Public bodies and private developers across Africa spend large sums on works contracts, often financed by development partners who expect disciplined administration. Yet cost overruns, stalled sites and payment disputes remain common, and many of them trace back to missed deadlines, unclear instructions and weak records rather than to technical problems alone.

The Monitoring and Evaluation of Contract Management & Administration (FIDIC) Training Course combines contract knowledge with a performance management approach. Participants first review the structure and risk allocation of the FIDIC conditions and the duties of each party. They then examine the administration cycle in detail: notices, programme and progress reporting, variations, valuation, claims for time and money, payment certification, and taking over and defects liability. The second half introduces monitoring and evaluation tools, including contract registers, performance indicators, earned value basics, compliance audits and post-contract reviews.

Learning relies on a running case of a road or building project with sample correspondence, programmes and certificates. By the end, participants will have built a monitoring framework and assessed realistic claims and variations, ready to apply on their own contracts.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the structure and risk allocation of the main FIDIC forms of contract.
• Apply notice, time bar and communication requirements correctly.
• Assess variations and prepare valuations under contract rules.
• Evaluate claims for extension of time and additional cost.
• Verify interim payment applications and issue supportable certificates.
• Design a contract monitoring framework with performance indicators.
• Review progress using programmes, S-curves and cost reports.
• Use dispute avoidance and resolution procedures effectively.

The course is meant for professionals who administer, supervise or audit works contracts:

• Contract and project managers
• Resident engineers and the Engineer's representatives
• Quantity surveyors and cost engineers
• Procurement and contract management officers
• Legal advisers and claims specialists
• Contractors' commercial and site managers
• Internal auditors and project monitoring officers
• Development partner and donor project staff

Participants leave the course with:

• A contract administration calendar covering notices and deadlines.
• A monitoring dashboard design with agreed performance indicators.
• A step-by-step method for assessing claims and variations.
• Sample correspondence formats that protect contractual positions.
• A post-contract evaluation template for capturing lessons learned.
• A checklist for preparing disputes for early resolution.

The programme is organised around one realistic project file:

• Sample correspondence, programmes and payment certificates to analyse
• Clause-by-clause practice applying FIDIC provisions to scenarios
• Role-play of Engineer, Employer and Contractor positions
• Template building for registers and dashboards

Participants who attend and complete the assessment exercises receive a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion from Vision Reach Global Consultancy. It acknowledges training and is not an official FIDIC qualification.