Understanding the Influence of Independent Civil Society Monitoring and Evaluation at the District Level

Gildemyn, Marie

doi:10.1177/1098214014525257

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“…Civil society is increasingly assuming the role of holding governments and donors, among others, accountable, by engaging in independent monitoring and evaluation of services and programmes [ 2 ]. It has long been shown that community monitoring can play an essential role in improving service delivery [ 3 ].…”

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Harm reduction in Europe: a framework for civil society-led monitoring

Rigoni¹,

Tammi

Gouwe

et al. 2021

Harm Reduct J

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Background Civil society organisations (CSOs) play a vital role in developing and implementing effective measures to reduce the harms of drug use. They are also fundamental actors to monitor and evaluate programmes and policies for improvement. While harm reduction services are subject to monitoring, and international and European indicators exist, a framework for civil society-led monitoring does not exist. This paper analyses the challenges and added values of developing such a framework for the European region. Methods Since 2018, a technical working group within Correlation-European Harm Reduction Network (C-EHRN) is developing and revising a monitoring framework, collecting—through National Focal Points—the experience of harm reduction service providers and service users in 34 European countries. The first round of data collection, in 2019, focused on hepatitis C, overdose prevention, new drug trends and civil society involvement in drug policies. Results Developing CSO-based harm reduction monitoring is a learning by doing process. Assuring reliability and national representativeness of the data was a central challenge. As most CSOs have little or no experience with monitoring and research and work in a local-based context, the monitoring approach and its indicators were adjusted to the local context in the second round, bringing more in-depth information and helping to improve results’ reliability. While this implied shifting from the initial focus on comparing responses at a national level, the change to collecting qualitative data reflecting local realities of service policies and delivery provides the foundations for a critical appraisal of these realities against European policy goals. This allowed to map discrepancies between official policies and their implementation, as well as identify gaps in and complement data collection from national-level agencies. Conclusions By focusing on local experiences regarding the delivery of global and European policy targets, C-EHRN monitoring uses the unique strengths of its CSOs network and generates information that complements the reporting by other monitoring agencies. Data reflecting the CSOs perspective is essential for optimising local planning of service provision and development of effective and respectful drug policies at national and European level. If data quality issues, as well as the sustainability of reporting, are adequately addressed, civil society monitoring can provide excellent added value for the monitoring of harm reduction in Europe.

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Section: Background: the Role Of Civil Society In The Monitoring Of Hmentioning

confidence: 99%

Harm reduction in Europe: a framework for civil society-led monitoring

Rigoni¹,

Tammi

Gouwe

et al. 2021

Harm Reduct J

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“…In some instances, practice‐oriented procedures will involve creating circumstances that might facilitate the initiation of multiple processes. For example, in a study based on the Mark and Henry influence framework, Gildemyn () found that having a formal forum for the discussion of evaluation findings was associated with more influence processes occurring. A deliberative space of the kind Gildemyn investigated can provide increased opportunities for elaboration, persuasion (and planning for persuasion), statements of commitment that should help motivate subsequent action, and other influence processes.…”

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Inequities and Evaluation Influence

Mark¹

2017

New Drctns Evaluation

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“…In addition to NGO microfinance linkages, international NGOs played a significant role in foreign aid disbursement administration. NGO assessment in the literature reports use intended to assess compliance, impact, and effects; satisfy funders; and provide transparency for accountability in foreign aid development programs (Appleton-Dyer, Clinton, Carswell, & McNeill, 2012; Ebrahim, 2005; Gildemyn, 2014).…”

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Evaluation Influence: The Evaluation Event and Capital Flow in International Development

Bell

2017

Eval Rev

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Formative evaluations in a development program can trigger activity as an interim process. That activity provides for a more robust assessment of ultimate consequence of interest. Anticipating an evaluation can stimulate donor reality testing. The findings inform and strengthen future research on the influence of anticipating an evaluation. Closely examining activities before, during, and shortly after the evaluation event can aid development of other systematic methods to improve understanding this phenomenon, as well as improve donor effectiveness strategies.

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Understanding the Influence of Independent Civil Society Monitoring and Evaluation at the District Level

Cited by 14 publications

References 38 publications

Harm reduction in Europe: a framework for civil society-led monitoring

Harm reduction in Europe: a framework for civil society-led monitoring

Inequities and Evaluation Influence

Evaluation Influence: The Evaluation Event and Capital Flow in International Development

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