Entrenching the Use of M&E Evidence in the Public Sector Planning and Budgeting Processes in Uganda – Guideline

The proposed guidelines have been developed as part of the key outputs under the assignment entitled A research study on current use of M&E evidence in development planning and budgeting processes in the 6 Twende Mbele countries: opportunities for entrenchment – the case of Uganda (2023). It is important to note that evidence/ data-driven planning and budgeting implies using good data and analytics to find insights, and then acting on those insights to gain competitive advantages. It is built on the premise that the best decisions are those supported by good data. Although the idea of data-driven planning and budgeting seems intuitive and straightforward, the study established that many Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) were found to be in great need to put into practice data-driven decision making. The findings of the study informed the development of these guidelines for use of evidence base data in planning and budgeting processes.