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The Twende Mbele Management Committee consists of high-level M&E government officials from six country governments, and two technical partners – CLEAR AA and IDEV at the African Development Bank. Together, these partners drive the strategic activities and learning for the partnership.

After two years of working purely remotely, this workshop was the first time partners were able to come together in person to discuss the challenges presented as M&E evolves in their countries, and to update the work plan in response to the political and institutional environment.

The two-day workshop at Wits University in Johannesburg was driven by the following objectives,

• Reflect on what’s working well and what’s not for Twende Mbele

• Discuss key priorities for countries going forward, and where Twende can assist

• Agree on how partners are able to allocate time to Twende

• Finalise activity plan for linking PBM&E

Ce guide est une introduction à la réalisation d’évaluations rapides, menées en interne, en externe ou facilitée. La première partie donne un aperçu de ce qu’est une évaluation rapide et dans quelles conditions en faire l’option. La partie B utilise la structure du guide DPME sur les termes de référence et le Guide méthodologique national d’évaluation du Bénin, le Niger n’en disposant pas encore, pour introduire des aspects particuliers en relation avec l’évaluation rapide.

Ce guide vise à fournir des conseils spécifiques pour la mise en oeuvre d’évaluations rapides dans un contexte gouvernemental. Le guide a été élaboré dans le cadre de l’initiative de S&E de gouvernements africains, Twende Mbele.

This Impact Report highlights how the Twende Mbele peer learning and sharing approach has been successful in trialing innovative ideas and approaches. Where;

• parliamentary support has been successful at regional level, with individual parliaments learning from each other’s best practices.
• partner countries continue to improve the gender responsiveness of their M&E systems with the support of various state and non-state actors.
• the work around integrating rapid evalutions has seen a number of policy changes, and growing demand for more timely evidence.

This guideline is intended to guide government agencies to strengthen collaboration with CSOs in the implementation of the NES.

In most cases government and CSOs have shared aims. They both aim to improve the living conditions of citizens and sustain development. When done well, collaboration between government and CSO can be beneficial for both parties, enabling them to fulfil their mandates/objectives. Yet, it is often difficult to achieve effective collaboration for several reasons. For example, government and CSO institutional contexts and cultures can vary significantly, their power and influence within a country are also not comparable. The relationship can also be further complicated where each hold negative sentiment about the other and by the fact that government has a regulatory/oversight function towards CSO operating in the country. This guideline recognises this complexity and aims to offer government officials building NES practical guidance to enhance collaboration with CSOs in building different aspects of their evaluation systems.

The purpose of this guideline is to serve as a tool for indicator development through an equity lens, that should be used alongside existing policies, plans and guidelines in the public sector. This guideline serves as part of a series of guidelines through the Twende Mbele partnership programme that seek to assist government decision makers to strengthen their M&E systems. This guideline is a foundational document that has been designed for Ghana’s national M&E system, but can be adapted to different country contexts and used as a platform for discussion and adoption in the national monitoring systems of other Twende Mbele’s country-level partners. Within the context of Ghana, this guideline is intended for indicator development and to assess the extent to which current monitoring frameworks are equitable, by:

• NDPC staff;

• Policy Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Divisions (PPMEDs) staff and

• District Planning Coordinating Units (DPCUs) at the local government level.

Beyond the government of Ghana, this guideline can be used by development partners who are equityfocused, and by academia as a source of training for students.