[EQ] Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E) Framework for Capacity Strengthening in Health Research - ESSENCE

ESSENCE - harmonizing policies and practices of research funders

Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E) Framework for Capacity Strengthening in Health Research

ESSENCE Secretariat :
TDR, Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases executed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and co-sponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank and WHO
ESSENCE Good practice document series – January 2011

The PM&E Framework is posted at: http://bit.ly/eXTHtu

“…..Enhancing Support for Strengthening the Effectiveness of National Capacity Efforts (ESSENCE on Health Research) is a collaborative framework between funding agencies to scale up research capacity for health. It aims to improve the impact of investments in institutions and people, and provides enabling mechanisms that address needs and priorities within national strategies on research for health.

ESSENCE members embrace the principles of donor harmonization and country alignment. According to these principles, donors/funders should align with priorities of countries in which they work, and harmonize their actions and procedures to facilitate complementarity among funders and to reduce administrative overload for recipients of funding.  To achieve these goals, ESSENCE members jointly developed and produced good practice documents that incorporate current best knowledge and practice on health research and development issues.  This Framework is the first ESSENCE good practice document….”

            Content:

Introduction
      1 Shared principles on the "how-to" of capacity strengthening
        2 A PM&E matrix with key indicators
        3 Lessons learned
PART I: Shared principles on the "how-to" of capacity strengthening
PART II: PM&E matrix with key indicators - definitions of key concepts
PART III: Lessons learned
Sources

Contact: Dr Garry Aslanyan Manager, Portfolio Policy, WHO/TDR aslanyang@who.int

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