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. In particular, this capacity building workshop continued highlighting the importance of building a cadre of M&E professionals, planners and budget officials who have an appreciation of the value of M&E information in informing public sector planning, policymaking budgeting and implementation cycles and processes. The capacity building workshop continued Twende Mbele’s mission of bridging the gap between M&E and critical governance processes of planning, policymaking, budgeting and implementation. The workshop was co-facilitated in English and French, and was interactive, so as to bridge the gap between M&E theory and discourse, and its applicability in public administration and political systems.

The capacity building workshop sought to:

• Build and augment existing M&E capacities among public officials of the Twende Mbele member governments;

• Highlight the importance of building a cadre of M&E professionals, planners and budget officials who have an appreciation of the value of M&E information in informing public sector planning, policymaking budgeting and implementation cycles and processes;

• Bridge the gap between M&E and critical governance processes of planning, policymaking, budgeting and implementation;

• Facilitate exchanges among public officials across the Twende Mbele network, enabling the sharing of perspectives, knowledge and experience in bridging the gap between M&E theory and discourse, and its applicability in public administration and political systems;

• Strengthen relations and learning networks of public officials from Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, South Africa and Uganda, and the Tier 2 wider learning network of Twende Mbele (Twende Mbele+)