1. EVALUATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
COSTA RICA
María del Pilar Garrido
Vice Minister of Planning and Political Economy

2. Legal Framework Constitution Law Executive Decrees
Article 11. The Public Administration (…) must be under a results evaluation procedure and accountability
National Planning Law (5525). Art. 2. Permanent and systematic evaluation of results gathered from policy and programs execution.
DE National Planning System Regulation
DE (SINE) strengthens montoring and evaluation
Financial Management and Public Budgets. (Law 8131) Art. 4, 52, 55 y 56. The NDP must be the global framework for institutional operative plans
DE Law’s Regulation

3. Planning instrument which contributes in public value generation
NDP Methodology
Its formulation was based on a methodologycal design and process evaluation of former NDP
Core planning instrument which allows monitoring and evaluation of public interventions
Is comformed by programs, projects and results from more than 100 institutions
Planning instrument which contributes in public value generation

4. Monitoring and evaluation of NDP

5. Evaluation selection criteria
Priority level
Strategic relevance
Intervention
Stage of the intervention
Target population characteristics
Target population
Geographic Area
Social Development Index
NDP Budgetary allocation
Budget relative percentage

6. Goals
Strengthen the evaluation role for decision-making in Costa Rican public sector
Define and agree the roles of the several stakeholders in evaluation processes, ensuring their participation along policy formulation and implementation.

7. Structure organization for ENP the design
MIDEPLAN
Institutional team
FOCEVAL Logistic and Technical Support
Monitoring and Evaluation Department
Structural Committee

8. Challenges: Bind evaluation recommendations with institutional budget
Implement evaluation findings and recommendations
Strengthen technical skills of national evaluators
Deeper evaluation scope (products and impacts)
Promote evaluation culture within projets and programs lifecycle
Strenghten the NES and institutional consolidation

11. Sustainability Perspectives for Evaluation in Costa Rica
Florita Azofeifa Monge, Director
Monitoring and Evaluation Area
Ministry of National Planning and Economic Policy

12. COMPONENTS OF THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE EVALUATION
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
CAPABILITIES IN EVALUATION
INSTRUMENTS

13. Monitoring and Evaluation Area
II. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK:
- National Evaluation System (NES)
The Central State Administration (Ministries)
The Autonomous and Semiautonomous Entities
Public enterprises
Non-State Public Entities, when they administer public resources
MIDEPLAN
Monitoring and Evaluation Area

14. II. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK:
National Platform
Public Sector
Academy
NGO

15. National Evaluation Policy (NEP) is under construction : next steps…
III. INSTRUMENTS
National Evaluation Policy (NEP) is under construction : next steps…
Construction of the Action Plan (NEP): from October 2017 to Febrery 2018
NEP Officialization through presidential directive: March 2018.
Government Transition Process : Current authorities present to future authorities the NEP: March- April 2018.

16. National Evaluation Agenda (NEA)
III. INSTRUMENTS
National Evaluation Agenda (NEA)
SECTOR
PROGRAM
 Work and Social Security
1. Youth training programmes
2. National Employment Program
3. National Medium and Small Business Program
Human Development and Social Inclusion
4. Benefit Program Alter. of Care for Children (Care Network)
5. Conditional Cash Transfers Program
Agricultural and Rural Development
6. Institutional Supply Program
Citizen Security and Justice
7. Construction, Equipment and Development Project: Curricular Management of National Police School
Health, Nutrition and Sports 
8. Child Care and Nutrition Centers
9. National Program for Protection and Recovery of the Human Environment

17. National Evaluation Agenda (NEA)
III. INSTRUMENTS
National Evaluation Agenda (NEA)
SECTOR
PROGRAM
Environment, Energy, Seas and Land Use Planning
10. Program for Water Supply to Guanacaste
Culture and Youth
11. Program of Entrepreneurship and Cultural SMEs
Transportation and Infrastructure
12. Road Works Program: Cañas – Liberia Project
Science, Technology and Telecommunications
13. Smart Community Centers Program (CECI) 2.0
 Economy, Industry, Commerce and Tourism 
14. Program Strengthening of SMEs (Women Entrepreneurship)
15. Program for the Strengthening of SMEs (Labor Production)
Entry to the NEA
16. Program Strategy Bridge to Development (Poverty)
17. Liberty Park Program
18. Gender Equality and Equity Policy

18. Implementation and Monitoring to the Action Plan
NEA: Use of Evaluations
Recommendations
Management Response
Action Plan
Implementation and Monitoring to the Action Plan

19. III. INSTRUMENTS: Manual of Evaluation and Technical Guides

20. Monitoring and Evaluation Area