Establishing a National M&E System in South Africa

South Africa has a number of actors with legal or constitutional mandates for monitoring and evaluation (M&E). There has been a major shift in emphasis concerning M&E since 2009, partially stimulated by a political need to improve service d...

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Main Authors: Goldman, Ian, Engela, Ronette, Akhalwaya, Ismail, Gasa, Nolwazi, Leon, Bernadette, Mohamed, Hassen, Phillips, Sean
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Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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spelling okr-10986-170842021-04-23T14:03:33Z Establishing a National M&E System in South Africa Goldman, Ian Engela, Ronette Akhalwaya, Ismail Gasa, Nolwazi Leon, Bernadette Mohamed, Hassen Phillips, Sean ACCOUNTABILITY AUDITING AUDITOR BASIC BEST PRACTICES BUSINESS PROCESSES CAPABILITY COMMUNITIES COMPLAINT COMPLAINTS COMPONENTS CORRUPTION CRIME DATA ANALYSIS DATA QUALITY ELECTRICITY FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCES IMPACT OF INTERVENTIONS INDEPENDENT MONITORING INITIATIVE INTERNAL MONITORING INTERVENTION JUSTICE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP LEARNING M&E SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MINISTER MINISTERS MONITORING DATA MONITORING TEAMS MONITORING VISITS MONITORS MOTIVATION NETWORKS OUTPUTS PERFORMANCE MONITORING POLICE POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY FRAMEWORKS POLITICIANS POVERTY REDUCTION PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS INDICATORS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS QUALITY OF PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF SERVICES QUERIES RESULT RESULTS RULING PARTY SAFETY SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICES TO CITIZENS SITES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT TARGETS TECHNICAL M&E TECHNICAL SUPPORT TOP MANAGEMENT TRAINING COURSES TRANSLATION USER USERS USES South Africa has a number of actors with legal or constitutional mandates for monitoring and evaluation (M&E). There has been a major shift in emphasis concerning M&E since 2009, partially stimulated by a political need to improve service delivery, but also from the extensive exposure of both technocrats and political leadership to international experiences. As a result, the Ministry of Performance M&E was created in the Presidency in 2009, and the Department of Performance M&E (DPME) in January 2010. The DPME has introduced a number of initiatives since its establishment, including a focus on 12 government priority outcomes; the assessment of the quality of management performance of national and provincial departments; a new system of monitoring front-line services; a national evaluation system; and a municipal performance assessment tool, which is still in development. These tools have contributed to a major increase in the availability of evidence for policy and decision making. Rapid recent progress is due to strong support at the onset from South Africa s President, learning from international experience, and strong teams in DPME and the National Treasury. Despite these positive developments, significant challenges remain in ensuring the coherence of reform initiatives conducted by central government departments, improving administrative data quality, and establishing M&E as a core role of management. 2014-02-18T21:59:19Z 2014-02-18T21:59:19Z 2012-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/09/17451373/establishing-national-system-south-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17084 English en_US PREM Notes;No. 21 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa South Africa
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topic ACCOUNTABILITY
AUDITING
AUDITOR
BASIC
BEST PRACTICES
BUSINESS PROCESSES
CAPABILITY
COMMUNITIES
COMPLAINT
COMPLAINTS
COMPONENTS
CORRUPTION
CRIME
DATA ANALYSIS
DATA QUALITY
ELECTRICITY
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
HUMAN RESOURCE
HUMAN RESOURCES
IMPACT OF INTERVENTIONS
INDEPENDENT MONITORING
INITIATIVE
INTERNAL MONITORING
INTERVENTION
JUSTICE
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
LEADERSHIP
LEARNING
M&E SYSTEMS
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
MINISTER
MINISTERS
MONITORING DATA
MONITORING TEAMS
MONITORING VISITS
MONITORS
MOTIVATION
NETWORKS
OUTPUTS
PERFORMANCE MONITORING
POLICE
POLICY FRAMEWORK
POLICY FRAMEWORKS
POLITICIANS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PROBLEM SOLVING
PROCESS INDICATORS
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
PROGRAMS
QUALITY OF PUBLIC SERVICES
QUALITY OF SERVICES
QUERIES
RESULT
RESULTS
RULING PARTY
SAFETY
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICES TO CITIZENS
SITES
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SUPPLY CHAIN
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
TARGETS
TECHNICAL M&E
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
TOP MANAGEMENT
TRAINING COURSES
TRANSLATION
USER
USERS
USES
spellingShingle ACCOUNTABILITY
AUDITING
AUDITOR
BASIC
BEST PRACTICES
BUSINESS PROCESSES
CAPABILITY
COMMUNITIES
COMPLAINT
COMPLAINTS
COMPONENTS
CORRUPTION
CRIME
DATA ANALYSIS
DATA QUALITY
ELECTRICITY
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
HUMAN RESOURCE
HUMAN RESOURCES
IMPACT OF INTERVENTIONS
INDEPENDENT MONITORING
INITIATIVE
INTERNAL MONITORING
INTERVENTION
JUSTICE
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
LEADERSHIP
LEARNING
M&E SYSTEMS
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
MINISTER
MINISTERS
MONITORING DATA
MONITORING TEAMS
MONITORING VISITS
MONITORS
MOTIVATION
NETWORKS
OUTPUTS
PERFORMANCE MONITORING
POLICE
POLICY FRAMEWORK
POLICY FRAMEWORKS
POLITICIANS
POVERTY REDUCTION
PROBLEM SOLVING
PROCESS INDICATORS
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
PROGRAMS
QUALITY OF PUBLIC SERVICES
QUALITY OF SERVICES
QUERIES
RESULT
RESULTS
RULING PARTY
SAFETY
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICES TO CITIZENS
SITES
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SUPPLY CHAIN
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
TARGETS
TECHNICAL M&E
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
TOP MANAGEMENT
TRAINING COURSES
TRANSLATION
USER
USERS
USES
Goldman, Ian
Engela, Ronette
Akhalwaya, Ismail
Gasa, Nolwazi
Leon, Bernadette
Mohamed, Hassen
Phillips, Sean
Establishing a National M&E System in South Africa
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South Africa
relation PREM Notes;No. 21
description South Africa has a number of actors with legal or constitutional mandates for monitoring and evaluation (M&E). There has been a major shift in emphasis concerning M&E since 2009, partially stimulated by a political need to improve service delivery, but also from the extensive exposure of both technocrats and political leadership to international experiences. As a result, the Ministry of Performance M&E was created in the Presidency in 2009, and the Department of Performance M&E (DPME) in January 2010. The DPME has introduced a number of initiatives since its establishment, including a focus on 12 government priority outcomes; the assessment of the quality of management performance of national and provincial departments; a new system of monitoring front-line services; a national evaluation system; and a municipal performance assessment tool, which is still in development. These tools have contributed to a major increase in the availability of evidence for policy and decision making. Rapid recent progress is due to strong support at the onset from South Africa s President, learning from international experience, and strong teams in DPME and the National Treasury. Despite these positive developments, significant challenges remain in ensuring the coherence of reform initiatives conducted by central government departments, improving administrative data quality, and establishing M&E as a core role of management.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Goldman, Ian
Engela, Ronette
Akhalwaya, Ismail
Gasa, Nolwazi
Leon, Bernadette
Mohamed, Hassen
Phillips, Sean
author_facet Goldman, Ian
Engela, Ronette
Akhalwaya, Ismail
Gasa, Nolwazi
Leon, Bernadette
Mohamed, Hassen
Phillips, Sean
author_sort Goldman, Ian
title Establishing a National M&E System in South Africa
title_short Establishing a National M&E System in South Africa
title_full Establishing a National M&E System in South Africa
title_fullStr Establishing a National M&E System in South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Establishing a National M&E System in South Africa
title_sort establishing a national m&e system in south africa
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/09/17451373/establishing-national-system-south-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17084
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