Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is important for the CRCs to give the centres feedback to improve performance, for funding agencies for professional programme management and for reporting to ministries and general public/ stakeholders on programme performance.

Fundamentals of a Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy (Source: VINNOVA, Sweden)

• Before start of programme: Establish a support system including relevant indicators and a data base to contain information needed for monitoring, evaluation and impact analysis
• At start: Establish basic data characterising centres
• During course of programme: System for Monitoring
• Chosen point of time during life of programme: (Startup and) Midterm Evaluation(s)
• At end:  ex post: Evaluation
• Posterior measurements: Impact analysis, often together with others