Capacity Development
Joint Programme on Monitoring & Evaluation
The Joint Programme on Monitoring and Evaluation is a coordinated response to the national efforts to strengthen the national and sub-national capacities for monitoring and evaluating development policies, programmes and strategies in Malawi. Specifically, the expected results of the three-year programme (2005-2008) include the following:
1) improved capacity of the M&E Division in the Ministry of Economic Planning and Development (MEPD) to coordinate and facilitate programme evaluations, reviews and impact assessments;
2) increased communication and advocacy for implementation of national policies and programmes;
3) functional M&E systems at all levels (sectors, districts and communities).
Ultimately the programme will contribute to an improved national capacity to monitor human and financial poverty and inequality, in accordance with the MDGs. MEPD is the Eexecuting Agency for the Joint Programme. Funding is provided through a UN/EU basket fund, parallel funding (Norway and DFID) and GoM contributions in cash and in kind. UNDP is the Managing Agent for the basket fund.
Capacity Development in the Health Sector
In 2001 Malawi’s Health Sector prepared a “six-year emergency training plan for health workers to tackle the human resource crisis in the health” which is one pillar of the Health Sector Wide Approach (SWAp).
UNDP is supporting the SWAp under the umbrella of the Southern Africa Capacity Initiative (SACI), which is aimed at responding to the impact of HIV and AIDS on human resources and the unfolding capacity challenge in Southern Africa.
In order to fill gaps and build the capacity in local medical staff UNDP started its support in 2004 by recruiting specialist doctors under the UNV modality. These specialists are all serving in Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe. Since then the project has expanded. With resources from the GFATM UNDP recruited an additional 3 doctors to work as ART supervisors in the central hospitals of Lilongwe, Blantyre and Zomba as well as 20 medical practitioners who are serving in district hospitals across the country.
In its new programme cycle UNDP intends to further expand the project in terms of UNVs as well as scope.
Malawi Decentralized Governance Programme (MDGP)
Launched in June 2002, the Malawi Decentralized Governance Programme (MDGP) is a joint UNDP and UNCDF programme of support to Government, aimed at assisting in the implementation of the Decentralization Policy of 1998. The goal of the programme is to empower local communities through improved local governance and development management for poverty reduction. The programme covers 12 districts, and focuses on three main areas of the National Decentralization Programme (NDP):
a) Institutional development and capacity building to enhance capacity of central government and district management institutions to effectively carry out their roles and responsibilities related to decentralization policy and Local Government Act
b) Fiscal decentralization and financial management to support the development of local government finance system which enhances local revenue generation and mobilization for local development
District development planning and financing mechanism systems to support the continued development and refinement of the systems, and strengthen the capacity of central and local governments and local communities in the planning and management of local development and service delivery.
Support to the Office of the Director of Public Procurement (ODPP)
The UNDP, together with several other development partners, are supporting the Office of the Director of Public Procurement (ODPP) and government procurement entities to enhance their capacity to improve value and delivery of development projects, government services that contribute to the broader development process. The provision of IT infrastructure, procurement reporting tools, market analysis publications, outreach materials, provision of procurement oversight officers, technical assistance with regulatory frameworks and the production of public procurement training materials the project aims to raise both awareness of, and compliance with, the 2003 Public Procurement Act by promoting the act’s principles of public transparency, accountability and value for money.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you require additional information kindly contact the Cluster Leader, Sam Tabrizi.
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