Policy and Budget Monitoring and Evaluation An Introduction

Policy and Budget Monitoring and Evaluation An Introduction CABRI/WBI Budget Management and Public Financial Accountability Training Workshop 18 – 20 June 2007 Alta Fölscher

Monitoring and Evaluation System • Not a luxury – Does not need to be sophisticated from the start • Integrated in all of budget process – Outputs from system at basis of planning and budgeting – In-year monitoring – Ex post • At all levels – Within ministries / programmes – From centre – External and independent

Monitoring and Evaluation Systems • Monitoring and evaluation – Separate concepts – Separate elements of same system – Monitoring: are plans being implemented; are objectives being achieved – Evaluation: were things done right; were the right things done

Requirements • • Both by institutions themselves and independent Transparency Integrity of information But, most important INTEGRATION and PROCESS • Elements of integration – Centre of Government; Donors – Instruments, particularly if standing instruments – Standing indicators and targets • Ownership of measures and targets – Line knows their own business best – But independent oversight of choice of measures: feasibility and stretch • Process – Not mechanistic, but basis for discussion – Important is not the information, but how it is used – Capacity

Instruments of a M&E system Inputs Outputs and Outcomes Standing reporting and monitoring instruments In-year monitoring of spending Performance Assessment frameworks Financial Audits Performance Budgeting Systems Government-wide Performance Frameworks Performance assessment frameworks Citizen monitoring TOR driven instruments (ad hoc or routine) Public Expenditure Tracking Citizen audits Performance Auditing Public Expenditure Reviews Programme evaluation Customer satisfaction surveys Important that system has good coverage of elements