1. National Monitoring and Evaluation Plans and Strategies to overcome the Challenges and Issues
Mrs.Dharshana Senanayake
Director General
Department of Project Management and Monitoring

2. Introduction DPMM - National Focal Point for M&E
DPMM – Key Development Partner to ensure development effectiveness
DPMM do monitoring of all development projects and programmes
- Project progress review / Sector reviews
- Donor portfolio reviews
- Field Visit

3. Introduction Evaluations Rapid Assessment
undertakes on-going and ex-post evaluation on a selective basis
Conduct joint evaluation with development partners
However, there are challenges in evaluation as follows:

4. Enabling Environment - Issues
Absence of evaluation policy to make evaluation mandatory and institutionalize evaluation in public sector and there by create a evaluation culture
Need of Political will - high level commitment
Lack of demand for evaluation - seen it as a fault finding exercise
Inadequate comprehensive statistical system for evaluation

5. Enabling environment - Strategies
National M& E Policy - DPMM has drafted a M&E Policy and stakeholder consultations were held .
Sensitization of Policymakers including Parliamentarians to strengthen demand and use of evaluation
Advocacy for evaluation and develop national Monitoring and Evaluation Guidelines/Standards/ Ethics
Strengthen the statistical system

6. Institutional Capacity - Issues
Absence of evaluation mechanisms / Guidelines
Inadequate financial resources and technical expertise in institutions (capacity constraints)
Lack of dissemination and feedback arrangement and weak management responses

7. Institutional Capacity - Strategies
Strengthen institution arrangement including designated unit / staff with TOR
Establish evaluation culture / institutionalization of evaluation
Establish link between key partners with regard to accountability and lesson learning

8. Individual Capacity - Issues
Skills / knowledge / competencies
Absence of commitment and attitudes and mindset - Reluctant / resistance to change
Lack of training opportunities in conduct and use of evaluation
Performance assessment system

9. Individual Capacity - Strategies
Adequate skills training
Involve in joint / collaborative evaluation in all levels
Learning from best practice models
Networking – Institutions / Professionals / Evaluation Forum etc
Code of conduct / ethics / Standards

10. Coordination
Strengthen partnerships –Government / Civil Societies / Development partners
Quality assurance of evaluation
Networking / Dissemination / Feedback and Management responses.