Insider Insights : Building a Results-Based Management and Evaluation System in Colombia

Insider Insights : Building a Results-Based Management and Evaluation System in Colombia

During the past two decades Colombia has been developing and improving its National Results-Based Management and Evaluation System (SINERGIA). The development of this system has been a focal point in Colombia's state reform towards performance...

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Main Author:	Castro, Manuel Fernando
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM ACCOUNTABILITY RELATIONSHIPS ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENTS ACTION PLANS ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES AGENCY MANAGERS ALLOCATION ALLOCATION OF FUNDS ANNUAL BUDGET ANNUAL COST ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL REPORTS APPROPRIATIONS ARTICLE ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE BASIC BENEFICIARIES BEST PRACTICES BROADCAST BUDGET ALLOCATIONS BUDGET AUTHORITIES BUDGET CYCLE BUDGET DECISION BUDGET DECISIONS BUDGET DIRECTOR BUDGET DOCUMENTS BUDGET INFORMATION BUDGET LAW BUDGET LEGISLATION BUDGET OFFICIALS BUDGET PREPARATION BUDGET PREPARATION PROCESS BUDGET PROPOSAL BUDGET RESOURCES BUDGET STRUCTURE BUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS BUDGETARY DECISION CAPABILITIES CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COMMERCE COMPONENTS COORDINATION MECHANISM COORDINATION MECHANISMS COPYRIGHT CUSTOMIZATION DECISION-MAKERS DECISION-MAKING DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM DONOR AGENCIES ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY EQUIPMENT EVALUATION CAN EVALUATION CAPACITY EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURE CONTROLS EXPENDITURES FACSIMILE FINANCE MINISTRY FINANCIAL PLAN FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISCAL ADJUSTMENT FISCAL CONSTRAINT FISCAL CONSTRAINTS FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL DISCIPLINE FISCAL IMBALANCES FISCAL PROBLEMS FISCAL STABILITY FISCAL TRANSPARENCY GENERAL PUBLIC GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT ENTITIES GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES GOVERNMENT SERVICES GOVERNMENT SPENDING HARMONIZATION IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT INFORMATION ACCURACY INFORMATION DISSEMINATION INFORMATION POLICY INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES INVESTMENT BUDGET INVESTMENT EXPENDITURE LEGAL FRAMEWORK MACROECONOMIC POLICY MANAGEMENT CONTROLS MARKET ACCESS MINISTRY OF FINANCE MISTRUST MONETARY VALUES MUNICIPALITIES NATIONAL BUDGET NATIONAL BUDGET SYSTEM NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL PLANNING NATIONAL SECURITY NATIONAL STATISTICS OUTCOME INDICATORS PERFORMANCE BUDGETING PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS PERFORMANCE CULTURE PERFORMANCE DATA PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PERFORMANCE INFORMATION PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PERFORMANCE MONITORING POLICY FORMULATION POLITICIANS POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT PROCUREMENT PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY PROFESSIONAL STAFF PROGRAM CLASSIFICATION PROGRAM EVALUATIONS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PROGRAM PLANNING PROGRAMMING PROGRAMS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC BUDGET PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC INFORMATION PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC MANAGEMENT PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY OF LIFE QUALITY STANDARDS RADIO REAL TIME REFORM BILL REFORM STRATEGIES REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RELIABILITY RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS RESULT RESULTS SECTOR MINISTERS SECTOR MINISTRIES SECTOR POLICIES SELF ASSESSMENT SELF-ASSESSMENT SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION STRATEGIC PLANS SUPERVISION TARGETS TECHNICAL AGREEMENTS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL COOPERATION TECHNICAL SKILLS TECHNICAL STAFF TECHNICAL STANDARDS TECHNICAL SUPPORT TELEPHONE TELEVISION TELEVISION CHANNELS TOTAL EXPENDITURE TRAINING COURSES TRANSPARENCY TURNOVER RATE USE OF PERFORMANCE INDICATORS USE OF PERFORMANCE INFORMATION USER USERS USES WEBSITE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/708641468026974402/Insider-insights-building-a-results-based-management-and-evaluation-system-in-Colombia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28240

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Summary:	During the past two decades Colombia has been developing and improving its National Results-Based Management and Evaluation System (SINERGIA). The development of this system has been a focal point in Colombia's state reform towards performance-based management, particularly at the central administration. After 15 years of progress, overcoming the effects of institutional, political, and fiscal obstacles, SINERGIA has achieved one of the highest levels of development and customization, and it is held up as an example of best practices by multilateral organizations, donor agencies, and other governments. The monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system that Colombia adopted sought to promote a results focus on both planning and budgeting processes, simultaneously. However, during implementation the results-based planning model superseded the budgeting model, owing principally to the architecture of Colombia's central administration and to the institutional placement of SINERGIA within the Department of National Planning. Compared with similar experiences in other countries, the process by which SINERGIA advanced institutionalization is notable for the way it combined high-ranking, wide ranging, and formal mechanisms with the development of informal practices in key areas of the public sector. Many lessons for other countries are identified in this paper. Some of the key factors in Colombia's success are as follows: 1) the importance of having a central governmental department act as a champion supporter, and using an opportunistic approach to include the M&E system as a key pillar on public sector reform agendas; 2) the kind of regulatory and incentives framework on which the M&E system is based, and the sustained effort in promoting 'cultural' change and developing evaluation capacities; 3) the political role of the President in the system's institutionalization process; 4) the powerful part that technically defined methodologies and dissemination mechanisms have played in the system's institutionalization strategy; 5) the collaborative approach used to strengthen evaluation practices and to enhance the community of evaluators; and 6) the demand-driven approach for introducing M&E at the regional level.