon, in response to the critical need for an efficient way to track program activities, indicators, and impacts. The system was initially called Project Reporting System (PRS).

For more information and to see a demo of Web-PRS visit: http://www.web-prs.com/demo

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