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07- Domain

Competency description from M&E lens: Integrates monitoring and evaluation planning with the implementation processes of respective ministry/departments/organizations.

Competency type: Domain

Competency label: Integrating evaluation.

Competency Level and Level Label Competency Level Description

Level 1:

Understands formal structure within the organization

Understands formal structure within the organization

Understands formal structures within the organization and knows who the key decision-makers and users of evaluation are

Understands chain of command, positional power, rules and regulations, policies and procedures, standard operating procedures, etc., regarding M&E in the organization

Level 2:

Understands informal structure within the organization

Understands informal structure within the organization

Effectively uses both formal and informal networks for acquiring information, assistance, and accomplishing M&E related tasks and activities

Recognises key players, decision-influencers, and organisational constraints regarding M&E in the organization

Applies this knowledge when formal structure does not work as desired

Level 3:

Understands different perspectives and agendas

Understands different perspectives and agendas

Able to visualise others’ perspectives on M&E during programme/scheme planning

Able to articulate the agenda and concerns of stakeholders and incorporate them in the M&E plan

Keeps oneself abreast of internal dynamics and external environment

Level 4:

Fosters partnerships to drive M&E agenda

Fosters partnerships to drive M&E agenda

Able to identify different coalitions and understands the objectives of the coalitions and their impact on M&E in the organisation

Understands the implication of the broad social and economic context for M&E in the organization

Able to form unconventional partnerships to drive M&E within the organisational agenda

Level 5:

Integrates M&E in a wide variety of contexts and settings

Integrates M&E in a wide variety of contexts and settings

Demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the socio-political and economic context and its implications on M&E in the organization

Anticipates trends in the political environment and their impact on M&E in the organisation

Able to anticipate the creation of coalitions and agendas of different factions, and the multiple implications of these on M&E in the organisation

Operates successfully in a variety of social, political, and cultural environments, to drive the agenda of strengthening M&E within the organization