The Effective Development Group News 2010

Yemen, May 2010

The Effective Development Group (EDG) visited Sana'a, Yemen, to provide M&E support to the DFID funded and GRM International managed, Justice and Police Programme (YJPP). EDG assisted the programme team and counterparts to transform the existing logframe into a practical framework for management, monitoring and evaluation. The project aims to increase the effectiveness of local police and justice services in pilot sites, though training, improved use of management information, greater accountability and greater citizen access.

Southern Africa, May 2010

The Effective Development Group (EDG) has been tasked by DFID's Southern Africa office to provide the team leader for the design of their new regional food security programme. With a core budget of GBP 30m DFID will provide regional support to the implementation of the AU/NEPAD Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) in East and Southern Africa.

 

Democratic Republic of Congo, April 2010

The Effective Development Group (EDG) continues to manage the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) component of the DFID funded Security Sector Accountability and Police Reform Programme (SSAPRP) in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The program focuses on the reform of the Congolese national police. EDG’s technical director visited the programme in April to continue support to the in-country team in further establishing a coherent and fit-to-purpose M&E system for the programme and liaise with the programme stakeholders. The M&E system is based on a logframe and includes an extensive baseline data collection process in three pilot provinces, i.e. Bas-Congo, Kasai Occidental and Sud-Kivu. This process involves several institutional audits and capacity assessment surveys, including a community-based Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice (KAP) survey on Security and Justice, across 9000 households in the three provinces.

 

East Timor, March 2010

The Effective Development Group (EDG) conducted a visit in Dili, East Timor, to continue to provide monitoring and evaluation support to the AusAID funded and GRM International managed, Public Sector Capacity Development Project (PSCDP). EDG consulted with a wide range of program stakeholders and assisted the program team to write its Annual Performance Management report. Major program achievements over the last year have included the establishment of the first Civil Service Commission and Anti-Corruption Commission in Timor Leste, both defined as priorities under the Prime Minister Administrative Reform Agenda. In addition, PSCDP has supported curriculum development for the National Institute of Public Administration (INAP), as well as corporate management functions of various other ministries (Infrastructure, Social Solidarity, Agriculture, etc.).

 

Papua New Guinea, March 2010

The Effective Development Group (EDG) continues to provide a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Adviser for the AusAID funded, GRM International managed, Papua New Guinea (PNG) Agricultural Research and Development Support Facility (ARDSF). The M&E Adviser was in PNG in March supporting the in-country M&E Officer and team to review the implementation of the M&E plan, modify M&E guidelines and reporting processes and develop approaches for evaluation of the Facility’s grants scheme.

 

Afghanistan, January 2010

The Effective Development Group (EDG) continues to provide an M&E Adviser for the AusAID funded, GRM International managed, Development Assistance Facility for Afghanistan Phase II. In January the M&E Adviser supported the team in-country with their Performance Assessment Framework and Annual Plan.