Cooperation Strategy Serbia 2010 - 2013 - Deza - admin.ch

SWISS COOPERATION
Monitoring of the Portfolio Management by the
SCO means verifying:
• whether portfolio management supports result
achievement in the following dimensions:
— approaches and strategies, including crosscutting
issues;
— relationship management;
— aid modalities;
— human resources;
— learning and knowledge management;
— allocation of financial resources
— to what extent portfolio management
relates to national processes
— whether portfolio management is sensitive
to risks and context/scenario development
Assessing results and Reporting: The monitoring
process for the CS is tied to the annual
reporting and planning process and is under
the responsibility of the SCO. As far as possible
country outputs and outcomes are assessed jointly
with the main stakeholder groups of the Swiss
Cooperation. Project and programme implementing
partners are included for the assessment
of the Swiss portfolio outputs and outcomes.
The monitoring is structured according to the
main components of the CS. The key product
of the monitoring process is the result statement,
i.e. a critical overall assessment both on
the extent and how the results are achieved with
an emphasis on plausible “output and outcome”
and “portfolio to country level” contributions.
Reporting on CS monitoring, overall assessment
of performance, and steering decisions are done
by the means of the Annual Report delivered by
the SCO to SDC and SECO head offices.
The Monitoring of the CS will be done against
the following Result Framework (in synopsis),
more detailed result frameworks per component
or sub-component of the CS being elaborated
separately.
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