The Road to the SDGs

national governments, international and regional organisations, private sector organisations, academic institutions and civil society groups that have formed a global partnership aiming at closing the M&E gap and strengthening capacities at all levels in order to generate and use evaluative evidence for more effective policies in MCs. ACHIEVEMENTS X Through capacity development programmes in Bahrain, Kazakhstan, Morocco and Senegal, IsDB trained a total of 130 mid- and senior-level officials from nine MCs. X Interventions have been designed based on a deep understanding of underlying issues and are thus tailored to the local contexts of the specific countries. – Training in M&E for government officials of the Kingdom of Bahrain — Responding to the desire of the government of the Kingdom of Bahrain to improve results, IsDB delivered an intensive workshop to familiarise government officials with the theory of change and enhance their capacity to deliver, monitor and evaluate project outcomes. 27 senior officials from the Ministry of Finance and the executing agencies of line ministries participated in the workshop – Evaluation capacity building workshop for senior government officials of Kazakhstan — With support from Astana International Financial Centre of the Ministry of Finance, IsDB delivered an evaluation capacity building workshop for 30 participants from different sectors and ministries, including Astana officials. The workshop was aimed at equipping participants with technical skills in evaluation and their practical applications in development projects. Participants gained deeper understanding of evaluation methods and techniques and their application to project management – Evaluation capacity development programme for Moroccan Court of Audit — The Moroccan Court of Audit has recently been mandated to evaluate public sector projects and policies for the government of Morocco. IsDB’s programme was meant to support the Moroccan Court of Audit in preparing 28 magistrates to become experts in the evaluation of government projects, strategies and policies through classroom training and hands-on experience. The programme succeeded in strengthening the institutional evaluation capacity of the Court of Audit through the development of an evaluation manual, related tools and procedures and guidance on four pilot evaluations conducted by the Court of Audit. Systems were put in place to support evidence-based decision making, organisational learning and accountability – Impact evaluation workshop for officials of MCs in Senegal — Given the expertise of the World Bank Group, IsDB teamed up with the Independent Evaluation Group to bring a unique capacity building opportunity in impact evaluation to the officials of selected MCs. Delivered completely in French, the training programme was tailored to enable the participants to design and implement robust and high- quality impact evaluation of development policies, strategies and projects. The training used six case studies from six MCs, namely Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Guinea, Mali, Niger and Senegal, to allow the participants to relate their skills to their own experiences. A total of 60 officials from the participating countries attended the workshop. All the six countries are MCs of IsDB and the World Bank. INVESTMENT X To undertake these evaluation development capacity initiatives, IsDB’s investment was around US$ 77,000. The gains achieved are very high for such a modest investment, given the impact on MCs capacity to monitor public strategies, policies and projects towards achieving the SDGs. O E D C A P A C I T Y B U I L D I N G I N I T I A T I V E S US$ 77,000 invested 4 capacity development activities 130 Officials from 9 MCs trained Partnership with 2 Global Initiatives [ 49 ] T H E R O A D T O T H E S D G s | P R O G R E S S A N D A C H I E V E M E N T S