The ECOWAS Council of Ministers has adopted a draft Policy document for robust Monitoring and Evaluation of the impact of projects and programmes implemented in Member States.
The draft policy document titled; “ECOWAS Monitoring and Evaluation Policy”, was recommended by the ECOWAS Council of Ministers for approval by the ECOWAS Heads of Government at a virtual Ministerial meeting organised in Accra on January 20th, 2021.
In a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency by the Ministry of Planning, said the meeting was participated by Ministers from 15 Member countries as well as Monitoring and Evaluation Experts.
Also present were the Heads of the National ECOWAS Offices in Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Ministers in charge of Planning and Monitoring and Evaluation Experts of ECOWAS countries have recommended a draft policy document for more robust Monitoring and Evaluation of the impact of projects and programmes implemented in the Member States.
ECOWAS Ministers of Planning scrutinize regional bloc’s draft Monitoring, Evaluation Policy Nigeria-ECOWAS-Policy January 15, 2021 to 17:02 370 APA – Lagos (Nigeria) The ECOWAS Ministers of Planning and representatives have scrutinized and endorsed the regional bloc’s draft Monitoring and Evaluation Policy at a one-day virtual ministerial meeting organised by the ECOWAS Commission.
The ECOWAS Monitoring and Evaluation policy is designed to provide a framework for the institutionalisation of monitoring and evaluation in ECOWAS Institutions and Specialised Agencies towards the achievement of the regional integration agenda.
According to a statement by the ECOWAS Commission on Friday in Abuja, the overall objective of the policy is to ensure that all ECOWAS programmes and projects are well implemented and achieve expected developmental results. Thi