Comprehensiveness of PAR reporting and monitoring systems
Expert review of the PAR-related planning and reporting documents. Interviews with officials from the centre of government (CoG) and ministries.
PAR reporting and monitoring systems must meet the following criteria, with 1 point awarded for each (total of 7 points).
Criteria fulfilled: 1/7
Yes
No
No data available / not assessed
A reporting and monitoring system is established and used at least once a year for PAR (including reporting to the highest political level, as foreseen by the national regulations) (1 point) | |
The roles of various institutions in monitoring and reporting are defined (1 point) | |
Indicators are linked to objectives and used to monitor progress in the area of PAR (1 point) | |
All outcome-level indicators (and impact-level indicators, if they exist) are described and defined in detail, including data sources, time of data availability, calculation formulas, responsible institutions, and baseline and target values (1 point) | |
PAR progress reports are prepared at least once a year with information on outputs produced or activities completed (1 point) | |
PAR progress reports are prepared and published at least every second year, including information on the outcome and/or impact indicators (1 point) | |
Civil society organisations are involved in monitoring and evaluation of the PAR strategy, either actively as evaluators (one of the past two evaluations has been led by a member of civil society) or as part of a formal review/quality assurance mechanism established for the annual progress reports in the current monitoring system (1 point) |