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The purpose of the 3-day capacity building workshop was to build and augment existing M&E capacities among Members of Parliament (MPs) and Parliament Researchers of Twende Mbele member countries: Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, South Africa and Uganda. This capacity building workshop aimed to foster champions and cultivate an appreciation of the value of M&E information in informing public sector planning, policymaking, budgeting and implementation processes.

The purpose of the 3-day capacity building workshop was to build and augment existing M&E capacities among Members of Parliament (MPs) and Parliament Researchers of Twende Mbele member countries: Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, South Africa and Uganda. This capacity building workshop aimed to foster champions and cultivate an appreciation of the value of M&E information in informing public sector planning, policymaking, budgeting and implementation processes.

The purpose of the 3-day capacity building workshop was to build and augment existing M&E capacities among Members of Parliament (MPs) and Parliament Researchers of Twende Mbele member countries: Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, South Africa and Uganda. This capacity building workshop aimed to foster champions and cultivate an appreciation of the value of M&E information in informing public sector planning, policymaking, budgeting and implementation processes.

The workshop was a continuation of Twende Mbele’s mission of improving oversight through M&E. The workshop was co-facilitated by M&E experts namely Dr Chris Phiri, Dr Josephine Watera and Dr Kobena Hanson, with the provision of English and French interpretation. The approach that was used primarily based on interactive peer-learning and sharing of experiences from the participating members of parliament South Africa, Uganda, Ghana, Malawi, Benin and Nigeria – with the intention of bridging the gap between M&E theory and its practical application in the oversight functions of parliament.

The assessment was commissioned by Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) in Partnership with Ministry of Local Government while examining the challenges faced during the recruitment to fill critical positions in the Local Governments.

The study follows assessment results for the Local Government Performance Assessment (LGPA) in the last four financial years that is;(FY2016/17, FY2017/18, FY2018/19, FY2019/20) which revealed that for instance in FY2016/17, Human resource management was the worst performed measure with 45%, followed by revenue mobilization at 47%. Similarly, for FY2017/18, the results still showed that the worst performing areas were Revenue Mobilization (42%) followed by Human Resource Management (51%) hence signaling that Human Resource Management has been the worst performed thematic area in the new revised framework followed by Revenue mobilization.

The Assessment Explored the Challenges in The Local Government Staffing While Focusing On the Filling of Critical Positions in The Local Government Structures in Uganda. The Entry Point to The Assessment Included the Review of LGPA Reports of 2017 – 2019, Particularly with a Focus on Human Resource Management Performance Measure.

The 20% Revenue sharing programme emerged as a result of an evidence gap in the area of enhancement of economic and social benefits from wildlife management. The programme is premised on the section 65 (4) of UWA Act (2019) where UWA is obliged to share 20% of its park entry fees to the surrounding communities in LGs surrounding the protected area from which the fees are collected to improve the social and economic well-being. Section 65 (5) mandates the Minister to make regulations on the management of the revenue sharing in subsection (4).

Of recent there has been a general concern as to whether the original intention and goal has been realized and generate evidence to inform policy makers on what is working and what is not working. The OPM in partnership with Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities and the WLA commissioned a study to undertake a rapid evaluation to assess the extent to which the use of the remitted 20% of the park entry fees has been effective in improving the livelihood of the communities in LGs surrounding the wildlife protected areas. The findings also provide a strong basis to inform the Ministry’s decision on the best way forward in implementing the conditional grant and preventing leakages in the disbursement system of the funds to the communities and make regulations on the management of the revenue sharing.