Track20's annual training provides Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Officers and their HMIS counterparts with dedicated time to dive into data, learn about new tools, and exchange monitoring challenges and solutions with their peers. This year's training was held in Kigali, Rwanda.
Far from a typical workshop, the meeting became a working laboratory: participants arrived prepared through pre-workshop webinars and plunged into active problem-solving, testing different ways of using routine data, and debating what the evidence truly showed. At the tables, peers flagged data anomalies, puzzled over uncertainty bounds in modeled estimates, and challenged one another — and Track20 staff — on how best to interpret data quality issues. Discussions spilled well beyond scheduled sessions, with participants lingering late into the evenings to refine estimates, re-check files, and continue spirited exchanges. This level of engagement reflects the ownership and curiosity that Track20 has helped cultivate, leading to government staff not only producing estimates, but questioning, interpreting, and strategizing with them in real time.
A highlight was a field trip to Rwanda's recently opened Data Intelligence Center - an impressive, shared workspace dedicated to collecting and analyzing health data across several health areas. The center's FP data is pulled from FP DataPro, Track20's module embedded in Rwanda's DHIS2 system, which automates complex data analyses and prepares easy-to-understand visualizations. These FP data are displayed alongside other health programs and operational data, providing a full picture of program delivery and its challenges.
Read this brief to learn more about our visit to the Data Intelligence Center and other 2025 training highlights.