Assessment Of The Effectiveness Of Monitoring And Evaluation Of IFMIS Project In Ministry Of Finance
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This paper focuses on assessing the effectiveness of monitoring and evaluation of IFMIS Project
in the Ministry of Finance. The main objective of the research is to assess how effective the
project management tools that is monitoring and evaluation for the success of IFMIS in the
Ministry of Finance. The study adopted non experimental descriptive research design and
utilized a survey method to collect data on M&E practice and approach of IFMIS project in the
Ministry of Finance. Quantitative and qualitative data were checked, entered, and analyzed
using SPSS for window version 25. Data was described and presented using tables, charts and
graph starget population of the study was the team members of all units in the IBEX/IFMIS
project office. 60 respondents participated with Simple random sampling participated in the
study. In a way, the researcher tried to assess the monitoring and evaluation activities practiced,
the level of effectiveness of M & E, the challenges in the monitoring and evaluation endeavors
and To what extent information used for decision of control. Concerning M&E practice there is
plan and unit to undertake the implementation and the team members are capable and
knowledgeable but not effective and inefficient they are not doing as schedule and cost and
quality and not involving potential employees. There is no challenge for the budget and skilled
man power but there is lack of a channel or system to share information and integration of
proper owner and system for the proper design and implementation can be taken as challenge
for M&E of IFMIS project. IFMIS project M&E process not strictly reporting the result of the
M&E for the appropriate party, information obtained from the M&E is not based on the agreedupon
standards and criteria and it doesn’t identify potential problems at an early stage and
propose possible solutions. The study recommends that proper site assessment should be done
and there should be baseline to compare actual performance of the project, there should be
mechanism to ensure quality of the project performance at each sites, incorporate views of
different stakeholders, The monitoring and evaluation process strictly reporting the result of the
M&E for the appropriate party and should identify potential problems at an early stage and
propose possible solutions.
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monitoring and evaluation, practices, challenge, information, effectiveness