New Twende Collaborators
The Twende Mbele African M&E Partnership has agreed to collaborate with Ghana, Niger and Kenya with the founding countries of Benin, South Africa, Uganda.
In Ghana we note the emerging emphasis on M&E and have agreed to support Ghana to participate in a range of Twende activities, and to support them to take forward their National Evaluation Policy and strengthen relationships between key players in the national evaluation system.
We will involve Niger in Twende Mbele activities, but we note that while a pioneer in evaluation in Africa in the past, it has faced challenges. We note it has had a draft national evaluation policy since 2010, an active VOPE, and we would wish to support them to reactivate the process of adopting and implementing the national evaluation policy.
We will continue to involve Kenya in Twende Mbele activities. We note many elements of M&E are in place but not necessarily well linked, and will endeavour to support the emergence of national and local M&E systems, the Kenya Evaluation Week, and training with Parliament.
Meanwhile we will continue to involve other African countries to share Twende Mbele and their experience.
Pamoja: Summer Edition
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Exploring CSO Collaboration in Three Countries
The role of civil society cannot be overlooked. Different waves of developmental changes have created stark changes in the demand and supply levers of the political economy and in this sense, civil society holds a crucial role in the promotion of good governance through the rule of law and human development. Ensuring the sustainability and credibility of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) is a challenge in an immensely policy-influenced world., where the relationship that civil society has to the state, is endogenous to successful results and evidence-based outputs, which positively affect wider systemic outcomes.
(more…)Atelier De Formation Des Parlementaires Du Reseau Apnode Benin En Suivi Evaluation
Les 28 et 29 septembre 2017, s’est tenu à l’Hôtel Djêgba de Ouidah, l’atelier de formation sur l’importance du suivi et l’évaluation pour le contrôle parlementaire au profit des parlementaires béninois membres du Réseau APNODE. Cette formation a été conjointement organisée par CLEAR Afrique Anglophone (CLEAR AA) et le programme de coopération en évaluation « Twendé Mbélé ». L’objectif de cette session de formation est de familiariser les parlementaires béninois aux notions du suivi et d’évaluation pour un contrôle efficace de l’action publique.
(more…)Demand and Supply of Evaluators: A South African Perspective
What’s the situation?
Twende Mbele has embarked on a project to examine the demand and supply of evaluators. Evaluations are becoming part and parcel of public service, with an estimated growth in demand of at least 300% over the next three years. Given that the South African government outsources its evaluators, it is important to gauge if the current supply of evaluators is able to meet the growing demand and whether it will be able to maintain the quality required over the next three years.
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