Uganda
Brings strength on the Baraza community-based M&E approach and the integration of evaluation into national planning.
The Office of the Prime Minister anchors a results-based government-wide M&E system, integrated with sector and local government tiers.
Uganda has contributed deep work on community-based M&E (Baraza), parliamentary evaluation capacity, and the integration of evidence into the National Development Plan.
Uganda reports and publications
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…
Ten Years of African Peer Learning in Monitoring and Evaluation Governance
A reflective publication on a decade of lessons from the Twende Mbele partnership
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 mettre en place un système national d'évaluation - Guide
6 Decembre 2021 Ce guide vise à aider les pays qui envisagent de mettre en place un système national d'évaluation (SNE) et suggère les exigences minimales pour y parvenir. À l'heure actuelle, trois pays africains ont mis en place un SNE : le Bénin, l'Ouganda et l'Afrique du Sud. Ces systèmes sont décrits dans Go…
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…
How to Conduct Rapid Evaluations — Updated Guide
An updated practical guide to commissioning, designing and using rapid evaluations
Evaluation Capacity Building for Parliaments: The case of the Philippines, Uganda and APNODE
May 2024 A presentation by Josephine Watera at a webinar titled, "Evaluation Capacity Building for Parliaments: the Case of the Philippines, Uganda and APNODE". Report NameEvaluation Capacity Building for Parliaments: The case of the Philippines, Uganda and APNODEAuthorJosephine Watera Categories Parliaments , P…
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…
The Case of Evaluation Capacity Building for Parliaments : Philippines’ Experience
May 2024 A presentation by Dr Romulo Miral at a webinar titled, "Evaluation Capacity Building for Parliaments: the Case of the Philippines, Uganda and APNODE". Report NameThe Case of Evaluation Capacity Building for Parliaments : Philippines’ ExperienceAuthorJosephine Watera Categories Parliaments , Presentation…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
Experiences and Lessons in Conducting Rapid Evaluations in Uganda
November 2023 A presentation by Florence Mbabazi in a panel discussion hosted by Twende Mbele at the DPME National Evaluation Seminar 2023 in O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa. Report NameExperiences and Lessons in Conducting Rapid Evaluations in UgandaPartnerDirectorate of Monitoring,…
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 , …
Community Based M&E Forums: the Uganda Baraza Programme - Slides
Community Based M&E Forums: the Uganda Baraza Programme - Slides
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 …
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…
Findings from M&E, planning & budgeting studies in Benin, South Africa and Uganda
November 2023 A presentation by Dr Ayabulela Dlakavu at the DPME National Evaluation Seminar at the Birchwood Hotel, O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa. Report NameFindings from M&E, planning & budgeting studies in Benin, South Africa and UgandaPartnerDPME, DMEI and DGEOCSAuthorDr Ayabu…
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…
The Use of Evidence in Decision-Making Processes in Uganda
The Use of Evidence in Decision-Making Processes in Uganda
Evaluation Capacity Building for Parliaments — Philippines, Uganda and APNoDE
A comparative case study on building evaluation capacity in African parliaments
How to Establish a National Evaluation System - Guidelines
6 December 2021 This guideline seeks to help countries who are thinking of establishing a national evaluation system (NES) and suggests the minimum requirements for doing so. At present in Africa there are three countries with established NESs, Benin, Uganda and South Africa. These systems are outlined in Goldman…
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…
M&E Culture in the Public Service of Benin, Uganda and South Africa
August 2019 One of Twende Mbele’s projects was a survey of the state of performance M&E culture in national departments in the three countries, tracking progress as they strengthened their M&E systems. This chapter draws on this research and integrates other literature to critically analyse the context for using …
Strengthening Civil Society Participation in Evaluation Systems
Insights from Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Ghana on civil society engagement in national M&E
Uganda M&E Webinar –Country Achievements & Learnings (Webinar Slides)
June 2021 This webinar discussed some of the Lessons & Achievement of building a robust M&E system in Uganda. Highlighting the government's reform policies and mechanisms instituted to effectively collect and analyze data/information, evaluate, improve and control its performance. Presentation NameUganda M&E Webi…
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…
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 …
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…
Scoping Visit to Kenya
Kenya Report A Twende Mbele Team, comprising of the Acting Commissioner of Monitoring and Evaluation- Uganda’s Office of the Prime Minister, the Uganda Programme Coordinator for Twende Mbele and The Deputy Director General for Research and Evaluation of South Africa’s Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evalua…
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…
Equity-focused, gender-responsive evidence: a blind spot in VNR reporting
February 2019 In terms of living no one behind, localization of SDGs is part of the Uganda SDG roadmap and Office of the Prime Minister through the coordination M&E framework is working closely with local governments to make SDGs known to all citizens in the simplest way. Uganda through the National Standard Indi…
National Monitoring And Evaluation System And Provision Of Evidence For SDGs Acceleration In The Public Sector: Experience From Uganda
2nd – 4th October 2019 There is emerging emphasis for using evidence and data driven action on the Sustainable Development Goals(UNDSN,2018). Countries with support from the UN are testing interventions to accelerate SDGs implementation. In the public sector in Uganda,the National M&E System is key in fast tracki…
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.…
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…
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…
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 …
Diagnostic on the supply and demand of evaluators in Uganda, Benin and South Africa Diagnostic on the supply and demand of evaluators in Uganda, Benin and South Africa Synthesis Report
Diagnostic on the supply and demand of evaluators in Uganda, Benin and South Africa Diagnostic on the supply and demand of evaluators in Uganda, Benin and South Africa Synthesis Report
National Monitoring And Evaluation System And Provision Of Evidence For SDGs Acceleration In The Public Sector: Experience From Uganda
National Monitoring And Evaluation System And Provision Of Evidence For SDGs Acceleration In The Public Sector: Experience From Uganda
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 …
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…
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…
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…
The emergence of government evaluation systems in Africa: The case of Benin, Uganda and South Africa
Emergence Of NES 2018 This article documents the experience of these three countries and summarises the progress made in deepening and widening their national evaluation systems and some of the cross-cutting lessons emerging at an early stage of the Twende Mbele partnership. Report NameThe emergence of government…
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 …
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…
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 …
The National Evaluation Policy landscape in Africa: A comparison
The NEP landscape in Africa The demand for National Evaluation Policies (NEPs) has gained traction in Africa as more countries acknowledge the value of evaluation in enhancing efficiency, effectiveness, and equity in public and development management. As these countries implement developmental programmes and proj…
Diagnostic on the supply and demand of evaluators in Uganda, Benin and South Africa Synthesis Report
3 Country Diagnostic During 2017 and early 2018, Twende Mbele commissioned separate diagnostic studies on the supply and demand of evaluators in Uganda, Benin and South Africa. While the studies were separate, they had similar terms of reference. The purpose of the diagnostic studies was to provide a demand-and-s…
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…
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…
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
Parliamentary evaluation capacity-building workshop concludes
Members of African parliaments completed a Twende Mbele workshop on using evaluation as an oversight tool
AfrEA Anniversary 2025 , Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
AfrEA 25 Years Anniversary, 16-18 June 2025, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia On the 16 - 18 June 2025, non-government organisations, governments and international organisations joined African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) to celebrate 25 years of their existence. The celebration of 25 yea…