PART II. ASSESSING NATIONAL INSTITUTION CAPACITY FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT 2.1 Managerial Capacity Ability to plan, monitor and coordinate activities Planning, Does the institution produce Well-designed project Monitoring & clear, internally consistent and programme Evaluation proposals and intervention documents yes frameworks, including Action Plans/Work plans detailed workplans? Log frame or equivalent Yes. E.g. now doing their Project reports yes budget (want objectives Evaluation reports yes etc). Indicators available in Have performance project plans yes appraisals. Lessons-Learned reports (Ministers and PS are yes appraised on this. Regulated by office of the Prime Minster. Public policy coordination unit in the PM office. Does the institution hold regular programme or project review meetings? Yes. Are there measurable outputs/deliverables in the defined project plans? Yes. Was the institution previously exposed to UNDP RBM approach/methodology or equivalent in other donor agencies? Yes. E.g. UNICEF and other agencies. 2.1.2 Reporting Does the institution monitor Reports to donors and and performance progress against well defined other stakeholders yes track record indicator and targets, and Reporting system yes evaluate its programme/project achievements? Yes. Does the institution report to its stakeholders on a regular basis? Yes. (NGOs, international partners, Chinese, UNICEF) 2.2 Technical Capacity 2.2.1 Does the institution have the Publications on Specialization technical skills required? activities, specific issues, analytical articles, Not fully, for rural water policies supply they are short of
PART II. ASSESSING NATIONAL INSTITUTION CAPACITY FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT 2.1 Managerial Capacity Ability to plan, monitor and coordinate activities Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation Does the institution produce clear, internally consistent proposals and intervention frameworks, including detailed workplans? Yes. E.g. now doing their budget (want objectives etc). Have performance appraisals. (Ministers and PS are appraised on this. Regulated by office of the Prime Minster. Public policy coordination unit in the PM office. Does the institution hold regular programme or project review meetings? Yes. Are there measurable outputs/deliverables in the defined project plans? Yes. Was the institution previously exposed to UNDP RBM approach/methodology or equivalent in other donor agencies? Yes. E.g. UNICEF and other agencies. Well-designed project and programme documents yes Action Plans/Work plans Log frame or equivalent Project reports yes Evaluation reports yes Indicators available in project plans yes Lessons-Learned reports yes 2.1.2 Reporting and performance track record Does the institution monitor progress against well defined indicator and targets, and evaluate its programme/project achievements? Yes. Does the institution report to its stakeholders on a regular basis? Yes. (NGOs, international partners, Chinese, UNICEF) Reports to donors and other stakeholders yes Reporting system yes 2.2 Technical Capacity 2.2.1 Specialization Does the institution have the technical skills required? Not fully, for rural water supply they are short of Publications on activities, specific issues, analytical articles, policies
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