1. The strategic intent of country-led M&E systems
Live Webcast Knowledge Sharing Event
1st December 2009
DevInfo 1

2. This series of webcasts are based on the book published by UNICEF in partnership with key international institutions
Authors:
21 global evaluation leaders
Partnership:
UNICEF, WB, UNECE, IDEAS, IOCE, DevInfo and MICS
Available for free download at:

3. The recording of the previous webcast events are available at
First event on Country-led M&E systems with Marco Segone, Oumul Ba Tall, Denis Jobin
Second event on Strengthening country-led M&E systems. Good practices in using Devinfo with Nicolas Pron and Kris Oswalt
Third event on Real Word Evaluation with Jim Rugh and Michael Bamberger
Fourth event on Promoting country-led
development evaluations with Finbar O’Brien and Hans Lundgren
Fifth event on Ten steps to results-based M&E systems with Ray Rist and Jody Kusek

4. The strategic intent of country-led M&E systems
Introduction and kick-off questions
Marco Segone,
Senior Evaluation Specialist, Systemic Management,
UNICEF Evaluation Office, New York,
and former Vice President, IOCE 4

5. but no technical rigour
The “quality” challenge: How to match technical rigour and policy relevance?
Technical rigour
but no policy
relevance
Policy relevance
but no technical rigour
Better evidence, technically rigorous and policy relevant. 5

6. Country-led M&E systems: matching technical rigour with policy relevance
Countries (and not donors) lead and own the evaluation process by determining:
what policy or programme will be evaluated
(including donors coordination and alignment)
what evaluation questions will be asked
what methods will be used
what analytical approach will be undertaken
how findings will be communicated
how findings will be used 6

7. Key questions What is the strategic intent?
Why is strategic intent so important for country-led monitoring and evaluation systems? 7