Bangladesh Country Investment Plan - Feed the Future

Key CIP GoB stakeholders and DPs play a critical role for mobilizing the required resources
for strengthening the existing M&E capacities and for securing financing of CIP Mid Term
Programme Reviews.
2. The engagement of stakeholders in CIP M&E is critical. CIP stakeholders are the best
positioned to establish whether the planned results and investment operations continue to
remain relevant and to ensure that CIP initiatives deliver as planned. Stakeholder participation
in CIP M&E facilitates effective communication to increase coordination, engagement,
mobilize additional resources to fill resource gaps. Stakeholder participation throughout the
different phases of the CIP life-cycle ensures ownership, learning and sustainability of results.
3. Programme monitoring is a collective responsibility among CIP implementing entities, which
poses significant Coordination Challenges. Thus, strengthening the capacity to coordinate is
critical. Ensuring synergy and coordination among partners working towards common results
supports:
a. Strategic focus and use of limited resources,
b. Enhanced synergy and coordination among key actors
c. Accountability and informed decision making
d. Avoiding duplication of efforts
e. Identification of gaps
Annual Review Meetings will promote partnerships to achieve common results and make
linkages to national development goals.
4. Updates of the CIP during its implementation need to be documented and justified. The
effective implementation of the CIP Monitoring System provides evidence to base such
changes and supports informed strategic decisions. Thus, the M&E exercise provides
guidance for adjusting project implementation: based on the results of the monitoring, the
National Committee may decide to revise the CIP and improve it further, in line with the
existing process.
5. The Evaluation process has to be considered as an integral part of CIP management. The
planned independent Mid Term Programme Reviews provide critical feedback for improving
programming, policies and strategies. While monitoring provides real-time information on the
implementation of CIP Programmes and investment projects, the Programme Reviews consist
on critical in-depth assessments. Monitoring has to be combined with independent evaluations
to ensure continuous enhancement of CIP effectiveness. Financial resources for conducting
Mid Term CIP Programme Reviews have to be secured, as part of Programme 7 of the
CIP.
6. CIP Input monitoring. CIP Outputs are achieved through the generation of project inputs.
CIP project budget execution performance is the key proxy for assessing CIP capacity to
deliver inputs. There is a critical responsibility at CIP project level with regards to reporting
on the generation of inputs through a set of activities, and proper use of resources allocated.
The CIP Monitoring system is based on the aggregation of subsidiary individual projects
M&E frameworks and systems.
Updated Bangladesh Country Investment Plan: A Road Map Towards investing in Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition
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