cooperation. If so, it may be the annual budget process. appropriate to move away from Australian support will also help build short-term project cycles to advanced capability within national police more sustainable delivery services for effective law enforcement arrangements. cooperation. Australian agencies providing law and justice assistance recognise that this requires mid to long-term support. Recommendation 8 Agree Government has agreed to the CAPF, which sets indicative regional and country-level That Australia takes a gradual budget targets, rather than indicative approach to scaling up its law sectoral budget targets for the aid program. and justice programs, based on Australia’s law and justice assistance in proven successes, avoiding specific locations will be guided by investments that might distort government country and regional strategies. institutional development and Individual program decisions will be based national resource allocation. on proven successes and the aid program’s track record at supporting safer communities and promoting equitable access to law and justice services for poor people. Response to Evaluation Recommendations Recommendation 9 Agree AusAID, in consultation with government partners, is currently That AusAID’s Law and Justice developing a Performance Assessment Unit invests in developing more Framework to guide results management detailed guidance for results across all investments in effective management in law and justice governance, including law and justice programs. It should increase the programs. This will complement level of technical support government efforts to report against the available for advisers and headline results in the CAPF. program managers in country posts. It should ensure that M&E AusAID’s quality assurance processes expertise is included in all design require comprehensive monitoring and teams and should play an active evaluation input into the design of individual role in quality assuring the programs. The monitoring systems for design of results frameworks. Australia’s law and justice programs will Results frameworks should track increasingly align with counterpart country-level results, project monitoring systems and look to utilise both outcomes and management qualitative and quantitative data across data, using quantitative and different levels of results. Where required, qualitative data, to enable a Australian support will help to establish and more holistic picture of the build these systems. AusAID’s Law and results of Australian law and Justice Policy Section will provide guidance justice assistance to emerge. to AusAID programs, Australian Projects should, as far as government and partner countries to help possible, align with counterpart improve monitoring and evaluating law and
cooperation. If so, it may be appropriate to move away from short-term project cycles to more sustainable delivery arrangements. the annual budget process. Australian support will also help build advanced capability within national police services for effective law enforcement cooperation. Australian agencies providing law and justice assistance recognise that this requires mid to long-term support. Recommendation 8 That Australia takes a gradual approach to scaling up its law and justice programs, based on proven successes, avoiding investments that might distort institutional development and national resource allocation. Agree Government has agreed to the CAPF, which sets indicative regional and country-level budget targets, rather than indicative sectoral budget targets for the aid program. Australia’s law and justice assistance in specific locations will be guided by country and regional strategies. Individual program decisions will be based on proven successes and the aid program’s track record at supporting safer communities and promoting equitable access to law and justice services for poor people. Response to Evaluation Recommendations Recommendation 9 That AusAID’s Law and Justice Unit invests in developing more detailed guidance for results management in law and justice programs. It should increase the level of technical support available for advisers and program managers in country posts. It should ensure that M&E expertise is included in all design teams and should play an active role in quality assuring the design of results frameworks. Results frameworks should track country-level results, project outcomes and management data, using quantitative and qualitative data, to enable a more holistic picture of the results of Australian law and justice assistance to emerge. Projects should, as far as possible, align with counterpart Agree AusAID, in consultation with partners, is currently developing a Performance Assessment Framework to guide results management across all investments in effective governance, including law and justice programs. This will complement efforts to report against the headline results in the CAPF. AusAID’s quality assurance processes require comprehensive monitoring and evaluation input into the design of individual programs. The monitoring systems for Australia’s law and justice programs will increasingly align with counterpart monitoring systems and look to utilise both qualitative and quantitative data across different levels of results. Where required, Australian support will help to establish and build these systems. AusAID’s Law and Justice Policy Section will provide guidance to AusAID programs, Australian and partner countries to help improve monitoring and evaluating law and government government government government