Transcript REPUBLIC OF UGANDA The Uganda Country Evaluation of the Implementation of the Paris Declaration, Phase 1 (2005-2007) Paper presented At the Paris Declaration Evaluation.

REPUBLIC OF UGANDA
The Uganda Country Evaluation of the Implementation of the
Paris Declaration, Phase 1 (2005-2007) Paper
presented
At the Paris Declaration Evaluation Reference Group meeting
on 12th February 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand.
By
Mr. Pius Bigirimana
Permanent Secretary
Office of the Prime Minister
Outline of the Presentation
1. Introduction
2. Using a Reference Group & The
Procurement of Consultants
3. Conduct of the Evaluation
4. Use of the Evaluation Findings
5. Uganda: Views on Aid Effectiveness
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1. Introduction
• In 2008, Uganda volunteered to be a case study in the
evaluation of the Paris Declaration
• By the time of the PD, Uganda had already a considerable
history of Aid Coordination efforts
• From 1997 to date, Uganda has pursued a National Poverty
Eradication Action Plan (PEAP), the National Planning
Framework
• In 2001, PEAP Partnership principles for government-donor
relations were developed
• In 2003, the Principles (AID Management Manual) were
agreed upon and made operational (Govt leads, donors should
work within Govt structures, e.t.c.)
• Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has a Constitutional
mandate under Article 108A to monitor and evaluate the
implementation of policies across Government
• OPM Chairs the Poverty Reduction Support Credit process
which has a Results Matrix based on the PEAP
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2.
Using a Reference Group and the
Procurement process
• A small reference group was formed in April 2008 to
quality check the Evaluation.
• The Group: Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Ministry
of Finance, Planning and Economic Development
(MoFPED), Development Partners, the civil society, the
academia and the National Planning Authority (NPA).
• Institutions that form key stakeholders
• It worked reasonably well and certainly helped to get
acceptability and ownership of the exercise by sectors
and donors
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2.1 The Contracting Process
• Office of the Prime Minister procured JIMAT
Development Consultants to undertake the Evaluation
• Government procurement system (PPDA) was used
• The consultancy team was composed of Kenyans and
Ugandan consultants
• The Austrian Development Cooperation financed the
Evaluation and contracted the Consultants
• Government supervised and quality assured the
evaluation
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3.
Conduct of the Evaluation
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The Focus of evidence gathering was on:
- Quality of the PD, clarity, relevance and coherence
- Behaviour changes resulting from the PD (in Govt and Donors)
- Lessons learnt from the PD implementation
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Strengths
Broad consultations & good collaboration of Stakeholders
Use of Government procurement system demonstrated capacity
National M&E Technical Working Group supervised the consultancy
The exercise generated interest in the subject and went on smoothly
The findings are of interest and use to current and future planning
Enhanced capacity of Government staff on evaluation
ii) Weaknesses
• Inadequate time for in depth analysis
• Lack of knowledge of Paris Declaration amongst many Government
institutions made it a challenging assessment
• The challenge of conducting Evaluations of the PD and the PEAP19972007 at ago
• The parallel evaluation of the PEAP, which included a chapter on
partnerships and involved a lot more consultations. It made some of the
work duplicative
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4.
Use of the Evaluation Findings
• The Evaluation formed Uganda’s presentation and
discussions at the High Level Forum (HLF) on Aid
Effectiveness which was held in Accra, Ghana in 2008
• The Office of the Prime Minister has prepared a Government
White Paper for policy formulation on the basis of the
recommendations
• The findings and recommendations are being used in the
preparation of a 5 year National Development Plan (NDP)
• The PEAP has been a 3 year rolling Plan.
• Development Partners and Government are working on a
Joint Budget Support Framework (JBSF) - agreeing on
indicators for a Joint Assessment Framework (JAF)
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Uganda: Views on AID Effectiveness
(Joint) Budget support funding modality is preferred
Institutionalisation as opposed to project approach
- Strong emphasis is placed on Sector Working Groups as frameworks
for joint planning, coordination, monitoring and evaluation
- Division of labour based on sector working groups
- Off budget destabilises the coordination and monitoring of funding
needs review to adjust the Medium Term Expenditure Framework
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Emphasis is placed on PEAP Partnership principles
Need to limit/control ploughing back big percentage of AID
through Technical Assistance and other forms
Longer-term commitments that are predictable are preferred to
limits unexpected shocks
Entirely support the Paris Declaration which enhances the
Partnership Principles
Uganda welcomes the 2nd phase of the PD Evaluation, which
will be more comprehensive
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End of Presentation
•KIAORA!
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