International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), among others. The M&E Unit is housed in the Deputy Executive Director’s Office and although it is part of the management hierarchy, it is divorced from direct supervision or implementation of activities. This arrangement enables the unit to focus on objective analysis and reporting of performance. The unit has developed a results framework and clear deliverables in keeping with the best practice guidelines of performance management (Table 6). In order to effectively discharge its mandate, the M&E Unit will need additional human resource capacity. In the short term, additional staff will be needed to collect, manage and analyse M&E data. In the medium to long term, an impact evaluation specialist will be required as well. In keeping with FARA’s mandate, the M&E Unit will aim to become a centre of excellence in performance monitoring. Accordingly, the staff will participate in short-term training opportunities worldwide. Table 6: Results framework for the M&E Unit Objective statement
Standard indicators of achievement
Strategic Objective: FARA’s performance • Increased utilisation of technologies, knowledge and information as an apex organisation for ARD in Africa from ARD investments improved • Increased return on investments in ARD in Africa Result 1: Appropriate performance • FARA M&E system endorsed by stakeholders monitoring systems established at all • Secretariat-based NSF directorates and supported projects track levels and report performance according to the FARA PMP
Result 2: FARA’s capacity for performance monitoring improved
• CAADP Pillar IV institutions have functional performance monitoring systems • Selected members of the FARA Forum have PMP in place • Selected members of the FARA Forum are tracking and reporting progress following their PMP • FARA outcome and impact framework endorsed by stakeholders
Result 3: Outcomes and impacts of selected FARA research and development • Outcome and impacts FARA investments documented investments established
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