By Nox Chitepo & Seirah Ngcobo
Director at the Department of Planning Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME)
The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) recognized from the inception of its national evaluation system (NES) in 2011 that there is limited evaluation capacity within government, and...
By Seirah Ngcobo
Evaluation Specialist At the DPME
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) hosted the National Evaluation Capacities (NEC) Conference in Turin, Italy from the 25-28 October 2022. There were more than 300 participants from over 100 countries, representing national governments, development...
Consultant NeededTo develop a guideline on how to entrench the use of M&E evidence in the planning and budgeting processes of the government they focused on, making sure that these two crucial functions are informed by the best available performance data on existing development plans, policies, programmes and projects of...
By Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa
Senior Lecturer & Design Clinic Facilitator
Upcoming Evaluations Illustrate the Complexity of UseOne area of consensus within Africa’s growing national evaluation systems is the importance of a use-focused design. On the surface, this seems uncontroversial. Given each country’s...
By Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa
Senior Lecturer & Design Clinic Facilitator
DPME’s Design clinic confirms the importance of participationThe Department of Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation (DPME) held its design clinic on the 6th and 7th of September 2022 in Pretoria. Facilitating it has been a professional...