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This article discusses the current status of the National Evaluation Policy in Tanzania and highlights the efforts made by the Tanzania Evaluation Association (TanEA) in advocating for its development. The article also addresses the challenges faced in promoting evaluation culture and building evaluation capacity in the country.
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TANZANIASTATUS OF NATIONAL EVALUATION POLICY By Dr. Francis Mwaijande- Tanzania Evaluation Association SonoKusekwa- MEASURE-Evaluation 28th March, 2017 Kampala, Uganda
National Evaluation Policy • Is there NEP in place? Not Yet! BUT • TanEA Strategic Plan 2016/17-2020/21– advocates for the development of the National Evaluation Policy • The stakeholders include: • The Government [Ministry of Finance-Planning Commission] • National Parliament • Development partners [Unicef, ….?]
National Evaluation System • Doesn’t exist as long as NEP doesn't
The Role of Tanzania Evaluation Association (VOPE) • Advocating for the National Evaluation Policy • Promoting evaluation culture • getting the government, parliament buy-in • Engaging stakeholders in decision making processes to demand for data and evidence • Building capacity for evaluation • SDGs M&E framework mainstreamed in the FYDP • Professionalization of evaluation
Challenges • Getting government buy-in for evaluation • Lack of Champion for evaluation in the Parliament • Lack of evaluation culture • Capacity for evaluating SDGs/ equity focused and gender responsive • Financing for promoting evaluation culture and capacity building
Efforts in evaluating SDGs/ equity focused and gender responsive evaluation • Exist only in the TanEA Strategic plan to be launched in May 2017. • You are all pledged to support TanEA’s Strategic Plan 2016/17-2020/21