OECD Peer-led capacity-building workshop on monitoring and evaluation

with the national government of Colombia.

Participants from the OECD
 Mr Adam Ostry, Head of the Public Governance Reviews Unit, OECD Public Governance
Directorate
 Mr. Ivan Stola, Policy Analyst, Directorate for Public Governance, OECD
 Mr. Claire Salama, Junior Policy Analyst, Directorate for Public Governance, OECD
 Ms Lizeth Fúquene, Consultant, Directorate for Public Governance, OECD

Peer experts:
‒ TBC (2)

MONDAY, 9 DECEMBER 2019

OECD Peer-led capacity-building workshop on monitoring and evaluation with the national
government of Colombia.
Suggested participants:
 Officials from the National Planning Department and key line ministries working on monitoring
and evaluation in sub-national governments
Please note:
 Participants are expected to be present during the full length of the seminar

Location: TBC
9:00-10:00 Introductory meeting with the project team
The purpose of the opening session is to explain the main objectives
of the seminar and to situate it in the framework of the SIDA project.
Agenda:
- Overall presentation of the SIDA project.
- Presentation of the preliminary results from the OECD Public
Governance Scan in Colombia.
Speakers:
- Adam Ostry, OECD
10:00-11:00 The importance of policy design: Landing the foundations for M&E
This session aims to introduce and discuss the latest trends
relating to policy design. Topics to be discussed will include:
- Sound Policy design: Theory of change and Logic
Model
 - Thinking early about data: Notion of experimentation
and use of administrative data
Speakers:
 Ivan Stola and Lizeth Fuquene, OECD

11:00-11:30 Break

11:00-12:30 Workshop on the Challenges and opportunities in the use of

administrative data and policy design
- Coordinated by OECD team.
12:30-14:00 LUNCH

14:00-15:00 Policy monitoring at the Subnational level – Current practices and

tools

This section aims to present and discuss practices to increase the

monitoring in sub-national governments, specifically:

- Challenges in the adoption of capacities and

identification of skills in Policy Monitoring at local level.
- Tools to standardize the process of monitoring, such
Strategic plans, committees and partnership groups, and
mechanism such as indicators.

Speakers:
 Representative from the Colombian central government
 Representative from the OECD

15:00-16:00 The case of Delivery units at the subnational level

Speakers: TBC (1)

‒ Peer expert

16:00-16:30 Break
16:30-18:00 Workshop on the Challenges and opportunities on policy
monitoring at the subnational level

Coordinated by OECD team.

TUESDAY, 10 DECEMBER

OECD Peer-led capacity-building workshop on monitoring and evaluation with the national
government of Colombia.
Suggested participants:
 Officials from the National Planning Department and key line ministries working on monitoring
and evaluation in sub-national governments
Please note:
 Participants are expected to be present during the full length of the seminar

Location: TBC

9:00-10:00 Policy evaluation survey findings: how Colombia stands in

comparison with OECD countries

Institutionalization, Use and quality of policy evaluation.

Speakers:
 Representative from the Colombian central government
 Ivan Stola, OECD

10:00-11:00 Promoting policy evaluation at the subnational level

Speakers: TBC (1)

‒ Peer expert: Mr. Martinez, CONEVAL
11:00-11:30 Break
11:30-12:30 Workshop on Challenges in policy evaluation at the subnational
level
• Coordinated by OECD team.
12:30-14:00 LUNCH
14:00-15:00 Promoting use of evidence

This section aims to present and discuss practices to increase the

use of evidence in sub-national governments, specifically:
- Evidence synthesis: What works, how it works – and what
might do harm based on thorough literature review to
ensure good knowledge management of the existing and
previous research.
- Knowledge Brokers: What is the social civil organizations and
think thanks participation/support on promoting the use of
evidence at the sub-national level?

Speakers:
 Claire Salama, OECD

15:00-15:30 Break

15:30-16:30 Closing remark section

 Coordinated by OECD team
20:00 Departure of the OECD team