Thursday 19 th October 2017, Istanbul Turkey

1. Evaluation Systems and Capacities for Evaluating Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals UNDP & UNICEF Asia Pacific Case Studies MALAYSIA Presented by: HananibintiSapit, Outcome Evaluation Division, Implementation Coordination Unit, Prime Minister’s Department, Malaysia National Evaluation Capacities (NEC) Conference 2017 Thursday 19th October 2017, Istanbul Turkey

2. Malaysia Case Study:Country Context – NES for the SDGs • Malaysia has a long history of building strength through performance management. • Three main evaluation/SDGs leaders in the public sector are: • Implementation Coordination Unit (ICU ) – Project & Outcome Evaluation • Ministry of Finance (MoF) - Programme Evaluation & Outcome-Based-Budgeting • Economic Planning Unit (EPU)- Outcome-Based-Approach to planning and implementation performance , leader in SDGs Steering Committee & undertakes thematic studies. • 11thNational Plan (2016-2020) and SDGs align for main indicators; 12th National Plan expected to be designed embedding SDGs. • Five SDGs working committee responsible for inter-sectoral data gathering and reporting to SDG Steering Committee and National Council.

3. Malaysia Case Study:National Evaluation System SDGs Structure National SDGs Council (Chair: PM) SDGs Steering Committee (Chair : EPU Director General • SDGs • Working Committees • Well-being • Inclusivity • Human Capital • Env. & Natural Resource • Economic Growth

4. Malaysia Case Study Emerging Findings:National Evaluation Capacities for the SDGs

5. Malaysia Case Study Emerging Findings:National Evaluation System/Capacities for the SDGs • Key strengths • Evaluation systems have high level commitment. • Internal evaluation results are integrated into the government’s operational decision-making processes and budget planning through MOF and EPU. • Central agencies operate credible, accessible data systems and repositories for M&E. • Evaluation used to increase public accountability and transparency. • Increasing demand for evaluation across all stakeholders. • Key challenges • Mainstreaming evaluation practice in the modus operandi of the SDGs Council. • Expanding the availability of evaluation professionals with the capacity for cross-sector analysis. • Inclusive-minded evaluation, e.g., focus on participatory arrangements for evaluation: ‘No one left behind’. • Integrating datasets between agencies.

6. Malaysia Case Study Emerging Findings: • Strong performance management approach and capacity across the public sector. • Well-developed institutional arrangements to carry out country-level evaluation; institutional arrangements for the SDGs are in place and coordinated with public sector structure. • Evaluations are used to measure progress and for learning. • Stakeholder engagement with evaluation is growing as civil society and private sector institutions are becoming more organized at the national level. • There is opportunity for increased coordination and synergy between SDGs and the Ministry & sub-national processes.

7. Government Evaluation Mechanism • Evaluation exists at all stages of the policy cycle • Key players are independent bodies enable check-and-balance • The current system features integrated development planning that identifies national program objectives and outcomes that are then resourced through program-based budgeting

8. Leverage Government MNE Mechanism BUSINESS PROCESS BUDGET NOTICE OF CHANGE (NOC) ON-SITE VERIFICACTION GIS OUTCOME EVALUATION SUPPORT • Annual development budget • Changes on project allocation (addition, deduction, Viremen) • Changes in Project profile (budget, scope, location, etc) • On site updating on projects’ progress report • Project mapping • Programmes • Projects • Analysis & Reports • Administration & Maintenance • Maintenance of reference codes • User ID ePERMOHONAN REPORTS • Application of programmes & projects by ministries • Approval by EPU • Physical Progress • Financial Progress • Specific Required Reports • Status Reports on 10th MP • Financial Performance Report – states & ministries • Physical Performance Report MONITORING MODULE INTEGRATION SKALA eSPKB • Contract Administration & Information • Technical Reports • Implementation Issues • Payee Profile • Payment Record • Contractual Committment GFMAS

9. Leverage Government MNE Mechanism SCOPES ANALISIS/REPORTS Data stored will be shared by other users OUTCOME EVALUATION MODULE Data analysis and reporting REPOSITORY OUTCOME EVALUATION Outcome evaluation reports 9

10. Concluding Remarks and Next Steps Enabling environment: • Regulations as tool to ensure that public programmes are evaluated regularly. • Introduction of arrangements in parliament for identifying and commissioning evaluations and disseminating results to decision makers. • Operationalize the SDG Council & Committees to accelerate evaluative learning for the SDGs. Institutional capacity: • Streamline the evaluation system & relevant capacity development, building links between government, private sector and CSO/NGO. • Improve data sharing through a new data portal for statistics and evaluation results. • Individual capacity: • Building professional capacity in evaluation at national and sub-national level, especially on integrated issues. • New approaches/focus of skills development on vulnerable individuals/communities (participatory evaluations).

11. THANK YOU hananis@icu.gov.my