1. Presentation on
National Evaluation Policy and Political Participation for Policy Intervention in Nepal: July, 2013

2. Ananda Prasad Pokharel
Welcome and Namaste
Ananda Prasad Pokharel
Member; Parliamentarians Forum on Development Evaluation in South Asia

3. National Evaluation Policy in Nepal
National Planning Commission of Nepal has issued 'Monitoring and Evaluation Guidelines‘ pursuant to Section 27 of National Planning Commission Formation Order, 2009 by consolidating various frameworks experimented in the past.

4. Why Evaluation Policies?
The Nepali Monitoring and Evaluation Guidelines 2013 aim at:
ensuring responsibility and accountability among the key constituents engaged in service delivery;
enabling estimation and measurement of direct and indirect effects/impacts of development interventions on the lives of people;
helping ensure results from the development investments; and
improving effectiveness and result-orientation in future policies and programs by obtaining feedback from the past experiences

5. Evolution of Monitoring & Evaluation in Nepal
First Stage: Weightage System
systematic efforts on implementation evaluation of development projects were initiated only in the Fifth Plan or fiscal year 1975/76
Second Stage: New Monitoring and Evaluation System
In Eighth Plan ( ) that efforts were made to strengthen monitoring and evaluation as a system.
The new system was introduced with an objective to achieve desired/expected outcomes

6. Contd… Third Stage: Result Based Monitoring and Evaluation
Policy and result matrices were developed for the monitoring and evaluation of policies and programs set down by the Tenth Plan ( ) and Three Year Interim Plan ( ).
Itroductio of Poverty Monitoring and Analysis System (PMAS).
National Vigilance Centre was set out.
Office of Comptroller General introduced Public Expenditure Tracking System (PETS) so as to analyze the status of public service delivery and to track down the time spent in reaching out the people.
National Planning Commission developed the system of acquiring feedback to inform development policies, plans, programs/projects by conducting impact evaluation of programs and projects.

7. Institutional Structure of Monitoring and Evaluation
The Constitution of Nepal and a number of other legislations have entrusted monitoring and evaluation functions to a number of central level organizations including
Legislative Parliament,
National Development Council,
National Planning Commission,
Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers and Ministry of Finance.
Apart from that
Office of the Auditor General,
Financial Comptroller General Office (FCGO)

8. Contd.. Social Welfare Councils
Public Procurement Monitoring Office monitors the trading activities of government, publics and organizations
In addition, provisions have been made to systematize monitoring and evaluation system and conduct regular monitoring of development interventions at various levels.
Departments, Regional Offices,
District Development Committee and
Concerned district line agencies.

9. Institutional Arrangements for M&E in Nepal
National Development Action Committee:
Ministry Level Development Action Committee
Ministry Level Development Action Sub-committee

10. Issue of Transparency, Social Responsibility and Accountability
Parliamentary Committees
Monitoring and Evaluation Committee
Social Responsibility and Accountability
Public Audit,
Social Audit
Public Hearing,

11. Institutions for Penalization
Commission of Investigation and Abuse of Authority
Special Court
National Vigilence Center,
District Administration Office
Nepal Police

12. Roles of MPs/Political Parties/Politics
advocating in and out of parliament regarding bilateral and multilateral treaties and agreements
make a lobby group of likeminded MPs in the parliament
should start a discussion in every parliamentary party
to pressurize the government
MP can submit the parliament adjourn proposal for revisiting the evaluation process
MP can submit the attention proposal in parliament for concern ministry
MP can submit the Sankalpa proposal in parliament to attract the national attention

13. Way Forward Strengthening South Asian Parliamentarian Forum
Formation of Evaluation Group in Parliament in respective countries
Evaluation Unit in Every political parties in South Asian Countries
Facilitating for addressing Evaluation Policy in election manifesto by every political parties
Donor Community coordination for strengthening the evaluation development process through knowledge sharing.
Resource mobilization for Evaluation Development in Local Government
Working closely with Evaluation Networks to create enabling environment for promoting evaluation
Encouraging donors, UN agencies, government , I/NGOs and civil societies to prepare plan for Management Response to Evaluation and follow up the implementation of the plan
Supporting capacity building initiatives for quality evaluation at country and regional level
Working proactively for making the International Years of Evaluation 2015 success

14. Thank you !