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Ten steps to a results based monitoring and evaluation system. A handbook for development practitioners
This guide provides a ten-step model to help plan, design, and implement a results-based M&E system for good management in organisations working in the public sector.National Evaluation Capacity in Uganda
This paper by Margaret Kakenda (President, Uganda Evaluation Association) provides an overview of the Ugandan national integrated M&E Framework as of 2009 and its structural arrangements, including a directorate of Monitoring and EvaluaNational evaluation policy in Switzerland
This case study, prepared by Katerina Stolyarenko for the Parliamentary Forum for Development Evaluation outlines the process that was used to develop and implement a government-wide monitoring and evaluatNational evaluation policy in Colombia
This case study, prepared by Katerina Stolyarenko for the Parliamentary Forum for Development Evaluation outlines the process that was used to develop and implement a government-wide monitoring and evaluatNational Policy on Public Sector Monitoring and Evaluation - Uganda
This Ugandan national policy, published in 2013, applies to all public policies, strategies, programmes and projects managed by Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, Local Governments, Parastatals and Executing Agencies of public programmes.An African approach for gauging the gender effectiveness of national M&E systems: An IDEV article
This 12-page Twende Mbele paper presents the findings from a diagnostic study used to determine the gender responsiveness of national monitoring and evaluation systems in Benin, South Africa and Uganda.Building an organization’s capacity to conduct use focused evaluations using a mentoring approach
This case study examines how LIRNEasia’s CPRsouth Program used Utilization Focused Evaluation in a program in conjunction with the Developing Evaluation Capacity ICTD (DECI) Programme.Western Cape Department of Human Settlements departmental evaluation plan
This document from the Western Cape Government sets out a 3-year Department Evaluation Plan (DEP) of evaluations for the Department of Human Settlements. The stated aims of the DEP are to:National evaluation policy - Benin
This national evaluation policy aims to be a unifying tool in developing a national evaluation system to help improve public action and strengthen the evaluation culture of the administration.National monitoring and evaluation policy - Zambia
This policy provides a framework for setting up and strengthening monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in the public sector of Zambia.Policy framework for the government-wide monitoring and evaluation system - South Africa
This document sets out the policy framework for the whole-of-government monitoring and evaluation system for South Africa.Policy framework for results-based monitoring & evaluation (RBME) - Afghanistan
This document, created in 2016, set out the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan's policy framework for results-based monitoring & evaluation (RBME).National monitoring and evaluation policy for Namibia - Draft III
The national monitoring and evaluation policy of the Government of the Republic of Namibia establishes a framework that institutionalises the undertaking of continuous performance monitoring and evaluations.Ghanaian draft national monitoring and evaluation policy
This policy sets out monitoring and evaluation as a national requirement for all development programmes, projects and public investments, emphasizing it as mandatory for ascertaining good governance and value for money.Niger national evaluation policy
This resource is an example of a National Evaluation Policy, from Niger.World Food Program (WFP) evaluation capacity development strategy (2020-2024)
This Evaluation Capacity Development Strategy sets out WFP's approach to developing staff evaluation skills and capacity, addressing gaps between current WFP evaluation capacities and those required to achieve the organisation's objectives.Developing evaluation standards and assessing evaluation quality
The article explains the rationale for the development of standards for evaluation practice, the process followed in developing those standards, and how those standards inform the quality assessment of evaluations.A focus on M&E of results: an example from the Presidency, South Africa
This article documents the development of the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) in South Africa.Mere compliance or learning – M&E culture in the public service of Benin, Uganda and South Africa
This chapter of Using Evidence in Policy and Practice covers evidence use by African governments, and explores M&E culture in Benin, Uganda, and South Africa.Scoping the impact evaluation capacity in sub-Saharan Africa
This paper from The Africa Centre for Evidence at the University of Johannesburg reports on a scoping study on impact evaluation capacity in sub-Saharan Africa.State of monitoring and evaluation in Anglophone Africa: Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results in Anglophone Africa’s (CLEAR-AA) reflections
This article is an overview of what the Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results in Anglophone Africa (CLEAR-AA) has learnt from its work implementing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) capacity strengthening programmes.Guidance note: Best practice monitoring, evaluation and review
This guidance note outlines the components of monitoring, evaluation, and review, which the Treasury of the New Zealand Government considers foundational for all government policy initiatives related to creating, amending, or repealing primNational policy on public sector monitoring and evaluation
This document presents the National Policy on Public Sector Monitoring and Evaluation from Uganda, which sets out a framework for strengthening the assessment of public policies and investments.Program cycle operational policy, USAID 2022
USAID's Program Cycle and Operational Policy sets out required processes for designing and implementing programs, including how monitoring, evaluation and collaborating, learning and adapting (CLA) fit into the program cycle.Zimbabwean national monitoring and evaluation policy
This document is the National Monitoring and Evaluation Policy of Zimbabwe, created in 2015.National Evaluation Capacities Index (INCE) website
The INCE website provides information about the INCE diagnostic tool and allows users to explore the data from existing INCE assessments, both online through the Data Explorer, and through exporting XLS files.Evaluation competency framework for government
This document is a draft of the Evaluation Competency Framework (ECF) used by the South African Government.Competencies for development evaluation evaluators, managers, and commissioners
This paper from the International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS) provides a range of core competencies that evaluation managers and evaluators should possess wherever they work.Review of national evaluation systems and capacities for evaluating progress towards the sustainable development goals: Case study of Indonesia
This report assesses Indonesia's national evaluation system and its capacity and capability to evaluate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).AEA statement on cultural competence in evaluation
"This statement of the American Evaluation Association (AEA) affirms the significance of cultural competence in evaluation. It also informs the public of AEA’s expectations concerning cultural competence in the conduct of evaluation."The six-sphere framework: A practical tool for assessing monitoring and evaluation systems
This paper presents the six-sphere framework, a tool that can be used to extend the scope of evaluation capacity development diagnostics to include organisational and environmental factors that lie outside the conventional diagnostic lens.A précis of the evaluation competency literature
This literature review, written by Robyn Bailey for the Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association (ANZEA), outlines much of the literature that has been developed on evaluator competencies with a view to informing the development of a set