Cpo Presentation Final

• 1. Annual performance review Emerging good practices in direct supervision WORKSHOP 1-4 March 2009 Bangkok, Thailand

2. Emerging good practices in direct supervision experiences of SL, PhP&China

• Joint Presentation by

• Anura (Sri Lanka); Lando (Philippines); and Sun (China)

• Three good practices

• Achievements & challenges

• Way forward

3. Emerging good practices in direct supervision

• 1. Governments participation

• • How

• • • Philippines: NEDA and Lead Project Agency (LPA)

• • • Sri Lanka: NPD & MFAR

• • • China: MOF & support agency

• • Achievements

• • • First hand information on issues - result in seeking practical solutions, LPA commitment to undertake reforms needed

• • • Broader understanding of policy issues & knowledge sharing

• • • Capacity building for own supervision & monitoring of gov. agencies

• • Challenges

• • • Commitment & capacity training & more involvement

• • • Conflict of interest disciplining

• • • Duration vs. Cost(ensuring quality)

• • • Follow up on sustainability & up scaling of projects(30 more years to go)

• • • Knowledge management in projects

4. Emerging good practices in direct supervision

• 2.Internalizing learning into the supervision process

• • How

• • • Training given to CPO being used in supervision risk analysis, supervision, loan administration

• • • Different models Sri Lanka & Philippines(and others too)

• • • Implementation support process follow-up of agreed actions (light mission)

• • Achievements

• • • Improved quality & depth of analysis - issues are revealed (fiduciary)

• • • Pragmatic/doable recommendations, agreed actions

• • • Sharing best practices stakeholder workshop; KM methods

• • • Institutional memory and upward learning curve in the process

• • Challenges

• • • In-breeding (if the learning is not effective / no learning)

• • • Bringing in new perspective (external consultants needed)

• • • Codification and storage of tacit knowledge for wider sharing

5. Emerging good practices in direct supervision

• 3. Supervision linked-up with effective implementation support

• • How

• • • Light missions

• • • Post supervision visits

• • • Constant communication

• • Achievements

• • • Steering implementation support

• • • Initiate cross fertilization (projects / countries)

• • • Developing specific & focused TORs for on-coming missions

• • Challenges(Perceptions)

• • • Too much dependence on CPOselective interventions

• • • How far we go ? Sometimes too much help is needed

• • • Linking supervision with policy dialogue and knowledge management

6. Way forward / next steps

• Government partnership formalized & their capacity improved:

• • Php MOU - between IFAD and NEDA

• • Use M&E systems to promote gove. ownership

• Provide learning opportunities for those involved in supervisions (eg networks)

• Emphasize project risk / assumption analysis & management in supervision

• Develop mechanisms to internalize supervision results in design and implementation:

• • annual country performance review

• • national knowledge sharing activities

• • IFAD country and project websites

• • Govt accountability system