INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ONPERSPECTIVES ON IMPACT EVALUATION:

APPROACHES TO ASSESSING DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS

31 March-02 April 2009,Semiramis/Shepheard Hotels,

Cairo, Egypt

Theme 5, WS19.3: Evaluation Capacity Development in the MENA Region

Roundtable onThe Road to Capacity Building for Impact Evaluation:

A Showcase from the MENA Region

02 April 2009, 14:00-15:30,Osiris Hall, Mezzanine Floor, Semiramis Hotel

How M&E is 'Perceived' and 'Applied' in MENA?

by

Doha Abdelhamid,

IDEAS/GOE/AUC

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Devt & Devt Evaluation Gap in Arab region

3. M&E Network Architecture

4. ECD Target Groups

5. No Harm in Putting Oneself En Route!

6. What Do We Do?

7. ECD Success Factors

8. What Can Donors Do?

9. Conclusion

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Devt & Devt Evaluation Gap in Arab region

1. People-Centered

2. Individual Freedoms

3. Human capacities

4. Choice

5. Human Rights

6. Social, economic, political and civil rights

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Devt & Devt Evaluation Gap in Arab region

Arab Region Devt

*Economic Growth

*Wealth Accumulation

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Devt & Devt Evaluation Gap in Arab region

Major Junctures in Arab Reforms

*Greater Middle East Project

*9/11

*Arab Reform Forum: Alexandria Declaration

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Devt & Devt Evaluation Gap in Arab region

BA Arab Tracking Report 2008

*Perception Survey

*Surveyed 494 Arab Intellegencia

*Reforms Achieved = 52%

*Major reforms in oil-rich countries

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Devt & Devt Evaluation Gap in Arab region

AHDRs and MDGRs

Deficits in:

*HD

*Democratic Governance, Accountability & transparency

*DM&E

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Devt & Devt Evaluation Gap in Arab region

2005 Paris Declaration

*Worldwide: 116 countries ratified; 26 donors & 14 CSOs

*Arab Countries: 9 countries (41% of total Arab countries); 1 donor & 0 CSOs

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Devt & Devt Evaluation Gap in Arab region

2005 Paris Declaration (12 indicators)

1) Ownership 2) Alignment 3) Harmonization 4) Managing for Results 5) Mutual Accountability

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Devt & Devt Evaluation Gap in Arab region

2005 Paris Declaration: 2006 Survey Results

*34 countries volunteered

*2 Arab Countries (Egypt & Yemen)

*D-rating (Egypt & Yemen)

*African Countries Rating (B & C)

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M&E Network Architecture

Quesnel, 2006.

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Who Are the ECD Target Groups?

1. Agencies

2. Practitioners

3. User

4. Influenced Groups

5. Public Opinion

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Erring Is Not the End of the World!

UNDP Experience

Accountability & Governance Taboo

Sustained M&E Cultures

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What Do Arabs Have To Do?

DemandSensitize Key StakeholdersAwareness CapitalizationSupplyIncentivesSynergies

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ECD Catalytic/Success Factors

Identify ChampionCore GroupInsure CommitmentSector PilotingDemonstration EffectSequencing No One Size Fits AllUsability/Utility of evaluative knowledge

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ECD Catalytic/Success Factors

Importance of DiagnosticsDialogueData & Information AccessibilityBehavioral ChangesMeasuring PerformanceLearning & InnovationBetter Accountability, Governance &

Transparency

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What Do We Want from the Donor Community?

ECD Training & TAData Dissemination LegislationsM&E Action PlansFunding to establish Training Centers of

Excellence, Distance Learning or CD Learning Tools

Regional & National Evaluation NetworksEvaluation Arabic Literature

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What Do We Want from the Donor Community?

Evaluation Critical MassLending InstrumentsFund Pooling for Joint EvaluationsShare Evaluation Collective Knowledge

Base

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What Do We Want from the Donor Community?

Document & Track Regional Evaluation Cases & Disseminate them

Good Practices Virtual Discussion GroupsConferences, workshops and Roundtables

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What is ECD All About?

Some Food for thought!

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How M&E is 'Perceived' and 'Applied' in MENA?

Thank You

abdelhamiddoha@yahoo.com