Insider Insights

Colombia's National Results-Based Management and Evaluation System (SINERGIA) is one of Latin America's outstanding results-based monitoring and evaluation initiatives. With 15 years of progressive development, SINERGIA has endured the countries' institutional, political, and fiscal problems and has attained one of the highest levels of development and customization in Latin America. Based on its accomplishments it has been held up as an example by multilateral organizations, donor agencies, and other governments. This paper examines the experience of institutionalizing Colombia's monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system, from the perspective of a former SINERGIA manager: Manuel Fernando Castro, Director of Public Policy Evaluation, and Department of National Planning. This study is meant to complement previous studies by other authors with an insider's account, description, and analysis of the obstacles encountered and the results obtained. Likewise, it presents recommendations on how to ensure further institutionalization and identifies several lessons that might be of interest to professionals who are developing evaluation systems in other countries.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Fernando Castro, Manuel
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2008
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM, ACCOUNTABILITY RELATIONSHIPS, ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENTS, ACTION PLANS, ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES, AGENCY MANAGERS, ALLOCATION, ALLOCATION OF FUNDS, ANNUAL BUDGET, ANNUAL REPORT, ANNUAL REPORTS, APPROPRIATIONS, ARTICLE, ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE, BENEFICIARIES, BEST PRACTICES, BROADCAST, BUDGET ALLOCATIONS, BUDGET AUTHORITIES, BUDGET CYCLE, BUDGET DECISION, BUDGET DECISIONS, BUDGET DIRECTOR, BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, BUDGET DOCUMENTS, BUDGET INFORMATION, BUDGET LAW, BUDGET LEGISLATION, BUDGET OFFICIALS, BUDGET PREPARATION, BUDGET PREPARATION PROCESS, BUDGET PROCESS, BUDGET PROPOSAL, BUDGET REFORM, BUDGET RESOURCES, BUDGET STRUCTURE, BUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS, BUDGETARY DECISION, CAPABILITIES, CENTRAL BANK, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, CIVIL SERVANTS, CIVIL SERVICE, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, COORDINATION MECHANISM, COORDINATION MECHANISMS, CUSTOMIZATION, DECISION-MAKERS, DECISION-MAKING, DECISION-MAKING PROCESS, DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES, DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM, DONOR AGENCIES, ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC POLICY, EVALUATION CAN, EVALUATION CAPACITY, EX-POST EVALUATION, EXPENDITURE, EXPENDITURE CONTROLS, EXPENDITURES, EXTERNAL AUDITS, FINANCE MINISTRY, FINANCIAL INFORMATION, FINANCIAL INFORMATION SYSTEM, FINANCIAL PLAN, FISCAL CONSTRAINTS, FISCAL DEFICIT, FISCAL DISCIPLINE, FISCAL IMBALANCES, FISCAL PROBLEMS, FISCAL STABILITY, GENERAL PUBLIC, GOVERNMENT BUDGET, GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES, GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE, GOVERNMENT POLICIES, GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES, GOVERNMENT SPENDING, HARMONIZATION, IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES, INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT, INFLATION, INFORMATION ACCURACY, INFORMATION DISSEMINATION, INFORMATION POLICY, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, INNOVATIONS, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES, INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES, INVESTMENT BUDGET, INVESTMENT EXPENDITURE, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, MACROECONOMIC POLICY, MANAGEMENT CONTROL, MANAGEMENT CONTROLS, MARKET ACCESS, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, MISTRUST, MONETARY VALUES, MUNICIPALITIES, NATIONAL AGENCY, NATIONAL BUDGET, NATIONAL BUDGET SYSTEM, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, NATIONAL PLANNING, NATIONAL SECURITY, NATIONAL STATISTICS, OUTCOME INDICATORS, PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS, PERFORMANCE BUDGETING, PERFORMANCE BUDGETING REFORM, PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS, PERFORMANCE CULTURE, PERFORMANCE DATA, PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS, PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, PERFORMANCE INFORMATION, PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT, PERFORMANCE MEASURES, PERFORMANCE MONITORING, POLICY FORMULATION, POLITICIANS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROCUREMENT, PROCUREMENT PROCESS, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRAM ANALYSIS, PROGRAM CLASSIFICATION, PROGRAM EVALUATION, PROGRAM EVALUATIONS, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, PROGRAM PLANNING, PROGRAM STRUCTURE, PROGRAMS, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC AGENCIES, PUBLIC BUDGET, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC FINANCES, PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC FUNDS, PUBLIC INFORMATION, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC SPENDING, QUALITY ASSURANCE, QUALITY OF LIFE, QUALITY STANDARDS, RADIO, REFORM BILL, REFORM STRATEGIES, REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, RELIABILITY, RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS, RESULT, RESULTS, SEARCH, SECTOR MINISTERS, SECTOR MINISTRIES, SECTOR POLICIES, SELF ASSESSMENT, SELF-ASSESSMENT, SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL PROGRAMS, SOCIAL PROTECTION, STRATEGIC PLANS, STRUCTURAL REFORMS, SUPERVISION, TARGETS, TECHNICAL AGREEMENTS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, TECHNICAL STAFF, TECHNICAL STANDARDS, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, TELEPHONE, TOTAL EXPENDITURE, TRAINING COURSES, TRANSPARENCY, USE OF PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, USE OF PERFORMANCE INFORMATION, USER, USERS, USES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/395071468023391388/Insider-insights-building-a-results-based-management-and-evaluation-system-in-Colombia https://hdl.handle.net/10986/28071
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