How to Engage Parliamentarians in Development Evaluation

Training for VOPEs, Government Policy Makers and Evaluation Professionals

Parliamentarians Forum

Session 3: What role we expect from parliamentarians

• Establish national evaluation policies, systems and mechanisms

• Strengthen the parliament to ensure accountability

• Facilitate dialogues within the parliament • Convince other parliamentarians and policy

makers

National Evaluation Policies

• Contribute to draft the policy• Educate/ convince fellow parliamentarians• Finalize the policy in consultation with the

government and relevant stakeholders• Contribute to educate public on the need for

the policy• Submit the policy to the cabinet/ parliament• Other?

Strengthen the parliament to ensure accountability

Support for relevant legislations

Participate in relevant parliamentary committees

Support the parliament to establish relevant systems

 

Facilitate dialogues within the parliament

Include relevant information in parliamentary debates

Help fellow parliamentarians to find relevant information for debates

 

Convince other parliamentarians and policy makers

Educate fellow parliamentarians

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THE

SESSION 3