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President concluded, “Earlier we had adopted many programs. But the CDS, obviously, has a better perspective, as it is a real program, which has been broadly discussed in our society and has a good financial support.”[4] What do donors say? The World Bank’s 2005-2007 report on its activities in the Kyrgyz Republic noted that “the CDS has improved mechanisms for monitoring and evaluating the achieved progress, although they are still not fully formed; the Strategy includes the plans of involving civil society and development partners in the assessment of the implementation process.” The report further stated that “The indicators for monitoring the CDS are largely focused on macroeconomic indicators, the results in public administration area and business environment. The document also has the indicators for monitoring several industrial sectors such as agriculture and energy, which will help in the implementation of the CDS. The CDS also proposes to monitor the Strategy both through official channels and with the involvement of civil society.” [7, pp. 30-31] Thus, donors represented by the World Bank have also recognized the great importance of NGO participation in monitoring and evaluating the CDS. Monitoring and Evaluation To help consider the problem of NGOs participation in monitoring and evaluation of the CDS, it is worth defining “monitoring” and “evaluation.” These terms have often been defined in scientific and other literature. Monitoring is observing a process or a condition of something. [8, p. 395] Monitoring is a set of observations and studies that determine changes in the environment caused by human activity. [1, p. 343] The term “monitoring” involves actions such as information collection, its evaluation, controlling an object and forecasting its behavior. [12] Monitoring can be defined as “constant observing a process to determine its consistency with the desired result or starting position.” [10] Monitoring is the process of including regular collection and recording of data to track the impact of the key elements of the campaign on its implementation. The purpose of monitoring is a correction, ensuring efficient use of resources, achievement of the planned objectives and minimizing negative consequences. [11] Evaluation, by one definition, is the systematic study of a situation, the progress of a campaign or its results. There are several types of evaluation: basic evaluation, process evaluation and impact evaluation. [11] For NGOs that intend to participate in the evaluation of the CDS, of greatest importance are such categories as expert evaluation and peer review present. Expert evaluation is based on professional experience. It is a descriptive, qualitative or rough quantitative evaluation of events or phenomena, which address principles or cases that cannot be directly measured by strict calculation methods of natural sciences, or other normative instruments. Peer review is conducted by independent experts who evaluate events that are beyond direct measurement. [see 1, p. 431] The problems of NGO participation in monitoring and evaluating the CDS The citizens of Kyrgyzstan expect the involvement of civil society in the process of monitoring and evaluating development programs designed to enhance public 58
awareness of implementation of these programs. This process would also increase the accountability of public bodies for the implementation of development programs, in general, and for monitoring and evaluation of the programs, in particular. Independent NGO experts might give their opinions supported by real figures on the implementation of the CDS. This, in turn, will create preconditions for making correct decisions by key government officials on certain issues. In addition, NGOs would provide people with objective information. For effective NGO participation in monitoring and evaluation, it is necessary to solve the problem of professionalism among the NGO representatives. Very few professionals in our NGOs have sufficient knowledge and practical skills to monitor and evaluate the CDS and its regional programs. It is, therefore, necessary to organize the training of representatives of NGOs. A three-day seminar on the use of statistical tools for monitoring and evaluating the social aspects was held in the Kostanai region of Kazakhstan. At the end of this seminar, one participant asked its organizers: “We have gathered here to discuss poverty reduction issues. Why monitoring and evaluation?” [6] He never understood the heart of the problem that had been discussed for three days at the seminar. Such attitudes, unfortunately, also exist in Kyrgyzstan. Many NGO representatives are accustomed to the tendency for seminars to address to general issues that do not require specialized knowledge. However, seminars on monitoring and evaluation should be attended by relatively trained NGO representatives with at least basic knowledge of this field. At present, in relation to involvement by NGOs, it is necessary to analyze the potential by NGOs to monitor and evaluate the CDS and its regional programs. The experts of one ADB project conducted such an analysis and, in our view, future analyses should cover a larger number of NGOs. To facilitate this change, a special project should be initiated with invitations made to the “Soros-Kyrgyzstan Foundation”, the Asian Development Bank or other interested donors. The Social Research Center at the American University in Central Asia, for example, together with our organization (the Public Foundation “Kalys Consult”) could undertake this task. We should select NGOs whose employees are willing to participate in the process of monitoring and evaluating programs, and arrange special seminars and courses for them. These activities will, of course, require additional resources, including funding, so the support of internal and external donors will be important. Training the employees of some NGOs in monitoring and evaluation would be very useful. In future, representatives of NGOs could participate in elaborating and monitoring Republican, provincial and municipal strategic development programs in collaboration with employees of state offices. Donors in Kyrgyzstan are also interested in active participation by NGOs in monitoring and evaluating the CDS. For example, during a conference organized by the “Soros-Kyrgyzstan” Foundation, held on 12-14 April 2007, it was noted that “... monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of policies and programs would give civil society and other stakeholders a clear idea of how the common objectives of the country are implemented, what are the costs of implementation, effectiveness, and what measures are being taken to ensure the dynamic development.”[3] This resolution, adopted after the conference, was supposed to identify stakeholders, including government agencies and community organizations that could be involved in future pilot subprojects within the project “Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Programs.” Introduction of these pilot projects, with the assistance of the ”Soros- 59
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