5. Monitoring and Evaluation
FARA’s M&E Unit has recently developed a framework to track progress towards the achievement of results and outputs by each NSF as defined by key performance indicators. The framework provides guidelines and procedures for the collection and analysis of data and information on the indicators. For each of the interventions proposed in this strategy, a number of key indicators and progress markers have been identified (Table 2). FARA’s M&E framework will be used to track progress toward achievement of the results using these indicators. The alignment of NSF3 activities to those of the SROs and other sub-regional policy institutions also allows the approaches and methodologies used by these stakeholders to monitor and evaluate implementation of their activities to apply to those of NSF3 that will be implemented through them. Continuous monitoring together with mid-term evaluation using the M&E system will provide information, data and analysis that will be used to amend, as necessary, this strategy in the light of what has worked and what has not worked, to keep in line with the changing implementation environment.
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