Module 4. Preparing for MDG-based RBME On-line Training Course on Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation for MDG Implementation

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2 A readiness assessment - Provides the analytical framework to assess a given country s organizational capacity and political willingness to monitor and evaluate its goals, and develop a performance-based framework Can show where a country stands with respect to critical factors like organizational roles, responsibilities and capabilities; incentives and demand for RBME, ability of the organization to sustain a system

3 1. Incentives and demands for designing an RBME system What is driving the need for building and M&E system legislative or legal requirements, citizen demand, donor requirement, or political or public sector reform? Who are the champions for building and using an M&E system government, parliament, civil society, donors, others?

4 1. Incentives and demands (cont d) What is motivating those who champion building an M&E system a political reform agenda, pressures from donors, a personal political agenda, or political directive? Who will benefit from the system politicians, administrators, civil society, donors, citizens? Who will not benefit from building an M&E system politicians, administrators, civil society, donors, citizens? Are there counterreformers inside or outside the political system?

5 2. Roles and responsibilities and existing structures or assessing performance of the government What are the roles and responsibilities of central and line ministries in assessing performance? What is the role of the parliament? What is the role of the supreme audit agency? Do ministries and agencies share information with one another? Is there a political agenda behind the data produced? What is the role of civil society?

6 2. Roles and responsibilities (cont d) Who in the country produces data? At the national government level, including central ministries, line ministries, specialized units or offices At the subnational or regional government level, including provincial central and line ministries, local government, NGOs, donors and others

7 2. Roles and responsibilities (cont d) Where in government are data used? Program policymaking Legislation and accountability to parliament Planning Fiscal management Evaluation and oversight

8 3. Capacity building requirements for an RBME system What are the skills of civil servants in the national government in each of the following: Project and program management Data analysis Project and program goal establishment Budget management Performance auditing

9 3. Capacity building requirements (cont d) Is there any technical assistance, capacity building or training in M&E now underway or done in the past two years for any level of government (national, regional or local)? Who provided this help and under what framework or reform process? Are there any institutions, research centers, private organizations or universities in the country that have some capacity to provide technical assistance and training for civil servants and others in performance-based M&E?

10 1. What potential pressures are encouraging the need for the M&E system within the public sector and why? 2. Who is the advocate for an M&E system? 3. What is motivating the champion to support such an effort?

11 4. Who will own the system? Who will benefit from the system? How much information do they really want? 5. How will the system directly support better resource allocation and the achievement of program goals? 6. How will the organization, the champions, and the staff react to negative information generated by the system?

12 7. Where does capacity exist to support a results-based M&E system? 8. How will the M&E system link project, program, sector and national goals?