Policy Monitoring and Evaluation

Policy monitoring and evaluation (M&E) has a critical role
to play in effectively design, implement and deliver public policies and services. Ensuring that policy making is informed by sound evidence on what works is essential to achieve key long-term objectives.

1. WHY POLICY MONITORING AND EVALUATION
THE OECD%%
WHY POLICY EVALUATION?
While economic, social and environmental challenges are increasingly
complex, governments are facing growing pressure to deliver more and
better for less. Policy monitoring and evaluation (M&E) has a critical role
to play in effectively design, implement and deliver public policies and
services. Ensuring that policy making is informed by sound evidence on
what works is essential to achieve key long-term objectives.
THE OECD’s APPROACH TO POLICY MONITORING & EVALUATION
In support of robust policy monitoring and evaluation systems,
the OECD focuses on 3 main pillars:
USE
INSTITUTIONAL
FRAMEWORK
QUALITY
Support strategic planning and policy making by improving the links between policy interventions and their outcomes & impact
Enhance accountability and provide legitimacy for the use of public funds and resources
Promote learning and enhance policies’ efficiency and effectiveness
promoting the quality of policy evaluation, for instance through developing guidelines, investing in capacity building, and ex post review and control mechanisms.
promoting the use of evidence and policy evaluation, by investing in public sector skills, policy making processes and supporting stakeholder engagement;
building an institutional framework by putting the right legal, policy and organisational measures in place to support the performance of public policies;
POLICY MONITORING
AND EVALUATION
Therefore, policy evaluation and its strategic use throughout the policy cycle can:

2. WHAT WE OFFER
Through the 2018 OECD Survey on Policy
Evaluation, the OECD is conducting a
stocktaking exercise of the degree and nature
of institutionalisation of policy evaluation, as
well as the promotion of its quality and use.
The OECD collected data from over 40
countries
, providin­g
practices for a forthcoming OECD Report
on Policy Evaluation, to be finalised in 2019.
INTERNATIONAL COMPERATIVE ANALYSIS
& BENCHMARKING
IN-DEPTH ASSESSMENTS
NATIONAL & SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
FROM MEMBER & NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES
BUILDING CAPACITY FOR EVIDENCE,
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
The OECD can also provide capacity-building activities to support governments in implementing sound Monitoring and Evaluation practices. The OECD secretariat can mobilise a global network of experts, including government officials, to share their experiences, best practices and assist countries in strengthening their capacity for policy implementation by:
Understanding countries’ needs and creating ownership at a local and national level;
Fostering interactive on the ground sessions to share first-hand experience
and develop capacities;
Identifying relevant policy recommendations to resolve implementation
and governance gaps.
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WHO WE WORK WITH
INTERNATIONAL
ORGANISATIONS & NGOS
ACADEMIA
OTHER RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS
The OECD has also collected information on
the capacity of countries to use evidence
to inform policy-making pro­cesses, as well
as on knowledge brokers, who act as
intermediaries between producers and users
of knowledge, by producing evidence that
can be fed into decision making processes.
The OECD conducts reviews and in-depth
assessments at the national and sub-
national level, identifying priority areas
and providing specific and practical
recommendations on how to implement
M&E practices and tools that enhance the
delivery and impact of policy priorities.
OECD ongoing work on the topic seeks to
address the following:
How monitoring and evaluation contributes to decision making, enhancing the impact of government strategies and priorities;
How policy monitoring and evaluation can be mainstreamed across
How quality evidence and policy evaluation contributes to public sector
performance.