Bridging project and country WASH monitoring and evaluation

Monitoring Sustainable WASH Service Delivery Symposium

Bridging Project and Country WASH Monitoring and Evaluation

The new M&E strategy for the Water Supply and Sanitation Department of the African Development Bank

Fabio B. LosaSenior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

Addis Ababa, April 9-11, 2013

Table of contents

1. Introduction: A diagnostic of the current situation

2. The Bank’s strategy for WASH M&E

3. First applications

4. Concluding remarks

April 9-11, 2013 – IRC Symposium 2

1. Diagnostic of the current situation


Proliferation of M&E systems

Data incomparability

Credibility

Human right to W&S

Post2015 Agenda

Climate Change

Green Growth, …

More complex data required


2. The Bank strategy for WASH M&E

The visionAfrican countries have established reliable, effective and sustainable M&E systems with data and information on the water sector that enable users to make informed decisions, facilitate the exchange of water knowledge, enhance accountability and strengthen the capacities of stakeholders and users to achieve the African Water Vision and sustainable development goals.

Ditto for OWAS/Bank and its operations.

The main objectivesObjective 1: Strengthen RMCs’ M&E capacitiesObjective 2: Improve OWAS project M&EObjective 3: Contribute to the development of global standards, procedures etc.


Indicators

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Project M&E

Impact evaluation

Knowledge

Project M&EImprove corporate capacities and accountability

Country M&EStrengthen countries capacities

Global M&EContribute to overall framework and development of standards

Logical frameworks

The levels of intervention


Global M&EContribute to overall framing and development of standards

AMCOW/AUC monitoring and reporting frameworkLead working group 6 on Tracking Finance

Global process of formulating post-2015 WASH targets and indicators

Others (e.g. SWA)


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2Country M&EStrengthen countries capacities

Areas of intervention:•Data generation processes (collection, validation and storage);•Data management, analysis and dissemination (and knowledge management);•Tools to support the above activities (e.g. data collection systems and devices, data management systems, knowledge management and dissemination tools).•M&E Capacity building;•M&E institutional governance and coordination; Sector reporting;•Etc.

Types of interventions1.M&E component in ordinary AfDB’s WASH projects2.Specific standalone M&E projects

Financial resources: RWSSI Trust Fund and others (MDWPP, donors, etc.)

Funding demand-driven, government-led M&E interventions


Current activitiesSelect countriesGather and assess champion countries’ practices and tools (with UNICEF)Select partners (?UNICEF, WSP, WaterAid, …?)Define financing mechanisms (RWSSI-TF, etc.)Staffing (international consultant and national consultants)

Country M&EStrengthen countries capacities

Implementation•2012 – 2014 First phase (pilot)•2015 – 2020 Roll-out phase

Weak M&E countries

Medium

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Learn

Strengthen M&E capacities (demand-driven approach)

First PhaseFocus on countries with Weak/Medium M&E capacities


Indicators

Project M&E

Impact evaluation

Knowledge

Project M&EImprove corporate capacities and accountability

Logical frameworksImprove the result-based project design (logical framework)Train TMs on logical frameworks designImprove knowledge base for underlying value theories

Develop project indicator setsReview indicators and distill inputs from global/national systemsAdopt sets of indicators for each subsector (RWSS, UWSS, WR)Prepare and organize training for TMs

Tracking progress (baseline, monitoring, mid-term, …)Develop approach for project-related data collection (Baseline ...)Customize/Adopt Bank’s monitoring toolsTrain and support TMs

Conduct Impact Evaluation studies on selected projectsSelect exemplary studiesConduct IE studiesDisseminate results

Develop communication products & strategy


3. First applications

Malawi: water sector M&E Project•Executing Agency: Ministry of Water development and Irrigation•Bank’s Funds: AWF•Major outcomes: (1) Strengthened water sector institutions and personnel in M&E; (2) Robust, reliable and sustained sector M&E systems; and (3) Effective use of M&E data and information for sector planning and management

Central Africa: WASH project for Bangui and the rural areas of four districts •Executing Agency: Direction Générale de l’Hydraulique•Bank’s Funds: AfDB, RWSSI-Trust Fund, Fragile State Fund•Major outcomes: (1) Constantly updated water point database; (2) Sector reporting


4. Concluding remarksM&E landscape is featured by a number of tensions:•Between the pressing request for data for corporate result-measurement (mainly project level data) and the long-term process to strengthen countries sector M&E capacities and leadership;•Between what is mainstreamed at global level and what is desired and feasible at country level;•Between the time-bound project M&E and the long-term development process.To overcome these challenges there is a need for: Strengthened coordination within and across the global, national and corporate levels; Building bridges amongst M&E frameworks at these different levels.


Thank you


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