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West Africa

Niger

Legacy member

Pioneers francophone rapid evaluation practice, with a national evaluation policy adopted in recent years.

Joined
2017
National M&E System

The Direction Générale de l'Evaluation des Politiques Publiques drives institutionalisation of evaluation, supported by sectoral M&E units.

Country overview

Niger has piloted rapid evaluations in the Maradi and Dosso health regions, and has adopted a National Evaluation Policy with Twende Mbele support.

Related resources

Niger reports and publications

Publication / Report

Workshop on the Analysis and Use of the Results of the Evaluation of Archives and Documentation Services (SAD) Set Up in Local Authorities

September 2025 This report presents the progress of the work, the contributions in terms of deepening the analysis of the current situation of the SADs set up by the HCME, the difficulties and constraints encountered in their operationalisation, but also and above all the recommendations made with a view to sust…

2026 · English Read
Publication / ReportFeatured

Ten Years of African Peer Learning in Monitoring and Evaluation Governance

A reflective publication on a decade of lessons from the Twende Mbele partnership

2026 · English Read
Policy / Framework

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…

2025 · English Read
Publication / Report

Atelier d’Exploitation Des Resultats de l’Evaluation Des Services Des Archives Et De La Documentation (SAD) Mis en Place Dans Les Collectivites Territoriales

September 2025 Le présent rapport présente le déroulement des travaux, les apports en termes d’approfondissement de l’analyse de la situation actuelle des SAD mis en place par le HCME, des difficultés et contraintes rencontrées pour leur opérationnalisation mais aussi et surtout des recommandations formulées en …

2025 · Français Read
Policy / Framework

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…

2025 · English Read
Publication / Report

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…

2025 · Français Read
Policy / Framework

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…

2025 · English Read
Guideline

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…

2025 · Français Read
Publication / Report

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…

2025 · English Read
Publication / Report

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…

2025 · Français Read
GuidelineFeatured

How to Conduct Rapid Evaluations — Updated Guide

An updated practical guide to commissioning, designing and using rapid evaluations

2025 · English Read
Policy / Framework

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…

2024 · English Read
Policy / Framework

Politique Nationale d'Évaluation du Niger

Septembre 2019 Le présent document de Politique Nationale d’Evaluation est le fruit d’un long processus participatif et inclusif de tous les acteurs (étatiques et non étatiques) impliqués dans la mise en oeuvre, le suivi et l’évaluation des actions de développement, à différents niveaux (international, national,…

2024 · Français Read
Policy / Framework

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…

2024 · Français Read
Policy / Framework

Capacity Building Workshop on the Evaluation of Public Policy in Niger 2024 - Presentation

July 2024 Presentation by Dr ElHadji Mamadou Ndiaye for the capacity building workshop for national stakeholders in public policy evaluation in Niger. Report NameCapacity Building Workshop on the Evaluation of Public Policy in Niger 2024 – PresentationAuthorDr ElHadji Mamadou Ndiaye Categories Niger , Presentati…

2024 · English Read
Policy / Framework

Renforcement des Capacites des Acteurs Nationaux sur l’Evaluation des Politiques Publiques aux Niger

Juillet 2024 Présentation par le Dr ElHadji Mamadou Ndiaye pour l'atelier de renforcement des capacites des acteurs nationaux sur l'evaluation des politiques publiques aux Niger. Report NameRenforcement des Capacites des Acteurs Nationaux sur l’Evaluation des Politiques Publiques aux NigerAuthorDr ElHadji Mamado…

2024 · Français Read
Policy / Framework

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…

2024 · English Read
Policy / Framework

Rapid Evaluation of the Implementation of Free Healthcare for Women of Childbearing Age and Children Aged 0-5 in the Maradi Region

December 2022 The aim of this evaluation is to report on how beneficiaries and stakeholders assess the implementation of the free healthcare policy. This will enable us to determine the extent to which the policy of free health care has achieved its primary objectives of: (1) improve access to healthcare; (2) re…

2024 · English Read
Guideline

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…

2023 · English Read
Publication / Report

Evaluation of the Implementation of Free Health Care for Women of Childbearing Age and Children Aged 0 to 5 in the Dosso Region - Brief

March 2023 Since 2006, Niger has been implementing the measure of free health care. This includes providing free health services for certain categories of the population, particularly children under five (5) years of age and women, including: Family planning, prenatal consultation, caesarean section/ectopic pregn…

2023 · English Read
Guideline

Using Experience to Adapt a Guideline on Rapid Evaluations in the Public Sector - Presentation

September 2020 A presentation by Dr Dlakavu at the 2022 SAMEA Conference speaking to the experiences of Benin, Uganda and Niger of piloting rapid evaluation . Report NameUsing Experience to Adapt a Guideline on Rapid Evaluations in the Public Sector – PresentationPartnerOPM, HCME and BEPPAAGAuthorDr Ayabulela Dla…

2023 · English Read
Publication / Report

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 …

2023 · English Read
Presentation

État des lieux de l’institutionnalisation de l’évaluation au Niger

Novembre 2023 Une présentation de M. Oumarou Saley à la Ronde Table Regionale à Abidjan, Cote ďIvore. Report NameÉtat des lieux de l’institutionnalisation de l’évaluation au NigerPartnerHCMEAuthorM. Oumarou Saley Categories Niger , Presentations , Publications Share

2023 · Français Read
Policy / Framework

Rapport de l’évaluation de la mise en oeuvre de la mesure de gratuité des soins aux femmes en âge de procréer et aux enfants de 0 à 5 ans dans la région de Maradi

Novembre 2022 L'objectif de cette évaluation est de rendre compte de l’appréciation par les bénéficiaires et acteurs de la mise en oeuvre de de la mesure de gratuité. Cet exercice permet de déterminer dans quelle mesure la politique de gratuité des soins a atteint ses objectifs primordiaux de : (1) améliorer l’ac…

2023 · Français Read
Publication / Report

Rapide de la Mise en OEuvre de la Mesure de Gratuité des Soins Aux Femmes en Âges de Procréer et Aux Enfants de 0 à 5 ans dans la Region de Dosso - Bref

March 2023 Le Niger met en oeuvre, depuis 2006, la mesure de la gratuité des soins de santé. Celle-ci consiste à rendre gratuit pour certaines catégories de la population, particulièrement les enfants de moins de cinq (5) ans et les femmes, des prestations de services de santé sans paiement à savoir: la planifica…

2023 · Français Read
Presentation

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…

2023 · Français Read
Policy / Framework

Rapid Evaluation of the of the Implementation of Free Health Care for Women of Childbearing Age and Children Aged 0 to 5 in the Dosso Region

November 2022 In July 2022, the High Commission for State Modernization (HCME), in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health, Population and Social Action (MSP/P/AS), decided to conduct a rapid evaluation of this measure in the Dosso region. The objective of this rapid evaluation of the free health care in…

2023 · English Read
Guideline

Guide d’évaluation rapide

Novembre 2021 Ce guide est une introduction à la réalisation d'évaluations rapides, menées en interne, en externe ou facilitée. La première partie donne un aperçu de ce qu'est une évaluation rapide et dans quelles conditions en faire l'option. La partie B utilise la structure du guide DPME sur les termes de référ…

2022 · Français Read
Policy / Framework

Rapport de l’évaluation rapide de la mise en oeuvre de la mesure de gratuité des soins aux femmes en âges de procréer et aux enfants de 0 à 5 ans dans la région de Dosso

Septembre 2022 En juillet 2022, le Haut Commissariat à la Modernisation de l’Etat (HCME), en collaboration avec le Ministère de la Santé Publique, de la Population et de l’Action Sociale (MSP/P/AS), a décidé de mener une évaluation rapide de cette mesure dans la région de Dosso. L'objectif de cette évaluation rap…

2022 · Français Read
Publication / Report

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 …

2020 · English Read
Publication / Report

Scoping Visit to Niger: French

Scoping Visit to Niger: French

2020 · English Read
Publication / Report

Scoping Visit to Niger

Finale Report French Version: The Twende Mbele Program scoping mission in Niger was conducted under favourable conditions and provided a synoptic view of the country’s monitoring and evaluations system. It has yielded satisfactory results as relates to the term of reference…

2020 · English Read
Policy / Framework

Nigeria National evaluation Policy

Policy Report The National Evaluation Policy is intended to form part of Nigeria’s National Monitoring and Evaluation Policy Framework. A policy framework is a set of complementary yet distinct policies that are related to a common overall public policy goal. At present, it is envisaged that the National M&E Poli…

2020 · English Read
Policy / Framework

Niger national evaluation policy

Finale Report French Version: To truly “build a well-governed country”, as indicated in the Sustainable Development and Inclusive Growth Strategy (SDDCI) Niger 2035 and its first five-year version, which is the Economic and Social Development Plan (PDES 2017-2021), Niger mu…

2020 · English Read
Publication / Report

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 …

2020 · English Read
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25 Years of the Uganda Evaluation Association: Reflections from Uganda Evaluation Week 2026

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Atelier d’Exploitation des Résultats de l’Évaluation des Services des Archives et de la Documentation Mis En Place Dans les Collectivités Territoriales

Atelier d’Exploitation des Résultats de l’Évaluation des Services des Archives et de la Documentation Mis En Place Dans les Collectivités Territoriales Du 17 au 19 Septembre, à Dosso, au Niger, la Haut Commissariat à la Modernisation de (HCME) a organisé un atelier sur l’exploita…

Activities/12 Sept 2025

Partner governments conduct rapid evaluations for faster evidence generation

Niger, Uganda, Benin and South Africa have completed rapid evaluations in health, agriculture, parks and local government this year

Event/17 Jun 2025

Parliamentary Capacity Building Workshop 29-31 May 2025 Cape Town

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