Validation of the Diagnostic Report on the State of M&E Evidence Use in the Ugandan Public Sector Planning and Budgeting
Validation of the Diagnostic Report
Twende Mbele and the Government of Uganda are validated the diagnostic report on state of M&E evidence-use in public sector planning and budgeting. Accompanying the Report are Guidelines mapping pathways for facilitating greater M&E evidence use in whole-of-government planning and budgeting.
The workshop participants reflected on the veracity of the diagnostic report and practicality of the Guidelines. The digitalisation of information systems across National Development Plan Programmes positioned as a key enabler of M&E evidence use in government.
The sector Ministries reflected on the need to improve the perception of M&E in the public service. It was re-enforced that M&E is more than just data collection but a performance enhancing tool.
Comment l’introduction de l’évaluation rapide a-t-elle contribué à l’utilisation des données probantes au Niger et au Bénin
Les évaluations rapides sont destinées à réduire les coûts des projets d’évaluation et le temps qu’ils prennent. Il s’agit d’une évaluation qui peut produire un résultat susceptible d’alimenter rapidement les politiques et les pratiques, tout en étant suffisamment solide pour fournir de bonnes orientations pour la prise de décision. En 2021 et 2022, le Bénin et le Niger ont piloté des évaluations rapides dans le cadre de leur système national d’évaluation (SNE) respectivement. Ces évaluations rapides ont été réalisées dans les secteurs de l’agriculture et de la santé publique, en collaboration avec les départements/ministères de l’agriculture et de la santé publique respectivement.
Les évaluations rapides réalisées par ces deux pays sont les suivantes : Évaluation rapide du mécanisme d’allocation des ressources agricoles aux communes (FADEC) ; Rapport d’évaluation rapide de la mise en œuvre de la politique de gratuité des soins pour les femmes en âge de procréer et les enfants de 0 à 5 ans dans la région de Dosso ; et Rapport d’évaluation de la mise en œuvre de la politique de gratuité des soins pour les femmes en âge de procréer et les enfants de 0 à 5 ans dans la région de Maradi. Ces évaluations rapides ont été financées en collaboration par Twende Mbele et ont formulé certaines recommandations, que les deux pays ont respectivement mises en œuvre.
Rejoignez cette discussion lors de la semaine d’évaluation gLocal 2023. La discussion portera sur les résultats et les recommandations des évaluations rapides réalisées au Bénin et au Niger. Cliquez sur le lien pour vous inscrire :
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Three Day Orientation and Training for the OPM’s Directorate of M&E Staff
As part of several ongoing reforms across Government, the Directorate received new staff during the FY2022/23. In addition, the Directorate is making a self-assessment of its performance in FY 2021/22. In line with the OPM Human Resource Management Policy and the Public Service Standing Orders, the Directorate in collaboration with Twende Mbele program, which aims at promoting the use of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) to strengthen government performance and accountability undertook a comprehensive three day training from 27-29 March 2023.
The overall objective of the exercise was to build the capacity of the Directorate staff for competitive service delivery. The specific objectives will include the following;
a) To orient the newly deployed Directorate staff on the core mandate, functions, processes and deliverables of the OPM Directorate for M&E and Inspection vis-à-vis government plans, policies, programs and projects.
b) Orientating participants about the Government-wide M&E system of Uganda and roles and responsibilities of the various MDAs in the system.
c) Provide training on the basics of performance monitoring and evaluation d) To train the Directorate staff on the new and emerging M&E tools and skill-sets
e) Train Directorate staff on the value of M&E evidence in public policymaking, planning, implementation
f) Train OPM Directorate on M&E and Inspection on the utility of evaluations and evaluative evidence-use in government (particularly the value of evaluations in aiding the performance management mandate of the OPM M&E Directorate vis-à-vis government medium term plans, public policies, programs and projects.
g) To develop a strategic roadmap for strengthening and improving performance of the Directorate and the role of M&E across Government in general. This roadmap will be informed by the results of the M&E skills audit/assessment that will be done by the trainer two weeks before the training. The strategic roadmap for improving the M&E system will best be informed by a substantive process of reviewing/assessing the extent to which the M&E policy is implemented across government. This M&E training for the Directorate staff is skills focused whereas a roadmap would need to take stock of M&E skills across all or a representative sample of MDAs; review of M&E frameworks across MDAs; review M&E practices of MDAs etc.
Eastern Cape Provincial Evaluation Seminar for Local Government
Held at the International Convention Centre (ICC) Hotel, East London, Eastern Cape on the 15-16 March 2023. The theme of the seminar was, “An Effective and Efficient Evaluation System: What Gets Measured Gets Done”.
The outcome of the seminar was:
1) To develop a common language for engaging in program evaluations.
2) To provide a platform for the enhancement of evaluation-related technical knowledge, skills, and capabilities.
3) To share with participants emerging evaluation profession trends, locally and internationally to foster a spirit of learning, discovery, and innovation.
4) To create a networking platform, to share and learn from the professional experiences and best practices, in order to best optimise evaluation institutionalisation.
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