Ghana
A founding partner whose Office of the Head of the Civil Service anchors peer-learning on M&E culture and evidence use.
Anchored within the Office of the Head of the Civil Service and the National Development Planning Commission, with a growing evaluation function across Ministries, Departments and Agencies.
Ghana has worked with Twende Mbele on baseline studies of M&E culture, public-sector planning and budgeting, and the inaugural Ghana Evaluation Week.
Ghana reports and publications
Semaine d'évaluation du Ghana 22 – 23 Octobre 2025 (Rapport)
Novembre 2025 Ce rapport présente un résumé du lancement de la Semaine de l'évaluation au Ghana, qui s'est tenue les 22 et 23 octobre 2025 au Centre international de conférences d'Accra (AICC). Il met en évidence les principales activités et les résultats de l'événement, décrit les défis et les enseignements tir…
Semaine d'évaluation du Ghana 2025
Semaine d'évaluation du Ghana 2025
Ten Years of African Peer Learning in Monitoring and Evaluation Governance
A reflective publication on a decade of lessons from the Twende Mbele partnership
The Inaugural Ghana Evaluation Week 22 – 23 October 2025 (Report)
November 2025 This report provides a summary of the launch of Ghana Evaluation Week from 22 to 23 October 2025 at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC). The report highlights the key activities and outcomes of the event, delineates challenges and lesson learned, and strategies to institutionalise and …
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…
Twende Mbele Parliamentary Capacity Building Workshop.
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…
Evaluation Capacity Building For Parliamentarians To Strengthen Their Oversight Role
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…
Twende Mbele Partner Governments Conduct Rapid Evaluations for Faster Evidence Generation
July 2023 In 2019, the Twende Mbele partnership began an initiative to explore rapid evaluations to provide a means to fill time-sensitive gaps and reduce late access to intervention performance information by decision-makers. While rapid evaluations are timely and cost-effective, they may lack rigor and compreh…
Établissement d'une politique nationale de suivi et d'évaluation
Guide Mars 2022 Twende Mbele a élaboré un guide sur la mise en place d'une politique nationale de suivi et d'évaluation (NMEP) ou d'une politique d'évaluation (NEP), destiné aux champions du S&E au sein du gouvernement, ainsi qu'à leurs partisans dans l'écosystème plus large du S&E. L'objectif de ce guide est de…
Les Gouvernements Partenaires de Twende Mbele Effectuent des Évaluations Rapides Afin d’Accélérer l’Obtention de Données Probantes
Juillet 2023 En 2019, le partenariat Twende Mbele a lancé une initiative de recherche sur les évaluations rapides afin de combler les lacunes critiques en matière de temps et de faire en sorte que les décideurs aient accès plus rapidement aux informations relatives à la performance des interventions. Bien que le…
Inaugural Ghana Evaluation Week — Report
Report on the inaugural Ghana Evaluation Week held in October 2025
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…
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…
ATELIER DE RENFORCEMENT DES CAPACITÉS EN MATÈIRE DE SUIVI ET D’ÉVALUATION TWENDE MBELE JUILLET 2024
Juillet 2024 L'objectif de cet atelier de renforcement des capacités de 3 jours est de construire et d'augmenter les capacités de S&E existantes parmi les fonctionnaires des gouvernements membres de Twende Mbele : Bénin, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, Afrique du Sud et Niger. En particulier, cet atelier de renforcement de…
Peer-to-Peer Learning and Institutional Collaboration Study Tour 2024
Documenting the 2024 study tour of the Government of Ghana to South Africa
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 …
The Role of Evaluation in Contributing to Climate Efforts by African Governments
July 2024 A presentation by Sinenhlanhla Tsekiso at the Evidence to Action Conference 2024 in Accra, Ghana. Report NameThe Role of Evaluation in Contributing to Climate Efforts by African GovernmentsAuthorSinenhlanhla Tsekiso Categories Presentations , Publications , Twende , Twende Mbele Share
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
The experience of South Africa’s Monitoring and Evaluation System - Ghana Study Tour 2024
February 2023 A presentation by Advocate Gugu Thimane, Ms Josephilda Nhlapo Hlope, Mr Thabo Makhosane, Ms Ndilakazi Dondashe and Ms Thokozile Molaiwa for the Department of Monitoring, Evaluation and Planning at the Presidency of South Africa at the Ghana peer-2-peer study tour to South Africa. Report NameThe exp…
The experience of South Africa’s Monitoring and Evaluation System Ghana Study Tour
The experience of South Africa’s Monitoring and Evaluation System Ghana Study Tour
Peer-to-Peer Learning and Institutional Collaboration Study Tour 2024
February 2024 A presentation by Daniel Amofa on behalf of the Monitoring and Evaluation Secretariat at the Office of the President of Ghana at the Ghana peer-2-peer study tour to South Africa. Report NamePeer-to-Peer Learning and Institutional Collaboration Study Tour 2024AuthorDaniel AmofaPartnerNDPC Categories…
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…
TWENDE MBELE M&E CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP JULY 2024
July 2024 The purpose of this 3-day capacity building workshop is to build and augment existing M&E capacities among public officials of the Twende Mbele member governments: Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, South Africa and Niger. In particular, this capacity building workshop is to continue highlighting the importan…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
Establishing a National Monitoring and Evaluation Policy
A Guideline March 2022 Twende Mbele has developed a guideline on establishing a national monitoring and evaluation policy (NMEP) or evaluation policy (NEP), targeting the M&E champions in government, as well as their supporters in the wider M&E ecosystem. The Purpose of the guideline is to provide practical guida…
Strengthening Civil Society Participation in Evaluation Systems
Insights from Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Ghana on civil society engagement in national M&E
Baseline on M&E Culture: National Monitoring and Evaluation Systems in Ghana
September 2019 One of the key activities of Twende Mbele is to undertake a survey of the state of M&E culture in partner countries to be used to track progress in these countries as they strengthen their M&E systems. In Ghana, Twende commissioned the Ghana baseline study in collaboration with the Ministry of Moni…
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…
Getting Evidence Quicker
February 2021 Rapid evaluations are intended to reduce the costs of evaluation projects and the time they take (DPME, 2020). This is an evaluation which can produce a result that can feed into policy and practice quickly, but yet is sufficiently robust to provide good guidance for decisionmaking. It addresses the…
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…
CSO's and the State Engagement workshop - Summary Report
April 2019 Overview of findings from the Accra Workshop, 30th April, 2019 The current sanitation sector in Ghana is the main responsibility of District Assemblies in terms of service delivery, yet it is a sector that cuts across several ministries such as the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, Ministry of…
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…
Building a robust M&E System: Incentives to use M&E information (Webinar Slides)
October 2020 The issue of utilization of M&E information is central to the performance and sustainability of an M&E system. Utilization depends on the nature and strength of the demand for M&E information—in other words, on the incentives to use M&E. Countries with little or no demand for M&E may be perceived as …
Evidence Use for Improved Sanitation in Ghana
Evidence Use for Improved Sanitation in Ghana
Effets des initiatives de renforcement des capacités parlementaires - Résumé exécutif
Février 2020 Ce rapport présente les résultats d'une étude de traceur menée par CLEAR-AA en partenariat avec Twende Mbele à la suite de leurs interventions de renforcement des capacités visant à améliorer l'utilisation des preuves et les processus de S&E dans les parlements africains entre 2017 et 2018. Les donné…
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 …
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…
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 …
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…
Ghanaian Draft National Monitoring and Evaluation Policy
February 2019 This policy is dedicated to setting out M&E as a national requirement for all development programmes, projects and public investments, emphasizing it as mandatory for ascertaining good governance and value for money. Apart from bringing Ghanaian practice up to date, it serves to encode, draw from in…
Scoping Visit to Ghana
June 2017 A Twende Mbele delegation undertook a scoping visit to Ghana. The purpose of the visit was to determine how best Twende Mbele could partner with Ghana on M&E, based on their M&E capacity. Over two days, the delegation met with key M&E drivers in the public sector to gauge the level of priority given to …
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…
Strengthening the participation of civil society organisation in evaluation systems: Insights from Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Ghana
Final CSO Brief CSOs come with varying human and financial capabilities, and serve on issues ranging from basic social services to the protection of human and environmental rights. As such, CSOs represent a wealth of knowledge and potential influence, and have much to offer in the process of national development.…
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…
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…
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…
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
Parliamentary Capacity Building Workshop 29-31 May 2025 Cape Town
Parliamentary Capacity Building Workshop, 29-31 May 2025, Cape Town Twende Mbele in collaboration with DPME, South Africa, organised a 3-day capacity building workshop to bolster and augment existing M&E capacities among Members of Parliament (MPs) and parliamentary researcher de…
New Twende Mbele Programme Manager
Twende Mbele appoints Dr Thina Nzo as Programme Manager Twende Mbele is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Thina Nzo as the new Programme Manager, effective 1 January 2025. Launched in 2016, Twende Mbele is a Pan-African partnership between the governments of Benin, Ghana,…
Twende Mbele Capacity Building Workshop - Johannesburg, 2024
Twende Mbele Capacity Building Workshop - Johannesburg, July 2024 The purpose of the 3-day capacity building workshop was to build and augment existing M&E capacities among public officials of the Twende Mbele member governments: Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, South Africa and Niger…