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operations and to provide feedback to the planning process at
all levels, locaL, regional and national. The framework for
manitcring and evaluation is presented in figure 2-3.3.
The proposed monitoring and evaluation system follows
events from the Co~munity Orientation and Assessment Stage
through the Operations and Maintenance Stage. A distinguishing
feature is the integration of technological, socioeconamic and
management variables. The underlying premise is that
technological factors (hours of pumping, the design of
distribution systens), socioPo5ical factors (utilization
patterns, cornxiunity attitudes) and insti2utional factors (fuel
supply, water fee policies] axe relzted and should be analyzed
in ~elatio~~ship to one another. Far example, the rate of water
xtilization could be a function of fees charged, the
availability of water at other aaurces, the supply of fuel,
management decrsions lo limit the water supply andfor socia;
conflict. Similarly the canditicn of the pump and civil works
might be related to the q~ality of the construction, the
technical knoxledge and skill of the pump operator and/or the
ability of the water comxunity to or$anize control and
maintenance procedures.
3,3.1, Purpose and Goals
Monitoring and evaluatian are relzted activities which
provide WDA with infomation needed to guide operational
decisions an2 plzn future programs. The proposed program is
not, however, a comprehensive project or management information
system for all WDA hydrological, construction or administrative
activities, While the system could be used in connection w ith
*he monitoring and evaluation of specific projects such as the
CGD?, it is primarly designed to monitor the recurrent
activities 2nd evaluate i nterim and long term effects of WDA
Frograms in alL regions of Somalia.
The main goals of the monitoring component are:
(1) To provije infomation on the progress of construction,
cornunity participation and operations and maintenance
activities.
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To describe and assess the effects of the new water systems
on the population and environment.
The main goals of the evaluations are:
(1 To provide feedback to WDA adninistrators ~n the effects
and Impact of the water system on the population. This
involves: a co~parison between initial conditions and
objectives, 2nd current conditions; infomation on how the