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esults and outcomes. The OPEN‘s M&E<br />

approach was intended <strong>to</strong> moni<strong>to</strong>r and evaluate:<br />

The resources allocated <strong>to</strong> the<br />

DRGs‘ projects implementing<br />

agents (MDAs, CGS, Quick<br />

Wins, etc) through the<br />

Accounting Transaction<br />

Recording and Reporting<br />

System (ATRRS) – The<br />

Inputs;<br />

The use <strong>of</strong> the inputs (both<br />

financial and other types <strong>of</strong><br />

resources) in terms <strong>of</strong> actual<br />

work performed, tasks carried<br />

out, actions taken, etc., <strong>to</strong><br />

deliver the required services<br />

and/or produce an output –<br />

The Activities;<br />

The putting <strong>to</strong>gether <strong>of</strong><br />

activities <strong>to</strong> produce the<br />

expected levels <strong>of</strong> services or<br />

goods <strong>to</strong> be created, based on<br />

the inputs used – The<br />

Outputs;<br />

How life is better than it was,<br />

as a result <strong>of</strong> the introduction<br />

<strong>of</strong> an output or combination <strong>of</strong><br />

outputs originating from the<br />

project – The Outcomes.<br />

There is no doubt that the M&E system has been<br />

able <strong>to</strong> provide a comprehensive picture <strong>of</strong> the<br />

results recorded from the appropriations made in<br />

2009 for DRG projects as was the case in the<br />

previous years with regards <strong>to</strong> things that went<br />

well and the challenges experienced at the<br />

different Implementation Agent levels. However,<br />

the information available from the 2009 M&E<br />

exercise as was the case in past years, relates<br />

mostly <strong>to</strong> the inputs and, <strong>to</strong> some extent, the<br />

activities <strong>of</strong> the DRG investments, i.e.,<br />

measurements from inputs <strong>to</strong> activities. The fact is<br />

that it is measurements from outputs <strong>to</strong> outcomes<br />

that are critical in understanding how DRG<br />

financial resources are actually achieving results.<br />

The SSAP-MDGs has stressed on several occasion<br />

that the OPEN M&E should not only focus on the<br />

organizational activities and outputs <strong>of</strong> DRG<br />

projects but should, more than ever, pay adequate<br />

attention <strong>to</strong> actual outputs and outcomes so as <strong>to</strong><br />

be able <strong>to</strong> provide a results-based assessment as <strong>to</strong><br />

whether or not DRG projects are leading <strong>to</strong> the<br />

desired results and achieving the right goals.<br />

Success in reaching this goal will require the<br />

following:<br />

A <strong>document</strong>ed results chain<br />

for each DRG project that will<br />

be used <strong>to</strong> provide M&E<br />

evidence <strong>to</strong> justify or question<br />

the nature <strong>of</strong> expenditure<br />

patterns on DRG projects or<br />

project categories;<br />

M&E staff at both the national<br />

and state levels that are<br />

familiar with the results chain<br />

and can use it <strong>to</strong> guide their<br />

M&E activities;<br />

At least one MDG indica<strong>to</strong>r is<br />

included in the relevant results<br />

chain <strong>of</strong> each project;<br />

A plan for collecting the<br />

required baseline information<br />

on key indica<strong>to</strong>rs is presented<br />

or, if appropriate, the process<br />

and procedures for<br />

constructing the needed<br />

baseline information<br />

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