Project Profile
PROJECT UPDATE
Project Overview
This initiative enhanced the monitoring and evaluation capacities of the Government of the Philippines’ National Economic and Development Authority for its recently issued 2023-2028 Philippine Development Plan.
Project Profile
The Technical Assistance Partnership – Expert Deployment Mechanism (TAP-EDM) with Canadian expert Ronald Santos who has expertise in monitoring and evaluating development projects, collaborated with the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) of the Government of the Philippines to enhance the monitoring and evaluation of the Philippine Development Plan (PDP). This plan outlined the government’s medium-term priorities, strategies, and socio-economic policies to achieve poverty reduction objectives and sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Ronald assisted in identifying and strengthening institutional capacities crucial for establishing a robust monitoring and evaluation system that supports the effective implementation of the PDP. The work involved enhancing capacities and competencies within the public sector to evaluate performance and contribute to evidence-based policy and program development.
Key Deliverables
- Capacity Support and Training
- Held a kick-off meeting to validate the project process and secure agreement for involvement
- Convened technical working group meetings for the validation process
- Conducted eight focus group sessions
- Facilitated validation workshops for competency and organizational assessment tools
- Provided mentoring sessions on the use of competency and capacity assessment tools
- Co-created training products
- Delivered training sessions and workshops to pilot refined frameworks, tools, and manuals
- Presented at the M&E Philippines Forum
- Technical Support and Knowledge Products
- Developed a learning and development roadmap and capacity development plan
- Created and validated a competency framework for training
- Designed a competency assessment tool
- Designed an organizational assessment tool
- Established standard outcome-level organizational indicators
- Developed a learning development performance system for integrating competency tracking
- Produced a handbook of orientation resources
- Developed sector-specific guidance on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) technical resources
- Prepared an operations manual for implementing assessment tools and frameworks
Project Outcomes and Lessons Learned
The initiative strengthened NEDA’s capacity to monitor implementation of the Philippine Development Plan using evidence-based methods that foster inclusive and sustainable societies.Key lessons learned highlight the importance of flexible, data-driven, and demand-based approaches to monitoring and evaluation. Co-creation with oversight bodies, inclusive facilitation, and institutionalisation of gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) are critical to achieving sustainable and effective public sector reform.
Direct Project Reach:
- 81 participants engaged through activities conducted and project deliverables
Public Engagement (Canada):
- No data available for Canadian Public Engagement
Public Engagement Activities:
- Canadian expert Ronald Santos published a social media post.
