Proceedings from the 2nd International Conference on National Evaluation Capacities : Use of Evaluation in Decision Making

Contents
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Foreword .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Opening Session: Introductory Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Conceptual Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Main Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
COUNTRY PAPERS
Use of Evaluation for Public Policy and Programmes –
Challenges, Factors and Opportunities: Country Case Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
South Africa: The Use Question –
Examples and Lessons From the
Public Service Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
By I n d r a n A . N a i d o o
Sri Lanka: Use of Evaluation in Public Policy –
Sri Lankan Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
By V e l ay u t h a n S i vag n a n a s ot h y a n d Va i d e h i A n u s h ya n t h a n
Colombia: Evaluation Processes –
Experiences to Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
By D i e g o D o r a d o
China: The Roles of Users in
Enhancing Utility of Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
By Z h e n g Yo n g h e a n d C h e n Z h aoy i n g
Uganda: Giving National Direction
Through Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
By M r . A l b e r t Bya m u g i s h a a n d M r . D av i d R i d e r S m i t h
Mexico: Key Elements of Evaluation
as a Decision-Making Tool – Specific
Performance Evaluation experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
By H o r t e n s i a P é r e z a n d T h a n i a d e l a G a r z a
Costa Rica: Using Evaluation in the Public Sector –
Current Situation and Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
By M e l a n i a N ú ñ e z Va r g a s
Malaysia: Programme/Project Evaluation –
The Malaysian Experience .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
By S h a h r a z at B i n t i H a j i A h m a d a n d
M u h a m m a d H i d ayat u l l a h B i n N a s r u l
Benin: Practice and the Use of the Evaluation
of Public Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
By M r . A r i s t i d e N . D j i dj o h o a n d M r . A m b r o i s e Ag b ota
Guatemala: Multi-Stakeholder
and Multi-System Evaluation Systems
in the Field of Public Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
By D r . H e n r y M o r a l e s Ló p e z
Brazil: Promoting Accountability and
Enhancing Programmes and Policies
Through the Instrumental Use of Evaluations
Carried Out by the Brazilian Court of Audit .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
By S e l m a M a r i a H aya k awa C u n h a S e r pa w i t h
C a r lo s A l b e r to S a m pa i o d e F r e i ta s a n d T i ag o G o zz e r V i e g a s
Malawi: The Use of Evaluation in Managing
for Development Results – Evidence From Malawi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
By R o n a l d M a n g a n i
Morocco: The Evaluation of Public Policies –
The Case of Gender-Responsive Budgeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
By P r o f e s s o r M o h a m e d C h a f i k i
Monitoring and how it facilitates use of evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
India: Indian Experience with the
Performance Monitoring and Evaluation System
for Government Departments .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
By D r . P r a j a pat i T r i v e d i
Morocco: Information System and National Observatory
of Human Development Household Panel for the
Evaluation of Public Policy on Human Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
By M o h a m e d M o u i m e a n d M o h a m e d B e n k a s s m i
Dominican Republic: Community-Based Monitoring
System to Evaluate the Millennium Development Goals
and the National Development Strategy: The Experience
of the Dominican Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
By H e r n a n R o d r i g u e z M i n i e r
Costa Rica: Assessment of the Impact of Strategies
to Reduce Child Mortality – The Experience of Costa Rica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
By A n a M o r i c e
Niger: The Process of Project Advancement Control
of the German Agency for International Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
By S e y d o u Yay é a n d M a m a d o u A b d o u G ao h S a n i
Tanzania: The Importance of Monitoring and Evaluation
in Achieving National Development Policies and
Programmes’ Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
By E k i n g o M ag e m b e a n d R a fa e l Wa i d a
ANNE X ES
Annex 1: Agenda of the 2nd International
Conference on National Evaluation Capacities,
12–14 September 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Annex 2: List of Participants .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Annex 3: Conference Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180