M&E for ACE II May 14, 2019 Saori Imaizumi Education Specialist

Agenda M&E Process Review M&E Indicator Review Q&A

Agenda M&E Process Review M&E Indicator Review Q&A

M&E Process Review Data Collection Timing – Timely reporting is important! There are missing reports Every 6 months January-June and July-December Data Collection Tool Excel sheet and/or PPT template provided via email by Samson from IUCEA

M&E Process Review What Data to Report? – Data accuracy is important! There are data discrepancies. Report the results of the reporting period (non-cumulative) At the end of the annual implementation period, ACEs add the cumulative figure for the whole year ACEs report Results Framework PDO and Component 1 data and IUCEA reports Component 2 and 3 How is the Data Used? Collected data is used for semiannual project reporting of the World Bank – Implementation Status and Results (ISR) Report Data is also used as ACE results reporting to the management team

ACE Results Sample ACE I Results ACE II Results Enrollment Enrollment Master’s = 9000; PhDs = 1750 Enrollment Master’s = 1386; PhDs = 646 Internationally Accredited Programs = 34 MOUs Signed > 300 Research/ Teaching Exchanges > 270 Faculty & PhD students Internships ~ 4000 students (~50% STEM fields) Externally Generated Income ~ US$30 million Externally Generated Income ~ US$23 million Research publications are in internationally recognized journals Research Publications ~2200 Research Publications ~ 660

M&E Process Review How is it Reported? Ideal Process of M&E IUCEA to collect data from ACE Centers IUCEA to verify IUCEA to submit the data to the World Bank World Bank to verify Ideal Process of M&E Data collection Data analysis Feedback provision and learning Decision making and continuous improvement Which part of the process is currently lacking? What would be useful for ACEs?

Agenda M&E Process Review M&E Indicator Review Q&A

M&E Indicator Review PDO Indicators Note: Indicators in BLUE are the same as DLIs. But results indicators use its own definition to collect data. M&E Indicator Review PDO Indicators 1. Regional students enrolled in ACEs: (i) Masters (No. of Female) (ii) PhD (No. of female) This indicator measures the number of African students (excluding those from the ACE hosting country) who are enrolled in (i) Masters who have successfully completed at least one semester and (ii) PhDs at the ACEs. 2. Students (national and regional) enrolled in ACEs: (i) Masters (No. of female) (ii) PhD (No. of female) This indicator measures the total number of students (national and regional) enrolled in (i) Masters, who have successfully completed at least one semester and (ii) PhD programs at ACEs

M&E Indicator Review PDO Indicators Note: Indicators in BLUE are the same as DLIs. But results indicators use its own definition to collect data. M&E Indicator Review PDO Indicators 3. MOUs on partnerships for collaboration in applied research and training entered into by the ACEs This indicator measures the number of partnerships for collaboration in applied research and training as measured by signed MoUs and signed proposals that outline at least a two year partnership work program 4. Accredited education programs offered by the ACEs This indicator measures the quality of Masters and PhD programs and counts the number of programs accredited nationally, regionally and internationally by a body satisfactory to IUCEA and the World Bank. 5. Direct Project Beneficiaries (of which female) This indicator measures the direct project beneficiaries (and proportion of female project beneficiaries). -> Include faculties, students and ACE center staff who are enrolled in ACE program, who teach ACE courses and who participate in exchanges as direct beneficiaries (users of facilities will not count)

Component 1: Strengthening ACEs in Regional Priority Areas Note: Indicators in BLUE are the same as DLIs. But results indicators use its own definition to collect data. M&E Indicator Review Component 1: Strengthening ACEs in Regional Priority Areas 1. Faculty and PhD students exchanges to promote research and teaching (No. of female) This indicator measures number of faculty and PhDs who are hosted by ACEs from other institutions or when ACEs sends their faculty/PhD students to other institutions; locally, in the region or internationally for a “period” of minimum two weeks (for teaching or research collaboration). 2. Amount of externally generated revenue by the ACEs This amount includes externally generated revenue deposited into the ACE’s account from tuition fees, other student fees, joint research, sale of consultancies, fund raising and donations, or other external sources: 3. Internationally recognized research publications in disciplines supported by the ACE Program and with regional coauthors This indicator records the number of internationally recognized research publications produced by the ACEs in total and with regional coauthors. 4. No. of institutions hosting ACEs participating in the PASET benchmarking exercise This indicator measures the number of ACE hosting universities that agree to participate in the PASET benchmarking exercises.

Note: Indicators in BLUE are the same as DLIs Note: Indicators in BLUE are the same as DLIs. But results indicators use its own definition to collect data. M&E Indicator Review Component 2: Capacity Building Support to ACEs through Regional Interventions 1. Events that foster partnerships between ACE and private sector/industry This indicator measures the number of events organized by IUCEA or contracted firm to build partnerships with private sector/industry Indicator for IUCEA

Note: Indicators in BLUE are the same as DLIs Note: Indicators in BLUE are the same as DLIs. But results indicators use its own definition to collect data. M&E Indicator Review Component 3: Facilitation, Coordination and Administration of Project Implementation Indicator for IUCEA 1. Knowledge sharing events with ACEs, partner institutions, academia and diaspora This indicator measures the number of knowledge sharing events organized by IUCEA. Where ACEs can share experience and research output 2. Reports by ACEs on Beneficiary Satisfaction ACE reports on beneficiary satisfaction on teaching 3. Timely verification of ACE achievement of DLIs Percentage of ACEs that have had their DLIs verified by the date specified in the POM 4. Biannual reporting on M&E of the ACEs The report will aggregate individual results from the results framework for each ACE.

Agenda M&E Process Review M&E Indicator Review Q&A

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