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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…
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What Was Covered?
-Role of M&E in accountability and governance
Integrating evidence into planning, budgets, and
policy
-Theory of Change for tracking outcomes
-Distinguishing credible vs. weak evidence
-Hands-on exercises in evaluation and stakeholder
analysis
TWENDE MBELE PARLIAMENTARY CAPACITY
BUILDING WORKSHOP
What’s Next?
-Hybrid follow-up session – to deepen skills in
evidence visualization and stakeholder mapping
-Continued engagement via APNODE and Twende
Mbele platforms
-Support to parliaments to institutionalize M&E
practices and embed learning into daily work
Why Was It Held
To build practical skills in:
-Evaluating and using evidence in committee
oversight
-Asking the right questions of government
departments
-Identifying credible data for better decision-making
-Applying M&E tools in real parliamentary work
What Was It About?
-A 3-day hands-on training to strengthen
parliamentary
-oversight through monitoring and evaluation (M&E)
-Co-hosted with South Africa’s Department of
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME)
-the workshop promoted evidence-informed
governance through peer learning.
-Minister in the Presidency, Ms. Maropene
Ramokgopa, addressed participants, reinforcing the
role of M&E in strengthening democratic
accountability
What Came Out of It?
-92% said the workshop was highly relevant
-All participants committed to using what they
learned
-Participants shared country-specific strategies and
tools
-Drafted real questions to be used in upcoming
committee meetings
-Strengthened cross-country support networks
www.twendembele.org info@twendembele.org
-Role of M&E in accountability and governance
Integrating evidence into planning, budgets, and
policy
-Theory of Change for tracking outcomes
-Distinguishing credible vs. weak evidence
-Hands-on exercises in evaluation and stakeholder
analysis
TWENDE MBELE PARLIAMENTARY CAPACITY
BUILDING WORKSHOP
What’s Next?
-Hybrid follow-up session – to deepen skills in
evidence visualization and stakeholder mapping
-Continued engagement via APNODE and Twende
Mbele platforms
-Support to parliaments to institutionalize M&E
practices and embed learning into daily work
Why Was It Held
To build practical skills in:
-Evaluating and using evidence in committee
oversight
-Asking the right questions of government
departments
-Identifying credible data for better decision-making
-Applying M&E tools in real parliamentary work
What Was It About?
-A 3-day hands-on training to strengthen
parliamentary
-oversight through monitoring and evaluation (M&E)
-Co-hosted with South Africa’s Department of
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME)
-the workshop promoted evidence-informed
governance through peer learning.
-Minister in the Presidency, Ms. Maropene
Ramokgopa, addressed participants, reinforcing the
role of M&E in strengthening democratic
accountability
What Came Out of It?
-92% said the workshop was highly relevant
-All participants committed to using what they
learned
-Participants shared country-specific strategies and
tools
-Drafted real questions to be used in upcoming
committee meetings
-Strengthened cross-country support networks
www.twendembele.org info@twendembele.org
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