UN Coherence, Effectiveness, and Relevance CER: High level monitoring and evaluation approach

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UN Coherence, Effectiveness, and Relevance
(CER)High level monitoring and evaluation
approach

• NOTE
• This tool/guidance has been developed by
  the Global Change Management Support Team under
  the guidance of the Inter-Agency Task Team for
  Change Management. It has not been tested at the
  country level and there are no examples of its
  application from any country office at this time.

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OBJECTIVE OF THIS DOCUMENT

• Show the recommended approach to Monitoring and
  Evaluating CER
• Purpose of ME within CER
• ME Process Overview
• From UNDAF ME to CER ME

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PURPOSE OF ME WITHIN CER

• Monitoring tracks progress towards the results
  agreed during the initial planning steps of the
  coherence, effectiveness, and relevance programme
• Measures progress toward achieving the pillars of
  CER
• Measures progress of implementing CER
• Helps identify possible problems or roadblocks
  and to make corrections
• Evaluation assesses the impact of CER
• Determines whether the results make a worthwhile
  contribution to national development priorities
• Determines whether the UN system has become more
  coherent, effective and relevant

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GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR ME WITHIN UN COHERENCE
1. Visible linkages between the UNDAF or common
programming tool Results Matrix/ME Matrix and
the ME Framework for the non-programmatic work
streams must be developed.
2. Indicators for the non-programmatic work
streams relate to UNDAF or common programming
tool outcomes. They aim to be strategically
accountable for the UNDAF or common programming
tool outcomes.
3. For non-programmatic workstream indicators
that do not relate to the UNDAF or common
programming tool outcomes but are nevertheless
required (e.g., common banking), there exists an
UNDAF or common programming tool-independent
space in the overall CER ME framework.
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CONCEPTUALIZATION OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Work out the Business Operations matrix so that
it can be simply attached to the current UNDAF or
common programming tool ME Framework
1. Visible Linkage
3. Established space for non-programme specific
indicators
2. Focus on the Outcome level
Keep the UNDAF or Common Programming Tool Results
Matrix Format as is
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CER ME PROCESS FOLLOWS UNDAF
Process overview
Assign ME group
Develop ME plan
Set indicators, baselines, targets
Conduct monitoring and evaluation

• Form inter-agency ME group that will advise the
  Outcome groups and the OMT on their ME work

• Develop guidelines for ME plan that includes
• - ME Management
• ME Framework
• ME Calendar

• Define key indicators for outputs of the results
  matrix
• Set baselines and targets for each of the
  indicators

• Develop evaluation plan based on guidelines
• Develop TORs for evaluation
• Prepare Management response to evaluation

Key activities
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FROM UNDAF OR COMMON PROGRAMMING ME TO CER ME
(1/2)

• The CER ME process is very similar to UNDAF ME
  in terms of its approach
• It can be regarded as an extension of the latter
  because it includes ME for Business Operations
• This implies
• For ME of UNDAF or common programming tool
  Follow UNDAF guidelines
• For ME of UN Business Operations Follow a
  similar approach but, based on the outputs of the
  results matrix for Business Operations developed
  in Step 3, include tracking of
• Common services and harmonized business practices
• Common premises, where appropriate
• Joint Communication
• Common Budgetary Framework

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FROM UNDAF ME TO CER ME (2/2)
Assign ME group
Set indicators, baselines, targets
Develop ME plan
Conduct monitoring and evaluation
Existing process
Description of UNDAF ME
Extension
Inclusion of Business Operations as required
extension of UNDAF ME for CER
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NEXT STEPS DEVELOPING ME PLAN FOR COUNTRY

• Follow CER ME guidelines based on UNDAF
  guidelines paragraphs 103-122
• Review examples of ME plans including TORs for
  ME groups, ME Framework and ME Calendar
• Fill out ME plan template
• Finalize ME plan with partners