National Evaluation System in India Present and Future

National Evaluation System in India Present and Future

Moto ‘Minimum government and maximum governance’ Cooperation and Communication M&E System in India Formal Actors • Government Functionaries • Constitutional bodies- CAG, Judiciary etc. • Industries Informal Actors • Civil Society Organisations • Academicians • Media • Community 2

Development of Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO) Evaluation Division Monitoring and TOR division Focus on Concurrent and Impact evaluations Adm and Fin division 15 Regional Evaluation Offices across country

Evolving Evaluation Culture • • • Evaluation Events Implicit Guidelines Efforts for capacity building Emergence of ECOI Emphasis on EFGR

Outcomes- Use of Evaluations • Evidence ( Outcome based decisions like Budgeting • Need based interventions through cooperative federalism- Prioritizing SDGs- Ranking of Cities on the basis of performance • Monitoring at PM’s level after Ministries monitoring • M&E agenda main streamed in development

Change is taking place Evolving tools, methodologies and resources Emphasis on mixed methodology Sensitisation about project appraisal, concurrent evaluations etc. Emphasis on outcomes and impacts

Challenges: Evaluation Capacities Ø Dearth of trained evaluators especially in developing countries Ø Lack of training facilities Ø Dearth of trainers Ø Lack of capacities in applying qualitative methods

Challenges: • Need specific guidelines to be followed • A policy will address the issue of EFGR • Need a tracking mechanism and feedback loops for better utilisation of evaluations 6/15/2021

Initiative on Evaluation Policy ECOI has formed various action groups one being on Framework on Evaluation Policy A framework has been designed Focus Points of Framework:

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