Leveraging Monitoring and Evaluation System for Good Governance - Indian Experience Rashmi Agrawal

M&E System to be Mainstreamed with National Goals Sustainable Development Goals Good Planning Good Governance

Good Governance Components Inclusiveness in the system Empowerment of lower level government Effectiveness and efficiency in delivery of social and economic public services Accountability and transparency of government at all levels Efficient implementation of social and economic policies Constitutionally protected right of people 3

Interdependence of Governance and Evaluations Good governance creates an enabling environment for evaluations Evaluations contribute to good governance Enhanced Development OUTCOMES 4

Moto ‘Minimum government and maximum governance’ Government Functionaries Constitutional bodied- CAG, Judiciary etc. Industries Formal Actors Civil Society Organisations Academicians Media Community Informal Actors Cooperation and Communication 5 M&E System in India

Governance structure in the country Two main Levels of Governance States District/Local Administration State Departments Union Central organisations Ministries etc. India is a Federal Multi- Party Democracy Accountability a joint responsibility Private partners

National Institute for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) To follow bottom up approach of development To design strategic policy and programme frameworks, monitor their progress and their efficacy. The lessons learnt will be used for making innovative mid-course corrections To maintain a state-of-the-art Resource Centre, be a repository of research on good governance and best practices in sustainable and equitable development as well as help their dissemination to stake- holders To actively monitor and evaluate the implementation of programmes and initiatives, including the identification of the needed resources so as to strengthen the probability of success and scope of delivery

The New programs- Glimpse of some initiatives Jan Dhan Yojna – Financial and Social Inclusion Inclusion Make in India- To have Manufacturing Hub and create jobs Digital India- E Governance Initiative- To deal with corruption and Modernize Clean India Mission- Addressing issues of Hygiene and sanitation Skill, Scale and Speed with development of all To develop Entrepreneurship and inclusion

Positive Vibes- Demand for Evaluations from all corners- Accountability, Transparency, Efficiency………

Positive Vibes- Response to Demand To keep a track of Flag Ship Programs ( more than 20) Progress tracking on monthly basis Monitoring indicators are being developed for better funding and improving outcomes PEO Reinvented - Development Monitoring and Evaluation Organisation (DMEO) after merging IEO and PEO Evaluations a priority area

Evaluation Division Adm and Fin division Monitoring and TOR division Organisational Structure of DMEO 15 Regional Evaluation Offices across country

Evaluation Week Workshops cum seminars Series of events Implicit guidelines for evaluations International support Stakeholders coming together Development of Evaluation Culture Positive Vibes-

Evaluation Community of India (ECOI) Launched – Oct 16, 2015 Positive Vibes Contd…

 Ideas invited from community for development  Establishment of connect with common people  Evidence based dialogue and interventions- (Increase in employment days due to drought) Out of Box Approach

Positive Vibes Contd… Capacity Building in M&E Workshops and seminars Short term courses Sharing platforms Conferences Dissemination of evaluation results International Participants Three months’ diploma in M&E International websites/blogs for learning International Evaluation Associations- events National Participants

Evolving tools, methodologies and resources Emphasis on mixed methodology Sensitisation about project appraisal, concurrent evaluations etc. Emphasis on outcomes and impacts Positive Vibes contd…

Need for an explicit Evaluation Policy Establish Tracking mechanism to improve utilisation of evaluations Need for capacity building at various levels Need to follow participatory approaches in evaluations Need for Networking at various levels M&E System to be mainstreamed in development agenda Challenges and Way Forward

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