1. STRENGTHENING COUNTRY-LED M&E SYSTEMS Good practices in using DevInfo Live Webcast Knowledge Sharing Event 15 April 2009

2. Based on book published by UNICEF in partnership with key international institutions Authors: 21 global evaluation leaders Partnership: UNICEF, WB, UNECE, IDEAS, IOCE, DevInfo and MICS Available for free download at: http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/resources_10597.html

3. The recording of the first event is available at http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/resources_11137.htmlhttp://www.unicef.org/ceecis/resources_11137.html The first event with: the editor of the book, Marco Segone, Regional Chief, Monitoring and Evaluation, UNICEF CEE/CIS; Oumul Ba Tall, President, IOCE; Denis Jobin, Vice President, IDEAS was held in February 2009. 110 participants from all over the world participated.

4. STRENGTHENING COUNTRY-LED M&E SYSTEMS Good practices in using DevInfo Marco Segone, Regional Chief, Monitoring and Evaluation, UNICEF CEE/CIS, and former Vice President, IOCE E-mail: msegone@unicef.org Introduction and kick-off questions

5. Evidence into practice: Increasing the uptake of evidence in policy making Data Providers (Statisticians, Evaluators, Researchers) Data Users (Policy Makers) Need to improve dialogue Improving usability of evidence Reliable and trustworthy evidence Getting appropriate Buy-in Incentives to use evidence What ? Why? When? How? Effective dissemination Wide Access

6. The quality challenge: How to match technical rigour and policy relevance? Technical rigour but no policy relevance Policy relevance but no technical rigour Better evidence, technically rigorous and policy relevant.

7. a strategy to match technical rigour with policy relevance Country-led M&E systems (CLES): a strategy to match technical rigour with policy relevance Technical rigour but no policy relevance Policy relevance but no technical rigour Better evidence, technically rigorous and policy relevant Better Policies Better Development Results

8. Key questions on DevInfo 6.0 How DevInfo can help countries and organizations in designing national M&E systems that are both technically rigorous and policy-oriented? Why has DevInfo been adapted and adopted by 121 countries and organizations? Is DevInfo a statistical software or a data communication one? Can you show us the key features related to data communication?

9. Key questions on Good practices in using DevInfo Can you give us few examples of how DevInfo has been used for: evidence-based planning? increasing access to information disseminating information to a broad audience supporting harmonized monitoring systems advocacy and awareness-raising Is DevInfo used only in Low-income countries, or also in Middle-income countries?