Publication: Uruguay - Strengthening Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation of Social Policy : Nonlending Technical Assistance Project, Report on Phase 2
Date
2008-09
ISSN
Published
2008-09
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
The objectives of the Uruguay Nonlending
Technical Assistance Project (UY NLTA) were to: (i) evaluate
the impact of providing a safety net program's
(PANES's) social emergency programs; (ii) inform a
dialogue about the future role of social programs and of
MIDES as a lead authority responsible for the coordination
and oversight of social policy in Uruguay; and (iii)
strengthen Ministry of Social Development's
(MIDES's) capacity to assess, monitor, and evaluate
social policy in Uruguay, with considerable weight given to
participatory approaches to monitoring and evaluation.
Expected outcomes of the project included: (a) increased
efficiency in the implementation of Uruguay's social
programs through the consolidation of existing and dispersed
databases and the strengthening of MIDES's Monitoring
and Evaluation (M&E) system; (b) increased transparency
and strengthened accountability in selected departments
through the piloting of a participatory monitoring and
evaluation (PM&E) approach; (c) stronger engagement of
civil society in public sector reform in Uruguay; and (d)
informed decisions about the future of social programs under
the Plan Nacional de Equidad, and the role of MIDES, on the
basis of the evaluations of PANES. The rest of this report
is organized as follows: section two presents the
PSIA's main contribution by laying out the main results
described in the technical note. Section three presents the
Technical Assistance (TA) contribution and is divided into
three subsections. Subsection one looks at the contributions
to strengthen the capacity within MIDES to conduct impact
analyses; subsection two analyzes activities in the TA aimed
at making the M&E system operational; and subsection
three describes the International Workshop on M&E.
Section four describes the risks and main problems faced
during the implementation of phase two and includes lessons
learned, pending agenda, and next steps.
Citation
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