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Problematic working relationships and lack of complementary synergies between
consultants and CSOs which, in turn, affected the report-writing process especially
with regards the availability of useful M&E information and the ―telling‖ of true and
compelling stories about the performance of monitored projects.
Collection of volumes of ―useless‖ data which are often inadequate for use in the
subsequent preparation of M&E reports while ―useful‖ essential information for the
preparation of the much needed results-based M&E reports were never collected.
Poorly written state M&E reports that do not even conform to the agreed writing
format as a results of:
o Lack of understanding about the purpose of the M&E exercise.
o Lack of capacity for translating the data collected from the field and from
other sources into meaningful aggregates for preparing meaningful resultsbased
M&E reports.
o Inadequate quality control by both the OSSAP-MDGs and the supervising
consultants over the M&E activities and work outputs of state consultants and
CSOs.
o Absence of capacity and experience by consultants and CSOs on the needed
multi-disciplinary interactions and processes that are so essential for a
successful M&E process at the state level.
Absence of a plan of action at both the national and state levels to ensure that the
M&E process contains at all times the minimum capacities and conditionsfor successin
terms of human capacity, incentives and penalties for M&E staff, adequate structures
and procedures, financial resources, etc.
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