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Building Capacity on Program Evaluation in Latin America: The Experience of the Partnership between Mexico’s National Institute of Public Health (INSP) and the MEASURE Evaluation Project. Gustavo Angeles, Jose Urquieta, Bernardo Hernandez, Mara Tellez-Rojo, Aurelio Cruz April 2009. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Building Capacity on Program Evaluation in Latin America: The Experience of the Partnership
between Mexico’s National Institute of Public Health (INSP) and the MEASURE Evaluation Project
Gustavo Angeles, Jose Urquieta, Bernardo Hernandez, Mara Tellez-Rojo, Aurelio Cruz
April 2009
The situation in LAC:
Shortage of professionals with M&E skills, but few places offer M&E training
Increasing demand for M&E services, but few places offer M&E technical assistance to programs
Our Response:
A partnership to build a Center of Reference in M&E
Why a Partnership? INSP recognized the need to strengthen internal capacity to
better respond to demand for M&E services and training
MEASURE Evaluation is only a 5-year project, need to work at institutional-level to achieve sustainability
Establish long-term relationship
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (INSP) In Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
Leading center of training, research, & practice in public health in Mexico and Latin America
Closely linked to public health programs
In late 1990s, INSP participated in evaluation of impact of PROGRESA; it took leading role in 2001. Evaluation portfolio has expanded to other social and health programs.
MEASURE Evaluation
USAID-funded; since 1997
Goal : To improve collection, analysis, and presentation of data to promote better use of data for decision making in PHN programs
Implemented by the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with Futures Group, John Snow, Inc., Macro International Inc., Management Sciences for Health, and Tulane University
Areas: development of M&E methods and applications; capacity building; coordination & collaboration
The Partnership
Established in 2004
Objectives:
Strengthen INSP’s capacity to:
offer M&E training programs in a sustainable way
provide M&E technical assistance
conduct evaluation studies
Institutionalization of M&E
Building a cadre of trained M&E professionals in the Latin America region
Range of activities Engage leadership
Assessment of institutional M&E capacity
Training of key faculty
Collaborative development of curricula and training materials
Collaboratively offering training programs: Workshops & Master’s degree training
Provision of instructors, materials, and fellowships
Engage INSP faculty in evaluation research and technical assistance
Work on sustainability (technical, logistical and financial)
Some Results: Training Programs
Short-Term Training in M&E
- 8 Regional Workshops: HIV/AIDS, Impact, PHN, RHIS
- 159 professional trained from 16 countries (515 applicants)
Master’s – level Degree Training in M&E
- Diploma in Program M&E as part of two Master’s Degrees: Master of Public Health (MPH) and Masters of Health Sciences (MHSc)
- 59 students graduated/pursuing diploma in M&E, from 405 applicants
Institutionalization of M&E
Partnership contributed to ongoing process of INSP defining its role in M&E:
INSP adopted “Health Program and Policy Evaluation” as a Strategic Line of Action
Creation of a new “Center for Program Evaluation and Surveys”
Creation of M&E Tracks in 2 Master’s degree programs
Diploma programs in Economic Evaluation of Health Programs and M&E of Nutrition Programs
Increased technical and logistical capacity to offer M&E training programs
INSP Involvement in M&E Practice and Research
Evaluating Mexican government health programs: Oportunidades (formerly Progresa), Seguro Popular
Conducting regional workshops in Latin America
Leading UNAIDS/WB-funded “AIDS Strategic and Action Plan (ASAP)” Consortium of 11 universities to provide TA on HIV Strategic Planning, mainly in Africa
Conducting evaluation studies, published in peer-reviewed journals
Lessons Learned: Keys to Success Identify a “Champion” in M&E
M&E identified as an institutional strategic priority
Identify that there is need for M&E in the health system (a market) and the institution is flexible enough to respond to it
Facilitate incentives for faculty participation in M&E
Link teaching and practice: best way to learn and teach about evaluation is by doing evaluations
Technical aspects are not enough, it is necessary to establish administrative capacity and secure funding sources for long term sustainability
Long-term commitment
Seek institutionalization of M&E trainings
Next steps
Are we meeting the demand for training in M&E?
Review M&E needs in the field
Diversify range of M&E workshop options:
Adapt workshop content
Reach a larger audience: distance learning, “mobile” workshops, virtual Master’s Degree
Improve follow-up with participants, provide support after workshop; forum/community of practice
Formalize a plan for institutionalizing M&E training programs
But, all these require funding, patience, and long-term commitment
MEASURE Evaluation is funded by the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID) through Cooperative
Agreement GHA-A-00-08-00003-00 and is
implemented by the Carolina Population Center at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in partnership
With Futures Group International, John Snow, Inc., Macro
International Inc., Management Sciences for Health, and
Tulane University. The views expressed in this presentation
do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United
States government.