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WHAT
WE DO

In recent years, Ghana has seen a dramatic increase in investment in development programmes. International institutions, Civil Society Organizations and the Ghanaian Government have all devoted considerable resources to improving the lives of Ghanaian citizens. Due to lack of knowledge or capacity, however, efforts to document these development interventions and their impact remain scattered and haphazard. Without evidence of success, it is impossible for decision makers to make informed choices about funding or implementation. There is, therefore, a demonstrated need in Ghanaian development circles for increased will and capacity to monitor and evaluate development initiatives. 

Monitoring and Evaluation provides information about the performance of policies, programmes and projects. It identifies what works, what does not and the reasons why. M&E is only valuable if it is acted on. The evidence gathered needs to be implemented to improve planning and resource allocation decisions and to improve performance.

PLANNED

ACTIVITIES.

GMEF has developed an annual work plan based on its four objectives. This plan is composed of activities that may be renewed or expanded on an annual basis.

Objective 1: Share professional insight in the art and practice of M&E

  • Quarterly Forums/Forums in Accra for discussion of and advocacy for the use of evidence-based decision making in development.

  • An Annual Conference.

  • Regional meeting in Takoradi, Kumasi and Tamale to replicate the forums held in Accra.

  • Registration with established national, regional, and international networks such as the International Development Evaluation Association and the International Organisation for Cooperation in Evaluation

Objective 2: Provide Support for Continuing M&E Education

  • Establish linkages with local and international M&E institutions/associations that provide continuing M&E educational opportunities.

  •  A quarterly e-newsletter to share access to relevant local M&E information.

  • Organize day-long workshops for beginner, intermediate, and advanced training on the fundamentals of monitoring and evaluation.

  • Establish standards of professional practice.

Objective 3: Promote Evidence-Based Decision Making

  • Ensure the involvement of decision-makers (from partner organizations such as UNICEF, as well as government officials) in quarterly forums and annual meetings through targeted invitations.

  • Make discussions of M&E issues from the quarterly forums widely available through the GMEF website.

  • Organise policy review meetings with PPMEDs and Chief Directors. 

  •  Work with NDPC and other partners to develop a National Evaluation Policy for Ghana

Objective 4: Create a National Monitoring and Evaluation Repository

  • A Web-based Repository for Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) information and data will facilitate information sharing among policy makers, M&E experts and other stakeholders. The Repository will also provide an interactive platform where experts, practitioners and other stakeholders can engage in productive dialogue on M&E issues.

The key objective is to establish a forum where M&E ideas can be shared between like minded people in an informed manner

YEAR IN REVIEW.

Objective 1: Share professional insight in the art and practice of M&E

Objective 2: Create a National Monitoring and Evaluation Repository

Objective 3: Promote Evidence-Based Decision Making

  • By working with our partners; UNICEF, UNDP, STAR-Ghana, the World Bank, Ernst and Young, UNFPA, the Africa Leadership Initiative and others, GMEF has successfully held a series of Forums which have attracted many people to each event. Forums have covered a range of topics including; Stimulating demand for M&E in Ghana, Using M&E data for decision making; Monitoring and Evaluation in the Public Sector; M&E and Social Accountability in the CSO sector in Ghana, Using M&E To Fight Corruption, EVALYEAR 2015 activities in Ghana, etc

  • To encourage the use of data by decision makers, GMEF is trying to build a repository of centralized evaluation information, using the World Bank’s Poverty Impact Evaluations Database and Innovations for Poverty Action’s database of projects as models. The database is the first of its kind for development interventions in Ghana and searchable by criteria such as sector, evaluating institution, district, and region. It is under continuous review and will be promoted at the quarterly forums and at the annual meeting, as well as in specially targeted sessions with public policy makers.

  • Attendees at the Forums are drawn from a range of sectors including UNICEF, the World Bank and other Development Partners, MDAs, MMDAs, CSOs, the Media, etc..

Objective 4: Provide Support for Continuing M&E Education 

  • GMEF’s quarterly enewsletter was initially launched at a Forum in May 2011. It is being revised for publication via the website, www.gmef.net

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