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National Evaluation Capacities DevelopmentThe Role of Public Registries, Administrative Records and National Statistics in the Monitoring

and Evaluation of Public PoliciesRio de Janeiro, Brazil

November 2nd, 2014Presented by: Ana Rosa Soares – Evaluation Advisor

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Linked NEC commitments Commitment 2 – Collaborate to build and

strengthen credible national data systems to improve the integrity of such systems, in order to better link performance of policies and programmes

Commitment 11 – Develop/connect national registries/national statistical systems to M&E systems with increased frequency of data collection to support evaluations and

decision making.

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Country led instead of donor

recipient perspective

Beyond public sector

efficiency/accountability

Focus on learning,

innovation

Knowledge assets,

intellectual capacities growth

Exchange, Sharing,

Cooperation

IEO APPROACH TO NEC DEVELOPMENT

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2009

• NEC Morocco

2011

• NEC South Africa

2013

• NEC Brazil

2015

• NEC Asia

2017

• NEC Europe?

Different formats of discussion/dialogues/COPs/Social media

Engage different partners - beyond senior government

Regional continued support

Continuity/follow up strategy/commitments

EVOLUTION OF THE NEC INITIATIVE

Optimizing resources, enhancing exchange

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Commitments – EvalYear

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PROGRESS ON THE NEC COMMITMENTS

M&E framework tracking commitments; (C 1)On online platform (NEC COP) to present/exchange experiences operational; (C1)NEC participants connected and on-going follow up of the commitment (C12)Discussions taking place on how strengthen credible national data systems / develop/connect national statistical systems to support M&E and decision making (C2)

COP, Seminar Role of Public Registries, Administrative Records and National Statistics in M&E (C11)–Innovation challenges promoted to develop systems to follow-up on evaluations, such as management response tracking systems and citizens’ commission. (C3)

–Mapping of National Evaluation Policies and systems (C4)–South Asian regional consultation with parliamentarians on national evaluation policies (C 4)

Peer-to-peer systems and mentoring programmes (C 5)Parliamentarians’ Forums for development evaluation launched(c 6)partnership/cooperation between Govts, VOPEs, Parliaments and private sector initiatives.(C 7);material on evaluation translated to different languages. (C 13)regional/national events supported o take stock of commitments. (C 15)UNEG Guidance on Integrating Human Rights and Gender Equality in Evaluations .(C 18)EvalYear UN resolution

6

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KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE

https://www.unteamworks.org/nec

https://www.nec2013.org https://twitter.com/NEC_Community In English, Spanish, French,

Portuguese

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CHALLENGES AHEAD…

How to foster sharing and continued collaboration to respond to the growing demand for credible data and evaluation ?

How to disseminate lessons linked to the development and use of public registries, administrative records and national statistics?

How to better engage decision maker in reflections about the data collected and linked assessments?

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GOING FORWARD

1.  What are the different roles and approaches necessary to address the need for more credible public registries, administrative records and national statistics for evaluation of public policies?

2. What has worked in your countries and organizations to promote and ensure better production and use of credible data for monitoring and evaluation?

3. What needs to be in place and what are the contributing factors that influence or impede success in producing registries, records and statistics and how to ensure the timely use of all this data to Monitor and evaluate public policies?

4. How do you see the organization you represent contributing to countries and organizations in need to improve their production of data and NEC so they learn from your experiences?

Thank you

Ana Rosa SoaresSenior Evaluation AdvisorIndependent Evaluation Office (IEO)United Nations Development Programme220, E 42nd st, 20th Floor, New York, 10017

Tel.  +1 (646) 781-4200Fax. +1 (646) 781-4213

http://www.undp.org/ieo

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