Transcript Evaluation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development

EVALUATION OF THE NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR
AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT:
APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY.
By
Alain A. Ndedi
Yenepad, South Africa
email: [email protected]
OUTLINE
1. INTRODUCTION
NEPAD: What is it really?
2. NEED FOR EVALUATION
3. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EVALUATION AND POLITICS
4. EVALUATION OF NEPAD:
 Results-based monitoring and evaluation
 Reasons for results-based monitoring and evaluation
 Proposed steps for a results-based monitoring and evaluation system
5. METHODOLOGY FOR THE EVALUATION OF NEPAD
4. SUMMARY
5. RECOMMENDATIONS
NEPAD: THE NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR
AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT
1. NEPAD is an African initiative launched in 2001 by African Heads of
States and Governments.
2. The NEPAD Rationale:
Eradicate poverty and hunger;
Accelerate the pace of economic growth;
Place Africa and individual African countries solidly in the
global arena;
Halt the marginalization of Africa in the world social and
economic orders;
Empower women and other socially disadvantaged groups;
Build the requisite infrastructure for sustainable development
NEPAD’S CONDITIONS FOR
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
1. The Peace, Security, Democracy and Political
Governance Initiatives;
2. The Economic and Corporate Governance Initiative;
3. Sub-regional and Regional Approaches to
Development
NEPAD’s SECTORAL PRIORITIES
NEPAD has five sectoral priorities:
Bridging the infrastructure gap
Human resource development including reversing
the brain drain
Agriculture
The Environment Initiative
Culture and Science and Technology
NEPAD: A CRITIQUE
Top-bottom approach;
Limited outreach it has attained
NEPAD initiative articulates the views of the highclass politicians without taken into considerations
the views of the common people and civil society
institutions in Africa.
Lack of self/internal funding to sustain the program
NEED FOR EVALUATION
 Experiences with previous development plans
 The current level of service delivery and
implementation of NEPAD’ projects
 Fiscal pressures
 Accountability pressures from ordinary Africans
 Results agenda required from Donors
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EVALUATION
AND POLITICS
 Evaluation refers to the process of determining
standards to measure something
 Politics is the ability to achieve a desired
outcome
Thus, evaluation is undertaken to feed
decision making of politicians and
decision makers; then part of politics...
EVALUATION OF NEPAD: RESULTS
BASED MONITORING AND
EVALUATION…WHY?
 RB M&E help policy makers answer the questions if
pevisions are kept and outcomes achieved; (Monitor..is
about measurement while evaluation deal with the reasons
of results (outcomes and impacts)
 Provides information to donors;
 Internal tool for improvement
STEPS TO BUILDING A PERFORMANCE
BASED M&E SYSTEM
Readiness Assessment
Establishing outcomes to monitor and evaluate
Develop keys indicators to monitor outcomes
Gathering of baseline data on indicators
Planning realistic targets
Monitoring results
Evaluation of results to support decision makers
Analyse and report findings
Sustaining the M&E System within institution
METHODOLOGY OF EVALUATION OF
NEPAD
Step one: Assessment of current measures used by AU
and development agencies to evaluate NEPAD
Step two: Develop own measures and instruments for
assessment the impact of NEPAD in African
countries;
Step Three: Develop own measures and instruments for
assessment the impact of NEPAD in respective
REC and countries.
Step four:Develop key indicators and timeframes
Step five: Develop feedback communication strategy that
will have continent and regional wide coverage
for information dissemination
Step six: Establish strong relationship between the
NEPAD Secretariat and the AU.
SUMMARY
Relationship between NEPAD & Heads of State
and Government Implementation Committee
[HSGIC]
The Maputo Declaration, at paragraphs 6 and 8, is
very clear on the issue of status and relevance of the
Heads of State and Government Implementation
Committee [HSGIC] to the NEPAD process.
The HSGIC, supported by the NEPAD Steering
Committee and the NEPAD Secretariat, is mandated
to continue, as a sub-Committee of the AU Assembly,
its vital work of ensuring the implementation of
NEPAD programmes.
SUMMARY
The HSGIC reports annually to the AU Assembly. The
Chairperson of the AU during 2001/2002-year term and
the Interim Chairperson of the AU attended the meetings
of the HSGIC.
Thus, the roles of the current Chairperson of the AU and
the Chairperson of the AU Commission should be
formalised. It is generally agreed that both parties
should be an integral part of the HSGIC to ensure coordination and strategic objectives.
LINKAGES BETWEEN THE NEPAD
STEERING COMMITTEE AND THE
RELEVANT AU ORGANS
Paragraph 9(i) of the Maputo Declaration requires that
appropriate linkages be established between the NEPAD
Steering Committee and the relevant organs of the AU
and the Executive Council in order to ensure integrated
inputs into the work of the HSGIC.
The rationale is to ensure that all the AU Member States
are updated on the developments of NEPAD. There is a
need to agree on the modalities and sustainability of the
linkages between the Executive Council/PRC and the
NEPAD Steering Committee.
WORKING RELATIONS BETWEEN THE
AU COMMISSION AND THE NEPAD
SECRETARIAT
Paragraph 9(iii) of the Maputo Declaration requires that the
working relations between the AU Commission and the
NEPAD Secretariat, especially for programme coordination
And harmonisation, be formalised. Institutionally, the
structure of the AU Commission provides for a NEPAD
Coordinating Unit in the Office of the Chairperson of the AU
Commission to be staffed by not more than five officers.
Also, there are currently contact points on NEPAD in the
AU Commission and contact point on AU in the NEPAD
Secretariat.
FUNDING AFTER INTEGRATION
Paragraph 9(v) of the Maputo Declaration requires that a
sustainable funding mechanism for NEPAD, after its
complete integration into the AU structures and processes,
be developed.
This requirement suggests that as part of assessing full
operational capability, funding of NEPAD in the AU
Commission need to be addressed as part of transferring
responsibility.
RECOMMENDATIONS
 In addition to obtaining political directives from the
political leadership, concrete operational measures be put
in place to kick-start the process.
These measures include agreeing on the approach to
integration, initiation of implementation processes,
developing and adopting a Work Plan for implementing
integration, appointing a dedicated coordinating team on
integration, making the resources available for
implementation and agreeing on monitoring mechanism of
implementation progress
Diboti (Punu, Gabon)
Merci (French)
Thank You (English)
Matondo (Lari, Congo Brazza)
Siyabonga (Zulu, RSA)
Ke ea Leboha (Sesotho, Lesotho)
Misom (Banen, Cameroon)
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Alain Aime Ndedi, Northcliff, Johannesburg, South Africa