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Herald Reporter
THE inaugural Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Week, which is being hosted by the Office of the President and Cabinet in collaboration with the United Nations and other stakeholders, begins in Harare today.
The event, which runs until Friday, is expected to boost the implementation of Government programmes being undertaken by the Second Republic under the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) and the soon-to-be-launched NDS2.
It will run under the theme “Strengthening monitoring, evaluation and learning towards equitable development for a prosperous and empowered upper middle-income society by 2030”.
From 2018 to last year, the Second Republic, led by President Mnangagwa, has implemented 9 706 programmes and projects, with 6 660 already complete.
Others are at different stages of implementation, according to the latest compendium of projects.
Special Advisor to the President responsible for monitoring the implementation of Government programmes, Dr Joram Gumbo said: “The Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Week seeks to foster a culture of data-driven governance and citizen-centric programming in pursuit of Vision 2030.”
The week will feature exhibitions and conferences, with participants from within and outside the country expected to grace the event.
Dr Gumbo added that the weeklong event is crucial as Government is changing the way of doing things to improve service delivery and increase the speed of implementation of Government projects.
To kickstart the event this morning, there will be a breakfast meeting facilitated by Deputy Chief Secretary Engineer Marawa, with Dr Gumbo set to make the keynote address.
Other notable speakers at the breakfast meeting include the Minister of State for Harare Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Senator Charles Tawengwa; Deputy Chief Secretary, Reverend Paul Damasane, and United Nations Resident Coordinator, Mr Edward Kallon.
