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Mexico's MEL System: Scaling Up from the Sectoral to the National Level

Since the Paris Agreement was signed, in 2005, many developing countries, including Mexico, have Invested in developing or improving their public sector performance Management systems. No matter what country you are working in, it is worth checking on whether data needed for a USAID indicator is already being collected locally and is of good quality. READ MORE about Mexico's MEL System.

During the USAID program and project design process, which includes the development of DO level Performance Management Plans (PMPs) and project-level MEL Plans, USAID staff makes a variety of commitment with respect to monitoring progress and gathering evidence about effects and outcomes. Fulfilling these commitments takes both time and resources. This section of the E3 MEL kit for trade facilitation projects includes a range of tools and templates that can make this job easier.

Monitoring and evaluation provide managers with important feedback on the appropriateness and effectiveness of program, project, and activity designs, including the way they have been implemented, and any unanticipated effects that may have emerged. This section of the kit focuses on producing and disseminating high quality monitoring and evaluation products. The following section of the kit (Using MEL to Improve Performance) helps foster learning and the utilization of MEL products once they have been created and disseminated.

Monitoring

Monitoring during evaluation involves three types of activities for which approaches and templates include in this section are designed. Highlights from the monitoring segment of this section are listed below:

Evaluations

Evaluations undertaken during, in parallel to, or just before or after a program, project or activity ends involve four steps for which approaches and templates are also provided in this kit section including:

The utilization of monitoring and evaluation results, through learning and other follow-up activities, is the focus of the final section of this kit, under the Using MEL to Improve Performance.

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BETTER PROJECTS THROUGH IMPROVED
MONITORING, EVALUATION AND LEARNING

A toolkit developed and implemented by:
Office of Trade and Regulatory Reform
Bureau of Economic Growth, Education, and Environment
US Agency for International Development (USAID)

For more information, please contact Paul Fekete.


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