Assessing the Capacity of Monitoring and Evaluation and Health Information Systems: Guidance
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Abstract: The purpose of this document is to present best practices for assessing capacity systematically and using the assessment results to develop a capacity building plan (CBP) to strengthen HIS and M&E systems. The document provides information that:
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- Helps you decide whether a formal capacity assessment is appropriate for your activity
- Offers strategies if you are struggling with stakeholder buyin
- Identifies options and alternatives for assessing capacity if you have stakeholder buyin but constrained resources
- Presents considerations for how the formal capacity assessment results or other documented information about capacity may be used for planning your capacity building interventions and for monitoring and tracking progress
- Offers options for adapting or hybridizing tools if no existing tool fits your needs
- Outlines ways that assessing and documenting M&Erelated capacity may be used to inform project planning, to provide feedback to donors and other stakeholders, and to report, including through the development of a CBP
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Shortname: tr-18-237a
Author(s): MEASURE Evaluation
Year: 2018
Language: English