Transcript “Better evidence, Better policies, Better development results“ The role of national, regional and international evaluation organizations in strengthening country-led M&E systems Oumoul Khayri Ba Tall IOCE President AfrEA.

“Better evidence,
Better policies,
Better development results“
The role of national, regional and
international evaluation organizations in
strengthening country-led M&E systems
Oumoul Khayri Ba Tall
IOCE President
AfrEA board member
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Outline of the Paper
• 1. Evaluation networks worldwide: an
overview
• 2. Different functions of Evaluation: a
reminder
• 3. Evaluation Capacity and Capacity Building
• 4. Evaluation Culture
• 5. Strategies to strengthen CLE M&E
Systems
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The Spirit of the Article
• In Essence, when the RIGHT Actors are
adequately involved and the environment
is enabling, the Virtuous circle of informed
decision and proper action should lead to
continuously improved development
Results
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The EPD ladder
Development Results
Development Results
Development Results
Development Results
Policy
Evidence
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The assumption or pre-requisite
Context matters everywhere and ME
systems as a public policy tool/strategy
should in fact remain « CL » everywhere
The concept CLE is called on to reverse the
process back in order, in countries where
they have been set upside down adn
therefore, could not produce expected
achievements (pertinent, coherent and
sustainable effects on people’s lives)
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Evaluation networks
• Read previous issues of the UNICEF
series, on 14 Case Studies organised by
IOCE
• Visit www.IOCE.net
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Different Functions of Evaluation
• Evaluation is about « extracting the true
value of an action »
• In order to determine the benefits made to
the lives of those affected by the action
• Several realities; Why or What For? What?
How? Who?
• Types: managerial function, accountabiliy
tool Vs Governance and Democracy
(Policy Dialogue)
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Evaluation Capacity and Capacity
Building
• Different levels / content of capacity
• Defined by UN as the « the ability to define and
realize goals, where defining goals entails
identifying and understanding problems,
analyzing the situation, and formulating possible
strategies and actions for response
• Also the « ability to perform and implement
• +++ extending towards soft dimensions: ability to
cope, communicate, socialize…in such a way
that you can convince key persons on your
project???
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Evaluation Culture
• … « Evaluation sensitivity? Readiness? »
• Features of an organisation that is
believed to have an Evaluation Culture
– Refers to a known, shared policy about
evaluation within the organisation: all
members accept the use of evaluation,
understand why the org. uses evaluation, can
design and get advice on design of
evaluations, use evaluation, particularly to
support change and development
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Strategies to Strengthen CLE
• 1. Build Awareness and Evaluation
Culture
• 2. Encourage domestic Demand
• 3. Extend the scope of Evaluation
beyond AID
• 4. Improve the Supply side
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Key role of Evaluation networks
• To organize and help improve evaluation theory,
practice and utility while serving as a dialogue
space for evaluation stakeholders and the larger
community ‘Craig’
• What value evaluation brings into countries
transcends national boundaries « Elliot Stern»
• Respond and manage the current
« EvaluationMania »: inclusive dialogue,
information sharing, at local, national and
international levels…and accross theme issues
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