MSI will provide verification, monitoring and evaluation, and reporting across all projects that USAID is supporting in Pakistan. The goal is to assess whether USAID resources are well-spent and achieving desired results and to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse in the administration of programs, regardless of the implementation mechanism.
MSI’s work will provide additional dimensions to USAID/Pakistan’s current Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) system, including:
(1) An independent monitoring unit, run by a dedicated program-monitoring specialist, that trains and supervises local monitors whose function is to travel to program sites and monitor ongoing implementation. The scope for this monitoring service will be more intensive in hard-to reach areas where USAID’s access is restricted due to security or other considerations. This unit will also facilitate the development and administration of local project-oversight committees such that the committees have a vested interest in providing constructive feedback to USAID on USAID’s performance;
(2) Provision of technical staff for the development and ongoing maintenance/refinement of the PakInfo (MIS/GIS) into an integrated M&E system that enables the Mission and Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs (OAPA) to continuously assess what works, what doesn’t, and why. Provision of PakInfo trainers, who work closely with the M&E Unit to develop trainings for implementing partners and offer ongoing PakInfo technical support;
(3) An evaluation unit, run by a dedicated program evaluation specialist, that conducts baseline, mid-line and end-line surveys, and mid-term and close-out evaluations of projects, with an emphasis on the Mission’s major projects, in order to assess impact, inform future programming, and enable the broader dissemination of knowledge as outlined in the new USAID Evaluation Policy that was released by the USAID Administrator in January, 2011.“
Given the donor community’s strong emphasis on reporting results and delivering transparent aid, I’m particularly pleased that they have chosen to partner with MSI, which has built a solid reputation over the last 30 years as a trusted partner to USAID in establishing M & E systems and tools and providing world-class training with experienced personnel,” said Coffey International Limited Managing Director John Douglas. “This highlights MSI’s trusted position with USAID to carry out this important function in a very challenging environment.”
The five-year project will commence in July 2011.
Media contact
Angela James, Manager, External Communications, Coffey International Limited
P: (+61) (2) 8404 4415; M: (+61) 42 8 905 573; E: angela_james@coffey.com.
