Empowering Communities for Social Protection: Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop

1. MONITORING AND EVALUATION FOR RESULTS11-12TH OCTOBER 2018COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION GRANTEE WORKSHOP, LONDON BY HELEN MUDORA PROGRAMME MANAGER, NETWORKS AND PARTNERSHIPS AFRICA PLATFORM FOR SOCIAL PROTECTION

2. WHO WE ARE • The Africa Platform for Social Protection (APSP) is a pan African network of organizations – 27 national platforms. • Mission - to create partnerships with Civil Society and other organizations to engage with governments, international development agencies to develop and implement innovative Social Protection strategies and pro­grammes.

3. Background • APSP is implementing a project on citizen engagement/monitoring in the delivery of social protection cash transfers in Kenya. • The project is implemented in 3 regions. • Theproject includes data collection to assess the effectiveness and efficiency in delivery of services to rural poor ( cash transfers targets very poor people. • Since its a poor peoples programme there is bound to be power dynamics • The project promotes the voice of beneficiaries and citizens in the delivery of the service.

4. Activities/interventions • High level legal and policy advocacy • Community sensitization forums • Community social monitors trainings • Social audits - Data collection and analysis- timeliness of payments, distance to collection points, transparency in recruitment, dignity in service delivery , voice of beneficiaries (complaints and redress mechanism), linkages, impact

5. Training community monitors

6. Training community monitors

7. Training community Monitors

8. Community sensitization meeting

10. Engaging with Parliament on legislative reforms

11. Project level monitoring and evaluation • Monitoring - the routine collection and analysis of information to track progress against set plans and check compliance to established standards. • It helps identify trends and patterns, adapt strategies and inform decisions for project/programme management • Support project/programme implementation – evidence based reporting it informs decisions • Contribute to organizational learning and knowledge sharing- reflections on experiences and lessons • Provide opportunities for stakeholder feedback- inputs by beneficiaries • Accountability and compliance

12. Tools used to collect and record M and E data • We use Participatory monitoring and evaluation • Involvement of stakeholders in tracking progress • Trained focal persons from the 3 sites on advocacy • Supported them to develop local level advocacy plans. • Simple advocacy tool that tracks community engagement with national level policy makers, community level policy makers

13. How • Tracks the number of meetings, number of people(gender disaggregated data), the issues • This information helps in making decisions- change of activity for impact, advise on mobilization for meetings, we also promote inclusion of persons with disability and other minorities. • work with community groups to document best practice/positive stories. • We support three local organizations with administrative costs so that they can collect data • The budget – allows for learning (flexibility to alignment) , experience for costing. • Strong local organization can greatly improve achievement of goals.

14. M and E resource people • APSP staff as well as other partners with technical skills support the organizations – trainings • Support for training needs beyond the project expected outcomes - good governance, budgeting, proposal writing, leadership • The community organizations have developed advocacy plans specific for the project but encouraged as well as for their organizations

15.  Experience in collecting data (include any challenges • Data promotes generation of evidence for advocacy - to track service delivery. • It gives a clear picture of the situation, where improvements are needed. • It is more persuasive- but it needs to be accurate. • Participatory approach – stakeholder/community capacity for problem analysis and solving is enhanced.

16. Benefits of M and E • Provides early warning signs- able to identify potential problems early and respond, or change strategy. • Continuous feedback improves the quality of activities. • *** integrate participatory monitoring early in the project development cycle- to identify who and how

17. GENDER CONSIDERATIONS • Design of project to consider interventions in strategic gender ( legal and policy) needs and practical gender needs ( individual/household level). • Stakeholder analysis/power matrix • Mobilization for participation to include both men and women - Data disaggregation ( participants list) • Ensure the project design includes the experiences of men and women, boys and girls. • In Africa - recognition of barriers to women participation ( low level literacy) • Innovate ways of ensuring women's participation.

18. Gender considerations • Deliberate inclusion of men, women, pwds in policy discussions. • Deliberate inclusion of all in communication materials - advocacy toolkit • Venue and timings of activities considers the triple roles of women • Amplifying good practice

19. Opportunities for inclusion • Terms of reference for the project activities. • Progress reports • Staff recruitment • Activity monitoring • Training • Annual plans • Project completion reports • Lessons-learned database, disaggregated by gender

20. THANK YOU ASANTE SANA SIYABONGA OBRIGADO ERO KAMANO MBUYA MUNO KONGOI MISSING. ORIO MUNO......................