Balisacan seeks help from dev’t partners for project evaluation

he o ernment s lead economic lanner is see in assistance from the country s de elo ment artners in the e aluation of ublic underta in s.

ea in at the fourth biennial hi h le el meet in of the e elo ment Coo eration orum C at the head uarters in ew or City conomic lannin ecretary rsenio . Balisacan said when s endin riorities of o ernment are e aluated the a encies or the indi iduals mandated to allocate or s end ublic resources are laced under ublic scrutiny.

e said the results of the o ernment s endin must be disseminated and discussed in the ublic domain. But the difficulty is often the inability to inde endently assess and e aluate or the lac of e aluation tools.

ta e this o ortunity therefore to draw the de elo ment artners attention to hel build the ca acity of o ernments such as the hili ines for e aluation. urely you can readily a ree that the return on this in estment will be tan ible and hi h and will li ely o a lon way in enablin us all to achie e not only a country s de elo ment a enda but the lobal a enda as well he said.

e said ood e aluation enerates useful e i dence. n turn ood e idence enli htens ud ment and ro ides sound basis for decision ma in .

he hili ine o ernment for e am le ado ted a erformance mana ement results oriented system where demand for ood e aluation naturally rows.

Certain elements must be in lace before e alua tion leads to sound decision ma in trans arency accountability and ownershi .

irst demand for e aluation must be created within a country. econd as demand for e aluation increases the ca acity to meet such demand needs to be ste ed u . astly the role of oint e aluation between the de elo ment artner and the country must be seen and or ani ed as an instrument of mutual accountability Balisacan added.