The Ministry of Planning, Economic Affairs and Development has launched a new training initiative aimed at strengthening how the public sector tracks performance and uses data to make decisions, as part of a broader push to build results-based management capacity across Government.

The effort is being led by the Ministry’s National Transformation Unit (NTU), which is spearheading work to build the knowledge, skills and competencies public officers need for effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and evidence-informed decision-making. Officials say the initiative also ties into the Ministry’s wider responsibility for managing national statistics and data in support of the country’s overall development.

As the first step, the NTU delivered Phase I of its M&E Capacity Development Programme through a workshop titled “M&E 101: Understanding M&E for the Public Sector — A Primer for Getting Started with M&E for Public Officers.” The session was held for selected units and departments within the Ministry itself, forming part of a longer-term strategy to embed M&E practices more broadly across Government.