MfDR Community of Practice First Annual Meeting

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MfDR Community of Practice First Annual Meeting
Africa RegionReport of the SHIPDET Program
Africa Asia Pacific CoP Experience and
Possible LinkagesBy Mbayani SaruniMinistry of
Planning - Tanzania
December 12th, 2007 Jinja Uganda
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SHIPDET Report

• CoP-MfDR Asia-Pacific region has a well
  established training program on ME called the
  Shanghai International Program for Development
  Evaluation (SHIPDET)
• Objective to enhance the ME capacity of CoP
  MfDR members
• Held twice a year (spring and fall) for three
  years
• Target group
• Spring program focus on Chinese participants
• Fall program targeting Asian-Pacific CoP members,
  with few from outside the region
• First participants from outside the region to
  participate

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Program Components

• Three components
• Intensive training on the establishment of
  results-based ME system
• Field trip and video conference on real case
  studies of results-based evaluation in the
  Zhejiang Multicities Development Project,
  supported by the World Bank and Suzhou Creek
  Project in Shanghai supported by Asia Development
  Bank (ADB)
• CoP-MfDR Asia Pacific Annual Meeting

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The Training Program

• Second intake Was held at AFDC from 22nd October
  to 3rd November 2007
• Nearly 60 participants from 19 countries
• Purpose to study, and discuss globally-recognized
  ME theories and methodologies, and to share
  experiences.
• Resources persons were drawn from different
  institutions
• Some of the topics covered
• Ten steps to build Result -Based ME system
• The role of evaluation and
• Different models to conduct and report evaluation
  data and findings.
• Accompanied with case studies, some of which were
  practical (Zhejiang Multicities Development
  Project)

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2. The Legal Framework
Field Visit

• Visited WB-Financed Zheijiang Multi-city
  Development Project in Hangzhou, the capital city
  of Zheijiang province
• Aim to get a feel for the actual process of
  project design, plan, implementation, monitoring
  and evaluation processes
• 8 Components including water treatment plant and
  road construction.
• All the project components were successfully
  implemented and rated Satisfactory by IEG
• Discussion with evaluators (IEG) in Washington
  through video conference about _ among others-
  the evaluation methodologies used

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CoP- MfDR Asia-Pacific Region Annual Meeting

• This was the second Annual Meeting held after the
  training
• 18 papers were submitted from different countries
  for discussion on the country experience on MfDR
• Given time constraint, only 8 were presented and
  I happen to be among them
• Presented the case of MKUKUTA Monitoring system
  in Tanzania (MMS)
• Also reviewed the first year progress of CoP MfDR
  activities since it was launched in 2006 and
• Approved the Action Plan for 2008.

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3. Mandate of the Bank (cont.)
Lesson learned (replicate?)

• Strong technical and administrative personnel are
  key to a successful project implementation
• Strong stakeholder support is essential for a
  successful project
• Government willingness and commitment is the key
  
• Accountability is vital
• Evaluations that are placed on a shelf provide no
  return on investment
• The demand for evidence based data for
  decision-making is crucial and
• Need for the champion and active country
  participation

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Challenges (Common to all)

• Low level MfDR capacity, varying between
  countries
• Language barriers
• The existence of many different ME frameworks
  within the same agency/country
• Data/information problem Availability,
  Accessibility, Timeliness, Reliability
• Inactive country participation some country
  resist MfDR

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2. The Board of Governors (1)
Potential for Linkages

• Capacity Building Either request to participate
  in SHIPDET or establish ME training centre. Two
  or three CoP members can cross the border for the
  purpose of enhancing their knowledge on ME and
  sharing experience
• Dialogue on MfDR through which, we can learn
  important lessons on how to design and implement
  results-based ME techniques
• Annual Meetings
• Online Discussions
• Cross-Posting
• HLF - 3
• South-South Cooperation Some countries in
  Asia-Pacific region (e.g. Singapore and Malaysia)
  have made substantial progress in MfDR.
  South-South Cooperation is therefore needed to
  assist countries in developing the MfDR.

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Challenges
The Way Forward

• Need to get prepared for the HLF 3 with
  concrete proposals on how to improve aid
  relevance and effectiveness.
• Note Financial support is not the only means to
  end our problems we should play our role to
  achieve the results

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THANK YOU