Special edition of African Evaluation Journal on the national evaluation system

Goldman, Ian; Rabie, Babette; Abrahams, Mark

doi:10.4102/aej.v3i1.166

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“…This has meant that many of the systems have prioritised monitoring rather than evaluations. For example, just under a decade ago, research showed that although 89% of government departments in South Africa had an M&E unit, the focus was on tracking outputs at an operational level and not on learning (Goldman et al 2015;Porter & Goldman 2013).…”

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Country-led monitoring and evaluation systems through the lens of participatory governance and co-production: Implications for a Made in Africa Evaluation approach

Morkel

Sibanda²

2022

Afr. eval. j.

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Results: Participatory governance and co-production are well aligned to the principles of MAE (Made in Africa Evaluation) and may provide the means to arriving at more inclusive forms of M&E systems development and, concomitantly, more inclusive ways of producing and using evidence for policy, governance and development on a national scale. Conclusion:Although desirable due its potential to transform systems of governance to become more citizen-centred, co-production must not be romanticised nor over-simplified. Increasing levels of citizen participation in governance must consider that there are significant changes that need to be made to institutional structures and processes, such as new forms of accountability, governance, systems and structures for citizen involvement. Therefore, a combination of practical, technical, ideological, relational and political factors must be considered in the adoption of more participatory approaches in establishing national M&E systems.

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Country-led monitoring and evaluation systems through the lens of participatory governance and co-production: Implications for a Made in Africa Evaluation approach

Morkel

Sibanda²

2022

Afr. eval. j.

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“…National governments in the region have been evolving over the past few decades in developing NESs to help track performance in the implementation of national development plans (Basheka & Byamugisha 2015;Goldman, Rabie & Abrahams 2015). This practice is only beginning to emerge at the subnational level and is still largely focused on trying to put monitoring systems in place.…”

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The search for a method to unpack urban complexity: Case study of the City of Johannesburg

Ndhlovu

Smith

Narsoo

2017

African Evaluation Journal

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Background: The City of Johannesburg (COJ) provides services to approximately 5 million people; yet the elements of monitoring and evaluation remain a missing link in the design and implementation of programmes. This was the case even after the introduction of the monitoring and evaluation framework in 2012. This case study is filling an empirical gap.Objectives: The aim of this study was to understand the policies, practices and use of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in tracking the performance of the City towards meeting its long-term developmental plans.Method: A mixed methods approach was used to gather quantitative data from 54 senior M&E officials. This was complemented with qualitative data drawn from in-depth interviews and focus group discussions conducted during three workshops with M&E officials.Results: The study reveal a number of weaknesses: poor integration of M&E practices in planning, budgeting, service delivery and policy development oversight. The inter-governmental institutional environment and various committees and utility boards has resulted in extensive resources being devoted to compliance reporting. Consequently, the foundations for building an evaluation system have been neglected.Conclusion: The five-dimension complexity model was found to be a useful organising framework for effectively evaluating the city’s M&E capacity. These findings form the first phase of an intervention that will inform the second phase targeted at building the foundations for a city-wide evaluation system.

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Special edition of African Evaluation Journal on the national evaluation system

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Country-led monitoring and evaluation systems through the lens of participatory governance and co-production: Implications for a Made in Africa Evaluation approach

Country-led monitoring and evaluation systems through the lens of participatory governance and co-production: Implications for a Made in Africa Evaluation approach

The search for a method to unpack urban complexity: Case study of the City of Johannesburg

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