Evidence Use
Institutionalising the use of monitoring and evaluation evidence across national and subnational government.
The Evidence Use workstream documents how M&E findings are actually used to inform planning, budgeting and policy decisions, with practical strategies for institutionalisation at national and subnational levels.
Ten Years of African Peer Learning in Monitoring and Evaluation Governance
A reflective publication on a decade of lessons from the Twende Mbele partnership
Ten Years of African Peer Learning in Monitoring and Evaluation: Governance Lessons from the Twende Mbele Partnership - Presentation
May 2026 A presentation by Stephen Ampem Darko at the Ugandan Evaluation Week 2026 at the Silver Springs Hotel in Kampala, Uganda. Report NameTen Years of African Peer Learning in Monitoring and Evaluation: Governance Lessons from the Twende Mbele Partnership – PresentationPartnerNDPCAuthorStephen Ampem Darko Ca…
From Compliance to Learning: Institutionalising Evidence Use for Accountable Governance
May 2026 The key note address presentation by Stephen Ampem Darko at the Ugandan Evaluation Week 2026 at the Silver Springs Hotel in Kampala, Uganda. Report NameFrom Compliance to Learning: Institutionalising Evidence Use for Accountable GovernancePartnerNDPCAuthorStephen Ampem Darko Categories Evidence Use , Pr…
Inaugural Ghana Evaluation Week — Report
Report on the inaugural Ghana Evaluation Week held in October 2025
Strategy for Institutionalising Monitoring and Evaluative Evidence Use Across National and Subnational Public Institutions
March 2024 The Strategy’s normative goal is to contribute to, and advocate for, the effective institutionalisation of M&E evidence production, sharing and use in public sector budgeting, planning and formulation and implementation of public policies and programmes, and service delivery. Report NameStrategy for I…
Peer-to-Peer Learning and Institutional Collaboration Study Tour 2024
Documenting the 2024 study tour of the Government of Ghana to South Africa
STRATÉGIE POUR L’INSTITUTIONNALISATION DE L’UTILISATION DES DONNÉES PROBANTES RELATIVES AU SUIVI ET À L’ÉVALUATION DANS LES INSTITUTIONS PUBLIQUES NATIONALES ET SUBNATIONALES
STRATÉGIE POUR L’INSTITUTIONNALISATION DE L’UTILISATION DES DONNÉES PROBANTES RELATIVES AU SUIVI ET À L’ÉVALUATION DANS LES INSTITUTIONS PUBLIQUES NATIONALES ET SUBNATIONALES
State of Monitoring and Evaluation Evidence Use in Local Government in View of the 2030 Agenda Commitments
March 2024 A presentation by Daniel Amofa at the AfrEA 2024 International Conference in Kigali Rwanda. Report NameState of Monitoring and Evaluation Evidence Use in Local Government in View of the 2030 Agenda CommitmentsAuthorDaniel Amofa Categories Ghana , Presentations , Publications Share
Stratégie Pour l’Institutionalisation de l’Utilisation des Données Probantes Relatives au Suivi et à l’Évaluation Dans Les Institutions Publiques Nationales et Subnationales
Mars 2024 L'objectif normatif de la stratégie est de contribuer à l'institutionnalisation effective de la production, du partage et de l'utilisation des données de suivi et d'évaluation dans la budgétisation, la planification, la formulation et la mise en oeuvre des politiques et des programmes publics, ainsi qu…
Comment l'introduction de l'évaluation rapide a-t-elle contribué à l'utilisation des données probantes
Mai 2023 Une présentation de M. kpatinde Gerard à la Semaine d'évaluation gLOCAL 2023. Report NameComment l’introduction de l’évaluation rapide a-t-elle contribué à l’utilisation des données probantesPartnerDGEOCSAuthorM. Kpatinde Gérard Categories Benin , Presentations , Publications , Rapid Evaluations Share
Current Use of M&E Evidence in Development Planning and Budgeting Processes in the Six Twende Mbele Countries: Opportunities for Entrechment : The Case of Uganda
August 2023 The purpose of this research report is to understand the current use of performance monitoring and evaluation evidence (data) in the planning and budgeting processes of the government of Uganda and to develop a guideline on how to entrench the use of M&E evidence in the public sector planning and bud…
How to Improve the Demand and Use of M&E Evidence in Development Planning and Budgeting Processes of the Government of Kenya
August 2023 Monitoring and Evaluation has a key role to play in the successful implementation of the development plans, policies, programmes and projects which constitute the backbone of national development. An effective monitoring and evaluation system can positively help obtain data and information required f…
Comment l'introduction de l'évaluation rapide a-t-elle contribué à l'utilisation des données probantes au Niger?
Mai 2023 Une présentation de M. Oumarou Saley à la Semaine d'évaluation gLOCAL 2023. Report NameComment l’introduction de l’évaluation rapide a-t-elle contribué à l’utilisation des données probantes au Niger?PartnerHCMEAuthorM. Oumarou Saley Categories Benin , Presentations , Publications , Rapid Evaluations Sha…
The Current Use of Monitoring and Evaluation Evidence in Informing Development Planning and Budgeting Processes of the Government of Kenya
September 2023 The purpose of this report is to strengthen awareness and create more interest in M&E, clarify what it entails and show M&E performance indicators and the logical framework approach which are important in the planning and budget development processes. The information helps in creating a link betwe…
Use of Monitoring & Evaluative Evidence in Development of Planning and Budgeting Processes in Benin (Slides)
September 2023 A presentation by Dr Nadege Djossou in a panel discussion hosted by Twende Mbele at the Evidence 2023 Conference in Entebbe, Uganda. Report NameUse of Monitoring & Evaluative Evidence in Development of Planning and Budgeting Processes in Benin (Slides)PartnerAuthor Categories Benin , M&E and Budge…
VNRs and SDG Evaluations in Anglophone Africa and Latin America - Discussion Paper
A Mapping of Common Challenges and Emerging Good Practices December 2022 The German Institute for Development Evaluation (Deval), the Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results-Anglophone Africa (CLEAR-AA) and the Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results-Latin America and the Caribbean (CLEAR-LAC) formed …
Limited Use of Evaluative Evidence in Public Policy, Planning and Voluntary National Review (VNR) Development - Policy Brief
January 2023 This policy brief is a succinct summary of findings from the discussion paper titled VNRs and SDG evaluations in Anglophone Africa and Latin America: A mapping of common challenges and emerging good practices (2022) by DEval and CLEAR-AA and CLEAR-LAC. The policy brief is important because it recomme…
Use of Monitoring & Evaluative Evidence in Development Planning and Budgeting Processes - A Case of Uganda (Slides)
September 2023 A presentation by Susan Nakitto at a panel discussion hosted by Twende Mbele at the Evidence 2023 Conference in Entebbe, Uganda. Report NameUse of Monitoring & Evaluative Evidence in Development Planning and Budgeting Processes – A Case of Uganda (Slides)PartnerAuthor Categories M&E and Budgets , …
The Use of Evidence in Decision-Making Processes in Uganda
The Use of Evidence in Decision-Making Processes in Uganda
Entrenching the Use of M&E Evidence in the Public Sector Planning and Budgeting Processes in Uganda - Guideline
August 2023 The proposed guidelines have been developed as part of the key outputs under the assignment entitled A research study on current use of M&E evidence in development planning and budgeting processes in the 6 Twende Mbele countries: opportunities for entrenchment – the case of Uganda (2023). It is impor…
The Use of Evidence in Decision-Making Processes in Uganda
October 2023 A presentation by Florence Mbabazi in a panel discussion at the Benin Evaluation Days Conference 2023 in Cotonou, Benin. Report NameThe Use of Evidence in Decision-Making Processes in UgandaPartnerDirectorate of Monitoring, Evaluation and Inspection in the Office of the Prime Minister of Uganda.Auth…
Evaluating the National Evaluation System in South Africa: Five-Year Review
What has been achieved by the National Evaluation System in South Africa after its first five years
Evidence Use by Parliaments during COVID (Webinar Slides)
March 2021 In light of the COVID19 pandemic, a very important question of what the role of parliaments has become during the national lockdowns and response to the COVID19 pandemic remains. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government …
Etude Diagnostique de la Collaboration Entre l’Etat et Les Organisations de la Societe Civile (OSC) Dans le Domaine du Suivi et de l’Evaluation Des Politiques Publiques - Rapport Final
Septembre 2021 Dans le but de renforcer les systèmes nationaux de Suivi et d’Évaluation (S&E) pour une meilleure gouvernance en Afrique, le programme Twende Mbele a mis l’accent sur le renforcement de la collaboration entre gouvernements et Organisations de la Société Civile (OSC) dans ses pays partenaires. En ef…
Experiences and Lessons of Policymakers
September 2020 This policy brief describes experiences and lessons of policymakers who sought for evidence from the rapid response service situated at Makerere University College of Health Sciences to inform decision processes they were directly involved into. The rapid response service is a knowledge brokerage s…
A Framework to Assess What Works, How, And Why
March 2021 This policy brief presents an analytical framework for investigating the effects of interventions aiming to support the use of evidence for decision making. The brief describes the components of the framework and how it has been applied to guide the analysis of evidence-use cases and interventions. The…
Evidence Based Policy Making and Implementation Workshop Report
13-15 October 2020 The workshop was designed to enhance the use of evidence to improve development and impact of government policies and programmes. The training sought to expose the participants to some practical strategies and tools for enhancing the policy making value chain as a follow-up to the public sector…
Evidence Use by Parliaments during COVID Slides
Evidence Use by Parliaments during COVID Slides
Government Commissioned Evaluation
November 2020 The brief shares lessons from a case study into the use of the evaluation of the South African government’s response to violence against women and children (VAWC) which was commissioned by the Departments of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) and Social Development (DSD). The ethnographic ac…
Advancing Evidence-Based Practice for Improved Public Sector Performance: Lessons from the Implementation of the Management Performance Assessment Tool in South Africa
Journal Public Management Enhancing public sector performance is on the agenda of most governments. In South Africa, there is a dearth on studies that systematically assess the implementation of public sector performance improvement tools. This article is based on the study that explores the implementation of the…
Status of Sanitation in Ghana and the Role of CSOs in Policy Processes
August 2020 In June 2019, CLEAR AA and Twende Mbele worked with Ghana Monitoring and Evaluation Forum to commission a baseline study on collaboration between Civil Society and Government for improved accountability and government performance in the use of evidence and results in the sanitation sector. This baseli…
Building a robust M&E System: Getting political buy-in on the use of evaluation
October 2020 Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) are at the center of sound governance arrangements. They are necessary for the achievement of evidence-based policy making, budget decisions, management, and accountability. There is no “best” model of what a government M&E system should look like. Much depends on whic…
Effects of the Parliamentary Capacity Strengthening Initiatives
February 2020 This report presents results from a tracer study conducted by CLEAR-AA in partnership with Twende Mbele following their capacity strengthening interventions aimed at improving evidence use and M&E processes in African parliaments between 2017 and 2018. The tracer study data presented in this report …
Parliament, Participation and Policy Making – Policy Brief
June 2020 This policy brief describes the experiences and lessons emerging from the revision of Kenya’s Wildlife Conservation and Management Act (2013) through the use of public participation. The Act was reviewed with a parliamentary body, the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (DCENR), …
Evidence Use for Improved Sanitation in Ghana
October 2020 Civil society has a long history of supporting service delivery in Ghana through the provision of financial support, conducting research, providing technical advisory support, designing and implementing projects and other initiatives. The sanitation sector has been a particular area of focus for civi…
Strengthening Evidence Use in African Parliaments - Learning Note
September 2020 This learning brief is largely based on the findings of a recently completed tracer study (2020) aimed at better understanding the effectiveness of the capacity strengthening initiatives jointly implemented by CLEAR-AA and Twende Mbele since 2017 including: ■ Training workshops for parliamentarians…
African MPs, researchers call for enhanced evidence-use in parliaments
February 2019 Representatives from Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, The East African Legislative Assembly, South Africa, Malawi, and Ghana have called for improved research and evidence use in African Parliaments. They were hosted by the Parliament of Uganda for a workshop on research and evidence use in the Parl…
Strengthening Evidence Use in African Parliaments
Strengthening Evidence Use in African Parliaments
Evaluation Evidence for Public Procurement Policy-making in Uganda
October 2020 This policy brief discusses findings from a case study conducted to illustrate how evidence from an evaluation informed decision- and policymaking of a major reform, the amendment of the Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Act in Uganda. The evaluation was managed by the Office of the Prime Min…
Effects of the Parliamentary Capacity Strengthening Initiatives - Tracer Study Report
February 2020 This report presents results from a tracer study conducted by CLEAR-AA in partnership with Twende Mbele following their capacity strengthening interventions aimed at improving evidence use and M&E processes in African parliaments between 2017 and 2018. The tracer study data presented in this report …
Evidence Use for Improved Sanitation in Ghana
Evidence Use for Improved Sanitation in Ghana
Using Evidence in Policy and Practice – Policy Brief
June 2020 The research highlighted in this policy brief was carried out with, and through the perspective of, policy makers, rather than researchers. It explored how African policy makers, researchers and development practitioners can apply interventions to promote the use of evidence to improve development outco…
Présentation du webinaire de l'EIPM au Bénin
Novembre 2020 Contexte 2007 : Mise en place du Bureau d’Évaluation des Politiques Publiques et Institutionnalisation du Système national d’évaluation Situation au MAEP : les décisions ne se prenaient pas en général sur la base de données probantes. Par exemple, le Plan Stratégique de Relance du Secteur Agricultur…
25 Years of the Uganda Evaluation Association: Reflections from Uganda Evaluation Week 2026
By Parfait Kasongo Senior Communications Coordinator, Twende Mbele The 9th Uganda Evaluation Week (UEW) took place from 4–8 May 2026 at Silver Springs Hotel in Kampala, bringing together evaluation practitioners, policymakers, government officials and development partners under t…
Tanzania Adds Extra Skills to Evaluation Experts Assessing ASDP II Projects
THE Tanzanian government has embarked on evidence-based decision-making by equipping monitoring and evaluation specialists with skills to assess the impact of agricultural programmes under the Agricultural Sector Development Programme Phase Two (ASDP II). This is being implemente…
Uganda Welcomes New Members to Twende Mbele as African Peer Learning in Monitoring and Evaluation Grows
UGANDA WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS TO TWENDE MBELE AS AFRICAN PEER LEARNING IN MONITORING AND EVALUATION GROWS Uganda warmly welcomes the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, the Republic of Malawi, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and the United Republic of Tanzania to the Twende Mbele partnersh…
Twende Mbele Welcomes Four New Member Countries
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 09/02/2026 TWENDE MBELE WELCOMES FOUR NEW MEMBER COUNTRIES, MARKING A MAJOR EXPANSION FOR AFRICAN PEER LEARNING IN MONITORING & EVALUATION The Twende Mbele Management Committee, under the chairmanship of Mr. Stephen Ampem-Darko (Accra, Ghana) is pleased to a…
Ghana Charts the Future of Evidence-Based Development
By Amanda Deuchars Learning Coordinator, Twende Mbele How Ghana Evaluation Week is transforming M&E from compliance to strategic governance, and what it means for African peer learning Ghana has moved beyond rhetoric. The inaugural Ghana Evaluation Week, held in Accra this Octobe…
Inaugural Ghana Evaluation Week brings together African M&E practitioners
Practitioners, parliamentarians and academics gathered in Accra in October 2025 for the inaugural Ghana Evaluation Week