World Bank2012-06-122012-06-122008-09https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7838The 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.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTABILITYACCURATE INFORMATIONADMINISTRATIVE COSTSADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSESADOLESCENTSALLOCATION OF RESOURCESASSISTANCE ACTIVITIESAVERAGE INCOMEBENEFICIARIESBENEFICIARYBEST PRACTICESBEST-PRACTICEBUDGETINGCASH TRANSFERCITIZENCITIZENSCIVIL SOCIETY ACTORSCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSCOLLATERALCOMPARISON GROUPSCONSULTING FIRMCONTRIBUTIONCONTRIBUTIONSCOUNTERFACTUALCULTURAL CHANGECURRENCYCURRENT EXPENDITURESDATA COLLECTIONDATA WAREHOUSEDEBTSDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIESDISSEMINATIONDISSEMINATION OF INFORMATIONDOMESTIC VIOLENCEDROPOUTE-MAILEVALUATION CAPACITYEVALUATION RESULTSEVALUATORSEXTERNAL CONSULTANTSFAMILY ALLOWANCEFAMILY ALLOWANCESFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDSFINANCIAL SUPPORTGDPGENDER ISSUESGLOBAL DEVELOPMENTGOVERNMENT AGENCIESGOVERNMENT PROGRAMSHEALTH PROBLEMSHEALTH SERVICESHOSPITALHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN RESOURCESIMAGEIMPACT ANALYSISIMPACT EVALUATIONINCOMEINCOME SOURCESINEQUALITYINFORMATION CENTERSINFORMATION PROVIDERSINFORMATION SYSTEMINFORMATION SYSTEMSINFORMED DECISIONSINPUT INDICATORSINSTALLATIONINSTITUTIONINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINTERFACEINTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICESINTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONINTERVENTIONINTERVENTIONSLABOR MARKETLACK OF INTERESTLEARNINGLEGAL FRAMEWORKLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLIVING CONDITIONSLOANLOCAL AUTHORITIESLOCAL GOVERNMENTSLOCAL MEDIALOCAL MUNICIPALITIESM&E CAPACITYM&E RESULTSM&E SYSTEMSMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMANAGEMENT SYSTEMMENTAL HEALTHMENUMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINISTRY OF HEALTHMUNICIPAL AUTHORITIESNATIONAL COUNCILNATIONAL GOVERNMENTNATIONAL PLANNEGOTIATIONNGONUMBER OF PEOPLEPARTICIPATORY APPROACHESPARTICIPATORY EVALUATIONPARTICIPATORY M&EPARTICIPATORY MONITORINGPARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISALPEER-TO-PEERPERSONAL DEVELOPMENTPERSONAL PREFERENCESPM&EPOLICY DECISIONSPOLICY DIALOGUEPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY PROCESSPOLITICAL SUPPORTPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOSITIVE BEHAVIORSPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY SITUATIONSPRAPRIVATE SECTORPROGRAM BENEFICIARIESPROGRESSPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC POLICIESPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SERVICESQUALITATIVE EVALUATIONQUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY CONTROLQUALITY SERVICESRADIORECREATIONAL ACTIVITIESREGISTRYRESPECTRESPONSIBILITIESRESULTRIGHTS PERSPECTIVESAFETY NETSALARIESSECONDARY SCHOOLSELF-ESTEEMSERVERSEXSIMULATIONSSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL CAPITALSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL IMPACTSOCIAL INFORMATIONSOCIAL INSTITUTIONSSOCIAL ISSUESSOCIAL POLICIESSOCIAL POLICYSOCIAL PROBLEMSSOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL RESEARCHSOCIAL SECTORSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL SERVICESSOCIAL WELFARESPILLOVERSTAKEHOLDERSSUPERVISIONSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTARGETINGTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECTTECHNICAL REQUIREMENTSTECHNICAL SUPPORTTIME FRAMETRAINING PROGRAMTRAINING PROGRAMSTRAINING WORKSHOPTRANSPARENCYUNIONSURBAN AREASUSERUSERSUSESVALUABLEWEBWEB PAGEWORK EXPERIENCEYOUTH ORGANIZATIONSWorld Bank10.1596/7838