Institutionalization of Inclusive Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Instruments for the Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) Program

Abstract

The premise of this paper is to campaign for the inclusion of project beneficiaries or inclusion of the voice of the people when doing Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of LGU projects funded by the Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) program. For the DILG validators to be the bridge in promoting transparent and effective local governance thru an efficient monitoring and evaluation approach. The focus is mainly on the enhancement and development and eventual use of the PCF Program Management Office (PMO) of an inclusive M&E instruments for results-based LGU performance assessment and of using participatory methods such as the Most Significant Change (MSC) technique as part of the agenda to cascade and implement the M&E process through the two (2) project stakeholders, namely the PCF LGU beneficiaries and the community. Recommendations from this study intends to institutionalize instruments to change or address the very donor and government-centric approach to M&E to include a citizen-centric M&E towards an inclusive PCF program management.