10 Years · 2016 — 2026
Activities
Activity

Demand & Supply

Balancing political demand and technical supply of evaluation evidence in African governments.

The Demand & Supply workstream supports countries to align the political demand for evidence with the technical supply by national M&E systems, so that evaluations are commissioned, completed and used by the parts of government that need them.

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Policy / Framework

Curriculum Development Project: Competence Framework for an Africa-Wide Evaluation Practice

January 2020 Evaluation capacity development remains a critical feature on the African continent, as the strengthening of M&E (Monitoring and Evaluation) systems and practice hinges on the capacity of both the demand and supply side to meet the dynamic needs in international development for monitoring systems as …

2023 · English Read
Publication / Report

Diagnostic on the Supply and Demand of Evaluators: Benin

April 2018 In April of 2018, Twende Mbele and the Office of the Evaluation of Public Policies and Analysis of Government Action (BEPPAAG), commissioned a diagnostic study on the demand and supply of evaluators. The study focused on the following: evaluation market (its strengths and weaknesses), the supply and de…

2020 · English Read
Publication / Report

Diagnostic on the Supply and Demand of Evaluators: Uganda

Demand And Supply Of Evaluators Final Report In April of 2018, Twende Mbele and the Office of the Prime Minister commissioned a diagnostic study on the supply and demand of evaluators in Uganda. On the supply side, the study established that there is a substantial potential pool of M&E consultants in Uganda. The …

2020 · English Read
Publication / Report

Diagnostic on the supply and demand of evaluators in Uganda, Benin and South Africa

February 2019 French Version: As more evaluations are commissioned and undertaken in African countries, it is clear that the current supply of good evaluators is constrained, with relatively small group of professional suppliers taking up most of th…

2020 · English Read
Publication / Report

Diagnostic on the Supply and Demand of Evaluators: South Africa

Diagnostic Report Twende Mbele Demand And Supply Of Evaluation 21 January 2018 This diagnostic study on the supply and demand of evaluators in South Africa revealed that on the supply side, the size of the potential supply market will vary depending on how an ‘evaluation consultant’ is defined. The diagnostic was…

2020 · English Read
Related news
News/30 Sept 2024

The 3rd Tanzania MEL Week 2024

The 3rd Tanzania Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Week Conference 2024 - Zanzibar, Tanzania On 17th to 20th September 2024 Twende Mbele attended the 3rd Tanzania MEL Week 2024. The theme of the conference was " Transforming Service Delivery with Technology-Driven Monitoring an…

Event/25 May 2018

Diagnostic Study On Demand And Supply Of Evaluators In Uganda Validation Workshop

By Doris Kembabazi Uganda, as with many African countries, exhibits a need to expand its existing pool of evaluators to ensure supply matches local demand and enable emerging evaluators to enter the market with fewer restrictions. This has been the focus of a recent Twende Mbele …

News/23 May 2018

Etude Diagnostique De L’offre Et De La Demande D’evaluation Au Benin

By Prosper Houssou L’étude diagnostique de l’offre et de la demande d’évaluation au Benin, est focalisée sur le marché de l’évaluation avec ses forces et faiblesses, la capacité de l’offre en matière de services d’évaluation, la taille du marché de l’évaluation ainsi que les moye…

News/05 Dec 2017

Exploring CSO Collaboration in Three Countries

The role of civil society cannot be overlooked. Different waves of developmental changes have created stark changes in the demand and supply levers of the political economy and in this sense, civil society holds a crucial role in the promotion of good governance through the rule …

News/01 Dec 2017

Demand and Supply of Evaluators: A South African Perspective

What’s the situation? Twende Mbele has embarked on a project to examine the demand and supply of evaluators. Evaluations are becoming part and parcel of public service, with an estimated growth in demand of at least 300% over the next three years. Given that the South African gov…

News/16 Mar 2017

Twende at AfrEA

Twende Mbele is hosting a strand at the upcoming African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) Conference, Kampala, Uganda. The strand, ‘The Role of Governments in Evaluating the SDGs’ will bring together government staff and evaluation professionals to understand the emerging work on g…