Directorate of Planning, Communication, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reports

Overview

The Directorate is responsible for coordinating the development, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of the Ministry’s policies and strategic plans. Regarding fulfilling reporting obligations on implementing international conventions and treaties, the Directorate works closely with the Inter-ministerial Working Group on treaty body reporting.  The Ministry continues to strengthen the capacity of the directorate to conduct better policy research and analysis and also spearhead policy and strategic plan reviews. The Directorate is also responsible for ensuring inter-departmental coordination in strategic planning, continuous monitoring and evaluation of program outputs against action plans, and assessing the efficiency and effectiveness of programs in realizing the Ministry’s vision, mission, goals, and objectives.

Mandate

The mandate of the directorate includes; prepare rules and procedures for Policy formulation, coordination and evaluation; promote internal best practices concerning strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation; survey and propose overall operational priorities of the Ministry; assist Directorates and Offices to develop strategic planning skills; organize coordination meetings on policy formulation and strategic planning;  lead and provide support for sectorial research projects, and ensure their effective implementation; develop and manage a Research and Statistics Services for the Ministry; prepare the Annual Report of the Ministry; produce an approved annual statement on general orientations and priorities relating to operational and administrative programs and activities; propose training programs relating to programme designing and programme coordination; design and implement monitoring and evaluation procedures for assessing programme achievements and programme effectiveness; strengthen existing relations and develop relations with other World regions; initiate, develop and manage policy for international cooperation and resource mobilization; coordinate and develop strategies for resource mobilization.

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