Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs)

Niger: Réseau Nigérien de Suivi Evaluation (ReNSE) ReNSE’s contribution to the promotion of good government in Niger within a democratic and decentralizing context

Niger: Réseau Nigérien de Suivi Evaluation (ReNSE) ReNSE’s contribution to the promotion of good government in Niger within a democratic and decentralizing context Boureima Gado ReNSE Coordinator

Background History: ReNSE was created in August 1999 and formalized in August 2010. A founding member of AfrEA, whose 4th Conference it organized in Niamey in 2007, ReNSE takes part in all of the consultations of the VOPEs interested in the setting up of a French-speaking Evaluation Network (RFE – Réseau Francophone de l’Evaluation ). What made the strength of ReNSE was the fact that it was possible to wisely articulate the efforts of the various stakeholders, thereby constantly creating synergies between the actors, be they government officials, financial and technical partners or from civil society. Some of the first coordinators of ReNSE were from UNICEF and UNPD, and some were nationals who eventually took over while making sure that the measures provided by the statutes that guaranteed this intermingling be scrupulously respected. The driving forces of ReNSE stem from the existence of a critical mass of members from all kinds of horizons (e.g. civil servants, civil society players, etc.) who master the tools of monitoring and evaluation, which they can share, and from ReNSE’s ability to organize events relative to monitoring and evaluation both at national and international levels. The main key actors and partners of ReNSE are the Administration – the Ministry of Planning, the National Institute of Statistics (INS, ISEP ) – the United Nations (UNICEF, UNPD), the World Bank, 237

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Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs)

Published on Aug 3, 2014

Dr Lendy Spires

This is the second book in the series on Evaluation and Civil Society. This book is focused on case studies highlighting the experiences of regional and national VOPEs. They share their experiences in strengthening the capacities of individual evaluators to produce credible and useful evaluations, the institutional capacities of the VOPEs themselves, promoting equity-focused and gender-responsive evaluations, and, especially, the roles VOPEs are playing to improve the enabling environment for evaluation in their countries. We hope this book and others in the series will contribute to the capacity of the evaluation community to strengthen the use of evaluation to enhance evidence-based policy-making, transparency and learning as well as the relevance and quality of evaluations so as to better inform equitable interventions. We wish you an interesting and inspiring read.