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Ghana - Initiative to Strengthen Public Expenditure Accountability Begins

Published in Accra Mail - The Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) and its partners are implementing a five-year project entitled "Strengthening Institutions for Public Expenditure Accountability" in the country. …

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Added by African CoP on February 28, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

ECOWAS: Public Service Innovation Award

Ministers of Public Service will meet on Monday, 22nd February 2010 at the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja to launch the All Africa Public Service Innovation Awards (AAPSIA).



The AAPSIA is one of the thematic areas within a broad African Union (AU) programme of the 6th Conference of African Ministers of public-Civil service chaired by Kenya.



The ministers, led by the South African Minister of Public Service…

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Added by African CoP on February 25, 2010 at 6:46pm — No Comments

Accountability in the Age of Results: a Post-War Context

Accountability, understood as an obligation to share information about the implementation of a project by a public institution, is at the forefront for many African countries. In a post-war country, like mine, Sierra Leone, it becomes even more crucial as it minimizes the likelihood for outbreak of or relapse into war.



Since 2002, Sierra Leone has received huge financial support from the donor community towards the post-war recovery process.… Continue

Added by Sheka Bangura on February 25, 2010 at 12:36pm — 1 Comment

How to Initiate a Performance Framework in Budgeting?

Switching from line-item budgeting to program-based budgeting (PBB) – a major step toward establishing a performance framework in budgeting – proves to be a lengthy process that requires to follow a clear sequenced action for reforms. Many African countries are already using Medium Term Expenditure Framework and moving toward a results-based budgeting program.



Initiating a Performance Framework in Budgeting is instrumental to shift the the… Continue

Added by African CoP on February 24, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Challenges of Public Administration Capacity Building in a Post-Conflict Country. An Interview with Dr C. William Allen from Liberian Civil Service Agency.

Dr. C. William Allen has been the Director General of Liberia’s Civil Service Agency (CSA) since March 2006. He responds to the AfCoP’s questions on the challenges of buildingcapacity and fostering new management methods in his post-conflict country’s public administration.…

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Added by African CoP on February 14, 2010 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

Call for Abstracts: Challenges of Program Evaluation Practice in Africa

The purpose of this announcement is to propose the production of a collective book on the challenges of program evaluation in Africa, regardless of the type of sector addressed (health, education, agriculture, etc.). This book is intended to be a critical and reflective analysis of how evaluations are conducted in Africa and what the challenges are of such practice. Through this process, the editors (Valéry Riddle, Seni Kouanda and Jean-François Kobiané) wish to enable francophone publications… Continue

Added by African CoP on February 8, 2010 at 1:20pm — No Comments

The 2010 MES International Evaluation Conference

The 4th Malaysian Evaluation Society (MES) International Evaluation Conference will be held from 29 March - 2 April, 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.



It is an opportunity to share experiences on the most current issues in evaluation and Managing for Development Results (MfDR). Its program is available here. Participants are public sector officials, academics, policy makers, researchers… Continue

Added by African CoP on February 4, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Kenyan Government Launches E-ProMIS Training

Ministry of Finance and Treasury Introduces Transparent Project Monitoring System



NAIROBI, KENYA –The Ministry of Finance and Treasury of the Republic of Kenya has launched government-wide training for the Electronic Projects Monitoring System (e-ProMIS) - a comprehensive Monitoring and Evaluation system for the government to improve efficiency and transparency of government- and donor-funded development programs and projects.



The e-ProMIS, developed by Synergy… Continue

Added by Adam Watson on February 1, 2010 at 5:35pm — No Comments

Free Training on Global Health



The courses on this site are free and available to all who are interested.



Current technical information for global health professionals



The Global Health eLearning Center developed by the USAID Bureau of Global Health is a response to repeated requests from field staff for access to technical public health information. We have heard from… Continue

Added by African CoP on February 1, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

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