The Canadian M&E System : Lessons Learned from 30 Years of Development
In Canada, the concept of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is interpreted such that evaluation has a distinct identity from monitoring. The Canadian M&E system is one that has invested heavily in both evaluation and performance monitoring as...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, D.C.: World Bank
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/865531468226748462/The-Canadian-monitoring-and-evaluation-M-E-system-lessons-learned-from-30-years-of-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27909 |
| Summary: | In Canada, the concept of monitoring and
evaluation (M&E) is interpreted such that evaluation has
a distinct identity from monitoring. The Canadian M&E
system is one that has invested heavily in both evaluation
and performance monitoring as key tools to support
accountability and results-based management. Section two of
the paper traces the evolution of the formalized use of
M&E in Canada's public sector from its origins in
the 1960s to the present day. Section three outlines the
organization of M&E, identifying the key players at a
government-wide level, as well as M&E organization
within an individual government department. Section four
highlights the key features that define the Canadian M&E
system, characterizing the system on the basis of eight
distinguishing elements. Section 5 provides information on
the ways that M&E information has been used in the
Canadian public sector, including recent efforts to
strengthen the link to decision-making. Lessons learned from
the Canadian experience with public sector M&E are
summarized in section six under three broad categories:
lessons regarding drivers for M&E; lessons pertaining to
the implementation of the M&E system and; key elements
associated with M&E capacity building. |
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