Tools
A shared library of guidelines, frameworks and practical tools developed across the partnership.
Tools developed and refined within Twende Mbele include rapid evaluation guidelines, impact and outcome evaluation guidelines, virtual evaluation guidance, climate-criterion evaluation guidance, and frameworks for institutionalising evidence use.
Comment réaliser des évaluations rapides - Guide mis à jour
Janvier 2023 Ce guide, mis à jour depuis la version 2019, est une introduction à la réalisation d'évaluations rapides, qu'elles soient internes, externes ou hybrides. Ce guide actualisé s'appuie sur l'expérience des pays Twende Mbele (Bénin, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, Afrique du Sud et Ouganda) en matière de planifica…
Rapid Evaluation Of The Effect Of The Contribution Of 20% Gate Collections Remitted To The Host Communities Surrounding National Parks
May 2022 The 20% Revenue sharing programme emerged as a result of an evidence gap in the area of enhancement of economic and social benefits from wildlife management. The programme is premised on the section 65 (4) of UWA Act (2019) where UWA is obliged to share 20% of its park entry fees to the surrounding comm…
A Rapid Evaluation of the Challenges in Local Government Staffing: Focus filling of Critical Positions in the Local Governments Structures
May 2022 The assessment was commissioned by Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) in Partnership with Ministry of Local Government while examining the challenges faced during the recruitment to fill critical positions in the Local Governments. The study follows assessment results for the Local Government Performanc…
Renforcement Des Capacités Parlementaires : l'Évaluation Comme Outil Pour Une Meilleure Surveillance
Juin 2025 L'objectif de cet atelier de renforcement des capacités, d'une durée de trois jours, était de renforcer et d'améliorer les capacités existantes en matière de suivi et d'évaluation des membres du Parlement et des chercheurs parlementaires des pays membres de Twende Mbele : Bénin, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, Af…
Parliamentary Capacity Building: Evaluation As A Tool for Better Oversight
June 2025 The purpose of the 3-day capacity building workshop was to build and augment existing M&E capacities among Members of Parliament (MPs) and Parliament Researchers of Twende Mbele member countries: Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, South Africa and Uganda. This capacity building workshop aimed to foster champi…
How to Conduct Rapid Evaluations — Updated Guide
An updated practical guide to commissioning, designing and using rapid evaluations
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…
11e conférence de l'Association africaine d'évaluation (AfrEA) 2024 - Rapport Post-Événement
Mars 2024 Lors du volet présidentiel d'ouverture du 20 mars 2024, la désormais ancienne présidente de l'AfrEA, Mme Rosetti Nabbumba Nayenga, a souligné la présence de plus de 600 participants inscrits provenant de 45 pays d'Afrique, d'Amérique latine, d'Asie, d'Australasie et du Pacifique, d'Amérique du Nord et …
Utilisation des Resultats d’Evaluation Dans la Prise de Decision au Benin - Presentation
March 2024 Une présentation de Nadege Djossou à la conférence internationale AfrEA 2024 à Kigali, Rwanda. Report NameUtilisation des Resultats d’Evaluation Dans la Prise de Decision au Benin – PresentationAuthorNadege Djossou Categories Benin , Presentations , Publications , Tools Share
Capacity Building Workshop on the Evaluation of Public Policy - Niger 2024
July 2024 The evaluation of public policies is an essential practice that enables governments to measure the effectiveness, efficiency and impact of their actions on the country's socio-economic development. In Niger, the need to strengthen this practice is all the more pressing given the challenges of developme…
Study Tour of the Government of the Republic of Ghana to the Republic of South Africa
March 2024 The following were the objectives of the Ghana Study Tour to South Africa’s national, provincial and local government institutions: - Share knowledge and practical experiences by the Governments of Ghana and South Africa in relation to building and implementing national and subnational public sector m…
11th Africa Evaluation Association (AfrEA) Conference 2024 - Post Event Report
March 2024 In the Opening Presidential Strand of 20 March 2024, the now former President of AfrEA, Ms Rosetti Nabbumba Nayenga, highlighted that there are over 600 registered participants in attendance from 45 countries, from Africa, Latin America, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific, North America and Europe. Thi…
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…
Imbizo’s: A South African Phenomena of Conducting Evaluation - Presentation
March 2024 A presentation by Thabo Makhosane at the AfrEA 2024 International Conference in Kigali, Rwanda. Report NameImbizo’s: A South African Phenomena of Conducting Evaluation – PresentationAuthorThabo Makhosane Categories Presentations , Publications , South Africa , Tools Share
Integrated M&E systems for harmonised evaluation data/results tracking: Uganda’s Integrated NDP Web-Based M&E System - Presentation
March 2024 A presentation by Roland Bless Taremwa at the AfrEA 2024 International Conference in Kigali, Rwanda. Report NameIntegrated M&E systems for harmonised evaluation data/results tracking: Uganda’s Integrated NDP Web-Based M&E System – PresentationAuthorRoland Bless Taremwa Categories Presentations , Publi…
Community Based M&E Forums: the Uganda Baraza Programme - Presentation
September 2023 A presentation by Joseph Muserero at the Brown Paper Bag Learning Event looking at Community Based M&E Forums in Uganda and South Africa. Report NameCommunity Based M&E Forums: the Uganda Baraza Programme – PresentationPartnerDMEI and the Office of the Prime Minister of UgandaAuthorJoseph Muserero…
Public Sector M&E, Planning and Budgeting Systems in the Republic of Ghana
April 2023 One of the most important activities that is carried out by governments and public sector institutions is budgeting. It is through budgeting that the scarce resources of a country are allocated to every sector of an economy. The claim by the British economist Lionel Robbins in 1932 - “human wants are …
Relational Leadership Practices in Interorganisational Partnership Settings: Implications for Public Sector MEL - Presentation
September 2022 A presentation by Stanley Ntakumba on the role of leadership structures in public sector Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL). Report NameRelational Leadership Practices in Interorganisational Partnership Settings: Implications for Public Sector MEL – PresentationAuthorStanley Ntakumba Categor…
How to Undertake Rapid Evaluations - Updated Guideline
January 2023 This Guideline, updated from the 2019 version, is an introduction to doing rapid evaluations, either conducted internally or externally or a hybrid. This updated guideline is based on the experiences of Twende Mbele countries (Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, South Africa and Uganda) in planning, undertak…
Entrenchment of Community Based M&E Systems the Case of Imbizos in South Africa - Presentation
September 2023 A presentation by Thabo Makhosane at the Brown Paper Learning Event looking at Community Based M&E Forums. Report NameEntrenchment of Community Based M&E Systems the Case of Imbizos South Africa – PresentationPartnerDPME, in the South African Presidency.AuthorThabo Makhosane Categories Presentatio…
Rapid Evaluation of the Mechanism for Allocating Fadec-Agriculture Resources to Communes
January 2021 SUMMARY FADeC-Agriculture is a mechanism for allocating resources to Benin's communes, set up in 2015 and identified in 2019 as the main tool for financing the Decentralization and Deconcentration Plan (P2D) for the agricultural sector. Despite central government efforts to make it operational, it s…
Interrogating Leadership Paradigms Using a Public Sector lens - Presentation
September 2022 A presentation by Philip Browne at the 2022 SAMEA Conference. This presentation looked at the role of leadership in Public Sector monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL). Report NameInterrogating Leadership Paradigms Using a Public Sector lens – PresentationAuthorPhilip Browne Categories Presenta…
Using M&E Evidence in Planning and Budgeting in South Africa
September 2023 Monitoring and evaluation are management processes/tools that provide public sector institutions with insightful information about the performance, effectiveness, efficiency and impact of policies, programmes and projects. M&E helps to provide an evidence base for public resource allocation decisi…
Interrogating Leadership Paradigms Using a Public Sector lens: Creating Horizontal Leadership Spaces for Inclusive and Transformative Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Practice
Discussion Paper March 2022 This discussion paper starts from the premise that monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) as a performance measurement practice also has the potential to be a dynamic tool that can facilitate and support socio-economic transformation. This can only happen, however, if there are two …
Using M&E to Link Budgets and Planning in National Governments
Discussion Paper March 2022 Monitoring and evaluation processes help inform policy decision making in different spheres of government, including budget formulation. Even though M&E is predominantly used to track and evaluate various government programs and policies, it can play a critical role in improving the co…
Developing Indicators With an Equity Lens in Ghana - Guideline
March 2022 The purpose of this guideline is to serve as a tool for indicator development through an equity lens, that should be used alongside existing policies, plans and guidelines in the public sector. This guideline serves as part of a series of guidelines through the Twende Mbele partnership programme that s…
Leadership Spaces for Inclusive and Transformative MEL Practice - Brief
March 2022 This brief is based on a discussion paper titled Interrogating Leadership Paradigms using a Public Sector lens: creating horizontal leadership spaces for inclusive and transformative Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning practice. The brief starts from the premise that monitoring, evaluation and learning…
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…
Mise En Oeuvre De La Phase Pilote De l’Outil d’Evaluation De La Performance De Gestion Du Service Public (MPAT)
Décembre 2019 La mise en oeuvre de la phase pilote de l’outil d’évaluation de la performance de gestion du service public (MPAT) a permis de: créer une mobilisation effective et une prise de conscience collective autour de l’outil au regard du niveau d’appropriation et de participation des acteurs ayant pris part…
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…
Evaluation Rapide Du Mecanisme De Dotation Des Ressources Du FADEC- Agriculture Aux Communes
Janvier 2021 RESUME Le FADeC-Agriculture est un mécanisme d’allocation de ressources aux communes du Bénin mis en place en 2015 et identifié en 2019 comme outil principal de financement du Plan Décentralisation et Déconcentration (P2D) du secteur agricole. Malgré les efforts faits au niveau de l’administration ce…
Strengthening Collaboration Between Civil Society Organisation and the State in Ghana - Indicator Tracking and Strengthening
May 2019 Twende Mbele, CLEAR-AA and GMEF, through the process mentioned above, identified a consistent challenge in tracking performance monitoring indicators within the Sanitation sector in Ghana. The challenge lies in the inability of the state to tap into existing sources of evidence generation where administr…
Sanitation Status in Ghana and the role of CSOs in the policy processes - Baseline Report
June 2019 The sanitation sector in Ghana has many different actors and stakeholders. They include government agencies, private sector providers, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, non-gov-ernmental organizations and CSOs, development partners, bilateral and multilateral organizations. The a…
National methodological evaluation guide
French Report The Government of the Republic of Benin has made evaluation a national priority since 2007. The ambition displayed by the authorities at the highest level is to precede any public action, with a rigorous evaluation. As such, the Government intends to develop all the tools necessary for the conduct o…
Rapid Evaluations Toolkit
March 2019 This toolkit provides a framework to think about rapid evaluations, and provides example questions, indicators and tools to do it. Rapid evaluations is, in many ways, relatively straightforward. It is however, new in the government system, and this resource provides information and a helping hand with …
Institutionnalisation des Outils Et Équité: Événement D'apprentissage FRE
Institutionnalisation des Outils Et Équité: Événement D'apprentissage FRE
Introducing context-based reforms: adaptation of management performance assessment tool in South Africa and Uganda
PDIA Brief French Version: This brief argues that reforms implemented in these countries have not yielded optimal results because they have not been contextualised to fit local country settings. Using the PDIA model, the study analysed the adaptation process of a specific i…
Monitoring and Evaluation Gender-Responsiveness Training
August 2019 A gender responsive national monitoring and evaluation system refers to how different strategies, tools and policies can affect men and women differently and in so doing, improve their effectiveness. This system also includes how monitoring systems are designed and operated, as well as utilising myria…
National evaluation policy: Benin
TM Learning Event Accra Ghana French Version: In June 2007, the President of Benin, in an effort to make the Government’s interventions effective to the benefit of the population, awarded the public action evaluation mission to the Ministry of Forecasting, Development and E…
Guide Méthodologique d'Evaluation Sensible au Genre
Juillet 2020 Après l’adoption successive de la Politique Nationale d’Évaluation et l’élaboration d’un Guide méthodologique national d’évaluation des politiques publiques qui constituent deux cadres de référence pour la promotion de la culture de l’évaluation, il a été décidé de renforcer les moyens techniques des…
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…
The challenge of prioritisation and alignment in public sector planning and implementation: Literature review
November 2018 French Version: A great deal has been written about the importance of achieving prioritisation in public sector planning, and even more has been written about how this could be done, but most of the latter work focuses on the theory of how this is to be achiev…
Gender responsiveness diagnostic report of national monitoring and evaluation systems in Uganda
Gender Responsiveness of NES Although progress has been made by governments to drive change by fostering gender equality and the rights of women, the extent of gender responsiveness of national monitoring and evaluation systems is still a subject of investigation. It is against this background that the study seek…
Diagnostic of the gender responsiveness of national monitoring and evaluation system: Benin, Uganda & South Africa
Synthesis Report Diagnostic of Gender Responsivness NES Teams of national experts were commissioned in Benin, Uganda and South Africa to carry out a country diagnostic of the gender responsiveness of National Monitoring and evaluation system which aims to: (i) Use the AGDEN gender diagnostic tool to review Nation…
Gender-Responsiveness Evaluation
June 2019 Gender-responsive evaluation is important as a means for building strong systems for generating and using confirmation to improve the work that government departments do to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment. Gender-responsive evaluation is a powerful tool for achieving the transformative a…
Note Pour le Renforcement du Niveau de Sensibilite Genre du Guide d'Evaluation
Juillet 2020 Le Bénin, qui s’est donné, comme objectif fondamental l’instauration d’une gouvernance publique saine et participative, accorde de plus en plus d’importance à l’évaluation qui a été érigée au rang des priorités nationales. Ainsi, l’institutionnalisation de l’évaluation au Bénin, engagée, depuis, 2007…
Analytical capacity for improved prioritisation and M&E
Policy Brief French Version: A great deal has been written about the importance of achieving prioritisation in public sector planning, and even more has been written about how this could be done, but most of the latter work focuses on the theory of …
An African approach for gauging the gender effectiveness of national m&e systems: An IDEV article
M&E Systems The importance of strengthening national evaluation systems is gaining traction with more states investing in developing the evaluation capacity of their institutions and systems for improved program delivery. Embedded in that approach, is the development of homegrown evaluation tools to conduct count…
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…
Diagnostic of the Gender Responsiveness of the National Monitoring and Evaluation System
October 2018 Purposes Use the AGDEN gender diagnostic tool to Review National Monitoring and Evaluation System (NMES). Identify potential barriers and enablers to having a well-functioning gender responsive M&E system at country level. Identify and develop concrete strategies (or recommendations) to strengthen ge…
Institutionalising Tools and Equity: Twende Mbele Learning Event
TM Learning Event Accra Ghana French Version: Institutionalising tools and equity: Twende Mbele learning event 0.00 KB 1 downloads ... Download To encourage learning across the continent, Twende Mbele organized a one-day lessons-learned event. This event took place in paral…
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…
Using AI in Evaluation: What’s Changing, What Isn’t, and What Matters
By Amanda Deuchars Learning Coordinator, Twende Mbele Setting the Scene: A High-Demand Training in Dakar A recent training in Dakar, hosted at the Centre Africain d’Études Supérieures en Gestion (CESAG) and organised by CLEAR Francophone Africa (CLEAR-FA) in partnership with the …
South Africa's Cabinet Approves the Revised National Evaluation Policy Framework (NEPF)
By Thokozile Molaiwa Learning Coordinator, Twende Mbele Yesterday, marked an important milestone for evidence-informed governance in South Africa, with Cabinet approving the revised National Evaluation Policy Framework (NEPF). The revised NEPF represents a significant step forwar…
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…