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6.02 The NSDP monitoring and evaluation system shall consist of a set of performance indicators, derived from the framework and the priorities of the NSDP, along with effective mechanisms for tracking progress. The aim is to ensure regular and periodic monitoring and evaluation of progress with reference to inputs, outputs and outcomes of various strategies and actions under the NSDP. 6.03 To begin with, the full NSDP will be reviewed in June 2006[1] to take account of various new or additional inputs and data from all sectors and sub-national levels. By then, based on consultations with all stakeholders in early part of 2006, detailed sectoral and sub-national plans would have been prepared along with disaggregated goals, targets and costs, as well as a more detailed roadmap on how the allocated resources would be utilised in the best possible manner. The report, resulting from the above exercise, will be considered the “Preliminary Review” of NSDP implementation. This report will directly influence and will be taken into account in preparing the Public Investment Programme (PIP) 2007-2009, Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) 2007-2011, and the Annual Budget 2007. 6.04 The progress of NSDP implementation will be monitored and evaluated on an annual basis and a report will be produced on the findings and the proposed corrective actions. Such evaluation will take place at the beginning of each year so that possible re-directions and/or adjustments could be made through the annual review that year. The first evaluation exercise will be undertaken during January-March 2007 and the progress report will be produced by June 2007. Similar time frames will be observed for preparing progress reports in each of the successive years. The progress report will be widely circulated and will (i) form the basis for adjustments and re-direction of actions for the following year; and (ii) serve, along with the PIP, as RGC’s report to the annual aid-mobilisation exercises (e.g. CG meetings). The NSDP document along with the PIP for 2006-2008 (fully aligned with the NSDP) will be the main RGC documents for guiding discussions at the next aid-mobilisation meeting scheduled for March 2006. 6.05 The overall NSDP monitoring and evaluation framework will be developed to perform two major tasks. First, it will monitor, on a yearly basis, the progress of implementing policies/programmes and achieving targets/goals through tracking both (i) inputs and outputs; and (ii) development outcomes. Second, it will support policy/programme evaluation through using indicators that provide the base for both regular review of progress of NSDP policy/programme implementation and assess the relationships between implementation of actions and intended changes in outcomes. 6.06 The data on input and output indicators will mostly be collected through administrative systems. For this purpose, an important priority under NSDP will be to put in place reasonably reliable administrative information systems. In contrast, policy/programme evaluation will mostly involve slow-changing outcome indicators for which the major source will be the relevant periodic surveys. 6.07 In view of the critical importance of regular monitoring and evaluation of NSDP implementation, a two-tier structure will be adopted as its operational framework. At the national level, a limited and manageable number of “core indicators” will be used to monitor key dimensions of NSDP progress on a yearly basis based on which the annual progress report will be prepared. The second tier will be used at the ministry/agency level. Each line ministry/agency will develop its indicator list using NSDP focus, CMDG indicators under its jurisdiction, and other indicators relevant for sector-level monitoring purposes. The aim will be to generate a more in-depth and disaggregated picture at the ministry/agency level to support detailed policy/programme monitoring and analysis, and reorientation. 6.08 The design of the NSDP monitoring and evaluation framework will be finalised by June 2006 by which time the Ministry of Planning (MOP) will put in place the institutional and other frameworks necessary to ensure regular production of yearly monitoring and assessment report of NSDP using the core indicators and related information. The indicators in Table 3.2 (Chapter III) will be used as core indicators. Similarly, each line ministry/agency will make operational the necessary frameworks by June 2006 to ensure regular monitoring of its own adopted set of indicators. In selecting the indicators, each ministry/agency will follow some common guidelines to ensure inclusion of indicators that :
The MOP will devise a common reporting format and adopt a timetable to specify the contents, frequency and time frame of reporting by the line ministries/agencies through mutual discussions. This will be finalized by June 2006. 6.09 The National Institute of Statistics (NIS) of the MOP is the designated and technically competent agency to collect process and present various data relating to Cambodia. The Statistics Law, enacted in March 2005, makes the NIS responsible for all activities related to statistics and information generation in the country. The NIS will play the key role in ensuring regular availability of data on NSDP indicators for monitoring and evaluation purposes. The recently finalized Statistical Master Plan (SMP) sets out the long-term prioritised plan for the country’s national statistical system (NSS) including the NIS, statistical units in the line ministries and the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC). The SMP provides the strategic long-term view and financing plan for statistical activities for the period 2006-2015 and outlines the priority statistical infrastructure and work programmes including key statistical outputs that should be undertaken during the period. Within this framework, a medium-term work plan (2006-2010) will be incorporated for statistical data generation on NSDP indicators at required intervals. Similarly, the NIS will utilize the CamInfo, its information system, to support NSDP monitoring and dissemination. For the above, the capacity of NIS and related agencies of the NSS will be continuously upgraded, both in terms of human skills and technical capabilities. 6.10 For regular monitoring of the progress of NSDP on an annual basis, SMP's medium-term work plan may have to devise mechanisms to do annual or fixed-interval tracking surveys, in addition to longer interval censuses/surveys, such as population census, agricultural census, establishment census, socio-economic survey, demographic and health survey, and other surveys. Also, small-area and regular administrative report data is important for the purpose of targeted planning and action programmes; and is a useful supplement to information from other monitoring and evaluation activities such as national sample survey. Accordingly, the existing commune database has to play an important role in the monitoring and evaluation mechanism of NSDP. For this, further improvements in the data base and data communication links between NIS, line ministries/agencies and with sub-national levels will be required. The MOP will consult with relevant government ministries/agencies and develop, by March 2006, a practical framework and methodology under the medium-term work plan to track progress on core NSDP indicators. This programme will form part of the first progress report on NSDP to be ready by June 2006. 6.11 For monitoring and evaluation at the ministry/agency level, the major sources of information will be their administrative networks and reporting systems. At present, the line ministries and agencies maintain their own databases and statistical information, but their capacity is quite uneven as well as the quality and reliability of the collected data. In view of the importance of ministry/agency level monitoring and evaluation under the NSDP framework, every ministry/agency will have to systematically upgrade the data gathering and processing capacities, especially covering the NSDP indicators adopted and amplified at ministry/agency level. Necessary support will be provided for developing the systems including maintaining of their individual websites, to be updated every six months, where they would provide the relevant data on the indicators for use by their own management system as well as for intra-government and public access and use. 6.12 Obviously, the adoption of a comprehensive framework for NSDP monitoring and evaluation does not preclude the need to undertake sector-level and participatory approaches to NSDP monitoring and assessment. These will be used as potentially important sources of more focused and periodic monitoring and evaluation of NSDP. These will also be integrated to the NSDP implementation process. Similarly, new and innovative tools (e.g. citizen’s scorecards rating the perceptions of change and satisfaction with quantity and quality of different public services) will be used to enhance participatory elements and voices from the grassroots level into NSDP monitoring and evaluation. |
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