M&E Development Initiatives of the Local Government Units in Palestine

Director of Strategic Planning and External Relations Department, M&E Consultant – Municipal Development and Lending Fund (MDLF) - December 31, 2009 - Back to Resources Page [1]

The Municipal Development and Lending Fund (MDLF) is a Palestinian autonomous juridical
entity established by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) to manage the flow of financial
resources to Local Government Units (LGUs), assist local authorities develop their capacities
in compliance with the bases of modern management practices, and develop the services
offered to local authorities and to improve their credit abilities. The MDLF is currently working
with various stakeholders and donors to launch a comprehensive, multi-phase national
Municipal Development Program (MDP) which requires among other things building up the
MDLF M&E system and the relevant staff capacities. The aim of this paper is to present the
experience of the MDLF as a case study and to highlight the major challenges and issues
related to building its M&E system. In addition, an overview of the upcoming MDP and the
key proposed improvements of the M&E arrangements were highlighted.

Performance targeting is critical to reaching policy outcomes. Worldwide, there are growing
pressures to improve the performance of public sectors. Responding to this vision leads
countries and institutions to develop performance management systems. These new
systems involve reform in budgeting, human resources, and organizational culture. To
assess whether public sector efforts are working, there is also a need for performance
measurement. This is where the Municipal Development and Lending Fund (MDLF) is
turning its attention to develop its monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system to track the
results produced by the Fund’s interventions in the context of the Palestinian national reform
agenda.

In 2008, the MDLF has redesigned the scope of its Monitoring and Evaluation System, based
on its new Med Term Strategic Plan as well as the features of on-going and planned
financing agreements. The primary objective is to building up a proper and sustainable M&E
system to serve as a management tool. Monitoring shall focus on results-based reporting
rather than be limited to output reporting, as practiced by many municipal/social development
funds around the world. MDLF’s M&E shall be in harmony with the Palestine Reform
Agenda, related policies of the Palestinian National Authority, and cover the core
interventions of the Fund.

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Director of Strategic Planning and External Relations Department, M&E Consultant – Municipal Development and Lending Fund (MDLF) - December 31, 2009 - Back to Resources Page [1]