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Session Title: Exploring Linkages Between Evaluation Policy, Evaluation Work, and Public Policy
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Multipaper Session 607 to be held in Pacific B on Friday, Nov 4, 10:45 AM to 11:30 AM
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Sponsored by the Evaluation Policy TIG
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| Chair(s): |
| Lisa Rajigah,
3ie, lrajigah@3ieimpact.org
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| Discussant(s): |
| Catherine Callow-Heusser,
EndVision Research & Evaluation, cheusser@endvision.net
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A Critical Friend: Monitoring and Evaluation Systems, Development Cooperation and Local Government: The Case of Tuscany
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| Presenter(s):
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| Fabrizio Coticchia, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, f.coticchia@sssup.it
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| Annarosa Mezzasalma, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, a.mezzasalma@sssup.it
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| Serena Rossignoli, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, s.rossignoli@sssup.it
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| Abstract:
The role of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems in the field of development cooperation has globally increased in last decades. International and regional organizations, as well as states, local governments and NGOs has largely adopted the tools provided by M&E in order to enhance transparency, effectiveness and efficiency.
The papers aims at verifying how and to what extent the implementation of M&E systems has affected the overall quality of international cooperation projects financed by a local government. After a literature review on M&E in development cooperation, the research analyses the wide range of activities (evaluation ex ante, mid-term, final, monitoring, consultancy) carried out by the Evaluation Team of the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in the last eight years in behalf of an Italian local government: the Region of Tuscany. The paper reveals the strategic significance of adopting M&E systems in the medium-long term.
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