Sida-Amhara Rural Development Program(SARDP)

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Sida-Amhara Rural Development Program(SARDP)

• A Rural Development Partner to improve the lives
  of the grassroot community sustainably.

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SARDP

• Key Objectives of SARDP
• To strengthen decentralized development planning,
  implementation, management use of the required
  services.
• To bring about sustainable increase in
  agricultural productivity production,
  conservation and sustainable use of natural
  resources.
• To diversify the economy and increase income of
  the households through off-farm income generating
  activities with credit access.
• To improve rural roads which enhance input
  supply, marketing of products and social
  services.
• To improve good governance.

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Strategies of SARDP

• Involving concerned stakeholders at each stage of
  the project cycle.
• Creating the required linkage among stakeholders.
• Provision of training for program beneficiaries
  at each level.

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Key lessons learnt during the PPME training

• ME plan formulation based on the program
  document
• Participatory ME system establishment
• Facilitation for participatory learning
• The data journey (objective hierarchy to decision
  for change)
• Creating learning environment through realizing
  participation
• Conflict management
• PLA as management tool for development
• Individual and organizational learning
• The importance of Data base
• Change management

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Objectives What would you like to change?

• To improve the ME system of SARDP
• To facilitate PPME training in order to
  institutionalize among the implementing agencies.
• To create data base system.
• why?
• To contribute for the program success.

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Stakeholders

• Who will be involved and bring about these
  changes?
• Program coordination Unit (PCU)
• Sector offices
• Technical assistants
• Communities
• Donor

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The role of stakeholders

• Program coordination Unit- Involve, facilitate
  coordinate the planned activities.
• Technical assistants - provide technical backups.
• Sector offices Involve in PME training,
  designing their PME system, implementation and
  ME of the plan. Provision of required
  information.
• Communities - involve in the provision of
  information.
• Donor Feedback.

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How do you intend to get the other stakeholders
involved in creating these changes?

• Through continuous discussion and training on the
  PME system at each level.

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Constraints What problems do you expect when
trying to bring about these changes?

• Resistance from some implementing institutions
  due to
• Less attention to ME.
• Lack of skilled manpower and low institutional
  Capacity
• Financial limitation

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Measures to be taken

• Through arranging discussion forums at each level
• Introducing incentives (Training)
• To use PME system exercise as precondition to
  approve the fund request.
• Institutional support

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Alliances for the change

• Support from the program Director.
• Support from the donor (SIDA).
• The valuable input(skill) on PME from IAC.

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ME monitoring and evaluation of the PME plan?

• How Based on the planned activities and set
  objectives.
• Who will be involved
• Program coordination Unit (PCU)
• Sector offices
• Technical assistants
• Communities
• Donor

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What are your key evaluation questions and
indicators?

• key evaluation questions
• How is the improvement and continuity of the
  system?
• How many institutions establish practice the
  ME system?
• How many staff trained on MIS?

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Indicators

• Frequency of revision based on facts /realities.
• No of institutions which establish and practice
  the system.
• No of staff trained on MIS.

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Resources Resources needed to implement the
plan

• Finance
• Material
• Time
• Skilled manpower

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Time schedule of activities
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No Description of Activites April-June April-June April-June July-Sept July-Sept July-Sept Oct-Dec Oct-Dec Oct-Dec Responsibility Budget Remark
1 PME system improvement                        
1.1 Debriefing of PME training x                  PCU    
1.2 Preparation of training materials   x                PCU    
1.3 PME training for the staff     x              PCU    
1.4 Improving the existing PME system       x x x         PCU, IMp.Insti TAs,donor,Com.    
2 Institutionalizing PME for implementers                        
2.1 Discussion with beneficiary institutions       x            PCU, IMp.Insti    
2.2 selection of trainees       x           IMP. Insti     
2.3 PME training for beneficiary institutions         x          PCU, ARARI    
3 Data base system establishment                        
3.1 Recruiting consultant         x          PCU    
3.2 Staff training on MIS           x        Consultant    
3.3 Data gathering and analysis           x x x    PCU, Imp..Insti,Com.    
4. ME of the plan x x x x x x x x x All Conserned stakeholders    
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Thank you!