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Lack of involvement/interest/understanding from stakeholders and donors with regard to three ones. “To increase the participation level of national implementers to the elaboration process of the National strategic plan and the national M&E plan” “…the main challenge is to implement this plan in the several layers of government, e.g. in the most affected states and municipalities” “To increase the alignment level of international implementers to the national strategic plan and the national M&E plan” “Commitment of counter parts in results based management” “Lack of commitment on the part of the governments” “Difficulties in coordination of various donor- and state-funded efforts at the country levels”
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Secure sufficient resources “Could work better if joint funding is made to support three ones as long as there are transparent arrangements and stakeholder owned response management, and not an autocratic NAC that commands actions instead of strategic interpretation of roles” “To have national plans costed”
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Secure national, international and global support for HIV/AIDS and keep HIV/AIDS on the political agenda “To keep AIDS on the political agenda” “Unsure whether governments of developing nations will be able to sustain and meet their commitments to the fight against HIV/AIDS given the current challenges from spiraling food prices” “Lack of agreement between donor and international agencies at the global level” “To sustain the national response, after Global Fund and other donor’s contribution and support” “Poor Leaderships in NACs greatly undermining it [HIV/AIDS M&E) and this may continue with general state of bad governance in many countries and may continue in the near future” “Development partners/Donors should be seen to promote three ones and not undermining it for it to work” “Donor fatigue”
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To build or sustain a national M&E system “[Challenge is] to have a national M & E framework in place” “To build an “M&E culture” and practicing M&E of National Strategic and Multisectoral Plans on the basis of the effectiveness and efficiency of the national response” “To institutionalize high quality and timeliness M&E systems” “Build the national response structure and let it work!: mobilize national and international resources to select the required human resources (right person at the right place), develop adequate communication procedures between all partners, develop adequate monitoring and evaluation structures and mechanisms, and build a truly national comprehensive coherent response, that is efficient and effective in achieving the goals and objectives.” 469
Chapter 12
Using Information to Improve Results