Establishing a National M&E System in South Africa

Establishing a National M&E System in South Africa

South Africa has a number of actors with legal or constitutional mandates for monitoring and evaluation (M&E). There has been a major shift in emphasis concerning M&E since 2009, partially stimulated by a political need to improve service d...

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Main Authors:	Goldman, Ian, Engela, Ronette, Akhalwaya, Ismail, Gasa, Nolwazi, Leon, Bernadette, Mohamed, Hassen, Phillips, Sean
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY AUDITING AUDITOR BASIC BEST PRACTICES BUSINESS PROCESSES CAPABILITY COMMUNITIES COMPLAINT COMPLAINTS COMPONENTS CORRUPTION CRIME DATA ANALYSIS DATA QUALITY ELECTRICITY FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCES IMPACT OF INTERVENTIONS INDEPENDENT MONITORING INITIATIVE INTERNAL MONITORING INTERVENTION JUSTICE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP LEARNING M&E SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MINISTER MINISTERS MONITORING DATA MONITORING TEAMS MONITORING VISITS MONITORS MOTIVATION NETWORKS OUTPUTS PERFORMANCE MONITORING POLICE POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY FRAMEWORKS POLITICIANS POVERTY REDUCTION PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS INDICATORS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS QUALITY OF PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF SERVICES QUERIES RESULT RESULTS RULING PARTY SAFETY SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICES TO CITIZENS SITES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT TARGETS TECHNICAL M&AMP;E TECHNICAL SUPPORT TOP MANAGEMENT TRAINING COURSES TRANSLATION USER USERS USES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/09/17451373/establishing-national-system-south-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17084

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Summary:	South Africa has a number of actors with legal or constitutional mandates for monitoring and evaluation (M&E). There has been a major shift in emphasis concerning M&E since 2009, partially stimulated by a political need to improve service delivery, but also from the extensive exposure of both technocrats and political leadership to international experiences. As a result, the Ministry of Performance M&E was created in the Presidency in 2009, and the Department of Performance M&E (DPME) in January 2010. The DPME has introduced a number of initiatives since its establishment, including a focus on 12 government priority outcomes; the assessment of the quality of management performance of national and provincial departments; a new system of monitoring front-line services; a national evaluation system; and a municipal performance assessment tool, which is still in development. These tools have contributed to a major increase in the availability of evidence for policy and decision making. Rapid recent progress is due to strong support at the onset from South Africa s President, learning from international experience, and strong teams in DPME and the National Treasury. Despite these positive developments, significant challenges remain in ensuring the coherence of reform initiatives conducted by central government departments, improving administrative data quality, and establishing M&E as a core role of management.