PREM Learning Week Workshop on PRS Implementation
April 22, 2008
MC4-100
Objective: Familiarize participants with key elements of national M&E systems, and results-oriented monitoring of national development strategies including data generation and use and the effective design and use of indicators. This session will provide an overview of good practice, illustrated with the help of country examples, which is expected to help participants identify priority areas for further, more in-depth learning. Chair: Vera Wilhelm
Agenda: Implementing Results-Oriented PRSs 1. Building National M&E Systems. The session will focus on the need to link domestic and external resources with results to effectively implement PRSs; and discuss the potential use of different kinds of M&E for national planning, budget decision-making, ongoing management, and accountability to key stakeholders. The session will draw on concrete country examples to illustrate common challenges in building effective M&E systems and how to attempt to address them. Some examples of good-practice national M&E systems in middle-income countries will be briefly presented to help illustrate these issues. 2. Generating and Using Data. The session will discuss the importance of reliable, relevant and timely data and describe experiences and challenges in building statistical systems at the central, regional and local level. Two case studies (possibly Nigeria and Kenya) will provide examples on how to develop and implement strategic plans, effect necessary change in policy etc. This session is organized by DECDG. 3. Identifying and Using Monitoring Indicators. The session will discuss common challenges in developing SMART indicators, linking them with higher level poverty reduction targets, and harmonizing their use within government (across ministries and government agencies) and by the donor community. The session will cover the uses of indicators, how to link indicators to key aspects of program monitoring and evaluation, and the importance of the validity and reliability of the data used to construct the indicators mainly based on the example of Madagascar and Ghana. Presenter: Nidhi Khattri (IEGKE)/Richard Carroll (Consultant RRP, Madagascar) Discussant: Philip Brynnum Jespersen (Ghana team)
Documentation The series will be supported by a website featuring relevant publications and case studies on different aspects of M&E systems, statistical capacity building and results monitoring as well as the presentations. A virtual space for participants will be created for follow- up questions and knowledge exchange.
Session Schedule | 2.00 - 2.10 | Introduction (Vera Wilhelm) | | 2.10 - 3.10 | Building National Systems for Monitoring and Evaluation: Lessons from Africa and Other Regions
(Keith Mackay (IEGKE)) | | | Five Main Uses of M&E What Do We Mean by "M&E"? Some Strengths in African Countries Some Difficulties in Africa International Lessons A Way Ahead
| | 3.10 - 4.10 | Generating and Using Data
(Neil Fantom (DECDG)) | | | Statistical Systems and Poverty Reduction Strategies: - Data Source
- Administrative Sytems
- Assessing Data Quality and Access
- Investing in Capacity Building
- Case Studies:
| | 4.10 - 4.25 | Coffee break | | 4.25 - 5.30 | From M&E to Results Frameworks
(Nidhi Khattri (IEGKE), Philip Brynnum Jespersen (AFCRI), Richard Carroll (consultant)) | | | Why M&E Monitoring Policy and Measuring Impact Components of an M&E Framework (Ghana) Linking Resources and Results (Ghana) Design and Use of Indicators (Madagascar) Strategic Issues (Sequencing and Cross-Sector Linkages; Madagascar)
| | 5.30-5.40 | Closing (Vera Wilhelm) |
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