The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) in partnership with the World Bank; Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Research (CLEAR); and the Twende Mbele Project will be conducting an International Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Planning Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E) in South Africa.
The workshop is a capacity building and learning initiative that seeks to increase learning and sharing around the use of PM&E for improved governance for African countries. Information on PM&E is exchanged between all participating peer countries based on shared experiences; challenges and best practice in implementing PM&E.
A key outcome is the collective formulation of common approaches to some of the challenges, and each country adapts these to their specific context to improve performance and accountability. In addition, institutional partnerships are formed from the extensive engagements to further strengthen the implementation of national strategic priorities.
The Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Buti Manamela will deliver a keynote address on the 19th of October at the Combined National and International Knowledge Sharing workshop.
The combined National and Provincial Monitoring and Evaluation Forum workshop is targeted at various heads of PM&E from National Departments, Offices of the Premier, PM&E and service delivery practitioners from government.
The International Knowledge Sharing Workshop focuses on the heads of Planning, heads of Monitoring and Evaluation in government departments from various countries. The meeting will be attended by 20 representatives from various countries around the world that will be sharing their knowledge on M&E methods and trends.
Members of the media are invited as follows:
Media Programme
Day 1
Date: Tuesday, 18 October 2016
Venue: Protea Hotel Manor; 1050 Burnet Street; Hatfield; Pretoria
9h20- 10h00
Presentations on The National Development Plan – and the importance of integrated service delivery
Background and context of the Integrated Service Delivery Models (ISMDs)
Reflection on National Government’s perspective of Service Delivery
Day 2
Date: Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Venue: Protea Hotel Pretoria Capital; 390 Van der Walt/Lilian Ngoyi Street; Pretoria
09h30 – 10h30 Overview of book: ‘Making it Happen: Selected Case Studies of Institutional Reforms in South Africa’ with a focus on chapter 4: Strengthening Performance Monitoring and Evaluation by Dr Kathrin Plangeman Lead Public Sector Governance Specialist World Bank and co-editor of the book
14h00 – 14h30 Keynote Address by Deputy Minister of DPME, Buti Manamela
15h00 – 15h30 Dr Pali Lehohla, Statistician General – South Africa presentation on the National Statistical System of RSA and how data is used to inform planning and policies in South Africa
Day 3
Date: Thursday, 20 October 2016
Venue: Protea Hotel Pretoria Capital; 390 Van der Walt/Lilian Ngoyi Street; Pretoria
09h30 – 10h15 Dr. Lewis Ndlovu; Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results, Anglophone Africa – based at WITS University presentation on International experiences in institutionalising national development planning
10h30 – 12h00 Country presentations of major elements of their National Planning System and how evidence is used to inform decision-making
14h00 – 15h30 The World Bank experiences with supporting national development planning and case study on national development planning the case of Colombia (Interactive session and possible video input e.g. Malaysia/Colombia)
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About the World Bank Group
The World Bank Group (WBG) is a family of five international organizations that make leveraged loans to developing countries. It is the largest and most famous development bank in the world and is an observer at the United Nations Development Group
https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/southafrica
About CLEAR-AA
Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results Anglophone Africa (CLEAR-AA) CLEAR is part of a global team that aims to improve policy through strengthening monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems and capacities. https://www.globalevaluationinitiative.org/
About Twende Mbele
Twende Mbele is a multi-country programme aiming to strengthen National Evaluation Systems of African countries. It currently consists of government partners from three different countries (South Africa, Benin and Uganda), CLEAR Anglophone Africa, and the African Development Bank. It is coordinated by The Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results Anglophone Africa (CLEAR AA).
Enquiries:
Tshegofatso Modubu
Cell: 083 276 0786
E-mail: Tshegofatso.Modubu@dpme.gov.za
Mmabatho Ramompi
Cell: 076 480 3513
E-mail: Mmabatho.Ramompi@dpme.gov.za
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