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Assessing and increasing our effectiveness
We are committed to running programmes of the highest
quality, based on solid evidence and thorough measurement.
Effective monitoring and evaluation is core to ensuring Plan
delivers the best quality work to all our stakeholders.
We undertook three significant evaluations during 2012.
To get the latest updates on this work please visit our website
plan-international.org/effectiveness to read about our progress.
The performance agenda
In the past year, we have developed a new management approach to strengthen our
programmes: the performance agenda. Over the next three-to-five years, this approach
will strengthen our monitoring and evaluation by assessing how well we contribute to
the development efforts of rights holders, duty bearers and civil society organisations,
and by increasing our accountability. The ultimate aim is to increase our programme
effectiveness, in order for each programme to contribute to creating a lasting
environment in which the rights of children are respected, protected and fulfilled.
Our work depends on respecting people’s right to make their own decisions –
particularly the most marginalised. That means that our staff must listen to people and
respond flexibly to them, helping them build their skills and confidence while providing
technically high-quality assistance as people manage their own development.
The performance agenda also involves supporting staff to reach these standards,
and assessing performance against them. We will monitor and evaluate the different
steps, balancing the need to report performance and the need to support learning
and reflection. We will also increase our commitment to transparency, so we
contribute to sector-wide efforts to identify and share good practice.
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‹ Meeting with community members and Plan staff to discuss the construction
of a preschool in Cambodia