The Canadian Monitoring and Evaluation System
Performance measurement, monitoring, and evaluation have long been part of the infrastructure within the federal government in Canada. With more than 30 years of formalized evaluation experience in most large federal departments and agencies, many...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/06/14767163/canadian-monitoring-evaluation-system http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11062 |
| Summary: | Performance measurement, monitoring, and
evaluation have long been part of the infrastructure within
the federal government in Canada. With more than 30 years of
formalized evaluation experience in most large federal
departments and agencies, many lessons can be gained, not
the least of which is the recognition that the monitoring
and evaluation (M&E) system itself is not static. The
Canadian government has a formalized evaluation policy,
standards, and guidelines; and these have been modified on
three occasions over the past three decades. Changes have
usually come about because of a public sector reform
initiative such as the introduction of a results orientation
to government management, a political issue that may have
generated a demand for greater accountability and
transparency in government, or a change in emphasis on where
and how M&E information should be used in government.
This chapter provides an overview of the Canadian M&E
model, examining its defining elements and identifying key
lessons learned. |
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