The OECD focuses on promoting policy monitoring and evaluation through three pillars: use, institutional framework, and quality. Monitoring and evaluation can support strategic planning, enhance accountability, and promote learning to improve policy effectiveness. The OECD collects data on evaluation practices in over 40 countries and provides capacity building support to help countries strengthen their ability to use evidence in policymaking.

1. WHY POLICY MONITORING AND EVALUATION
THE OECD%%
WHY POLICY EVALUATION?
While economic, social and environmental challenges are increasingly
complex, governments are facing growing pressure to deliver more and
better for less. Policy monitoring and evaluation (M&E) has a critical role
to play in effectively design, implement and deliver public policies and
services. Ensuring that policy making is informed by sound evidence on
what works is essential to achieve key long-term objectives.
THE OECD’s APPROACH TO POLICY MONITORING & EVALUATION
In support of robust policy monitoring and evaluation systems,
the OECD focuses on 3 main pillars:
USE
INSTITUTIONAL
FRAMEWORK
QUALITY
Support strategic planning and policy making by improving
the links between policy interventions and their outcomes & impact
Enhance accountability and provide legitimacy for
the use of public funds and resources
Promote learning and enhance policies’ efficiency
and effectiveness
promoting the quality of policy evaluation,
for instance through developing guidelines,
investing in capacity building, and ex post
review and control mechanisms.
promoting the use of evidence and policy
evaluation, by investing in public sector skills,
policy making processes and supporting
stakeholder engagement;
building an institutional framework by putting the right
legal, policy and organisational measures in place to
support the performance of public policies;
POLICY MONITORING
AND EVALUATION
Therefore, policy evaluation and its strategic use throughout the policy cycle can:

2. WHAT WE OFFER
Through the 2018 OECD Survey on Policy
Evaluation, the OECD is conducting a
stocktakingexerciseofthedegreeandnature
of institutionalisation of policy evaluation, as
well as the promotion of its quality and use.
The OECD collected data from over 40
countries, providin­g solid evidence and best
practices for a forthcoming OECD Report
on Policy Evaluation, to be finalised in 2019.
INTERNATIONAL COMPERATIVE ANALYSIS
& BENCHMARKING IN-DEPTH ASSESSMENTS
NATIONAL & SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
FROM MEMBER & NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES
BUILDING CAPACITY FOR EVIDENCE,
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
The OECD can also provide capacity-building activities to support governments in
implementing sound Monitoring and Evaluation practices. The OECD secretariat can
mobilise a global network of experts, including government officials, to share their
experiences, best practices and assist countries in strengthening their capacity for policy
implementation by:
Understanding countries’ needs and creating ownership at a local and national level;
Fostering interactive on the ground sessions to share first-hand experience
and develop capacities;
Identifying relevant policy recommendations to resolve implementation
and governance gaps.
For more information, please contact
ivan.stola@oecd.org
stephane.jacobzone@oecd.org
WHO WE WORK WITH
INTERNATIONAL
ORGANISATIONS & NGOS
ACADEMIA
OTHER RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS
The OECD has also collected information on
the capacity of countries to use evidence
to inform policy-making pro­cesses, as well
as on knowledge brokers, who act as
intermediaries between producers and users
of knowledge, by producing evidence that
can be fed into decision making processes.
The OECD conducts reviews and in-depth
assessments at the national and sub-
national level, identifying priority areas
and providing specific and practical
recommendations on how to implement
M&E practices and tools that enhance the
delivery and impact of policy priorities.
OECD ongoing work on the topic seeks to
address the following:
How monitoring and evaluation
contributes to decision making,
enhancing the impact of government
strategies and priorities;
How policy monitoring and evaluation
can be mainstreamed across
How quality evidence and policy
evaluation contributes to public sector
performance.