Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) System of Climate Financing in Indonesia : Moving Beyond Traditional M&E Mindset
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Saturday, June 08, 2013Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) System of Climate Financing in Indonesia : Moving Beyond Traditional M&E Mindset
Umi Hanik[1]
SEA Change* Panelist on Climate Change Mitigation M&E Panel Session for the Second Evaluation Conclave in Kathmandu, Nepal 26 February-1 March 2013 held by the Community of Evaluators (CoE) in South Asia and the Community of Evaluators Nepal (CoE-Nepal)[2]
The Government
of Indonesia (GOI) seriously cope the climate change issue into the national
strategy by having a cross-sectoral program mentioned in the National Medium
Term Development Plan (RPJMN) 2010-2014. The GoI has also defined set of a
target to reduce GHG emissions by 26% up to 41% by 2020. Complement to the
RPJMN, the GoI developed the Indonesia Climate Change Sectoral Roadmap (ICCSR) and
a National Action Plan for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction (RAN-GRK) with the
enactment of Presidential Regulation (No. 61/2011). Annual investment has been
added ranging from US$ 4.5 to 5 billion (Bappenas, July 2008).
With additional investment indicates
above and to be able to address the above agendas, the GoI will require
harmonized efforts from all stakeholders, coordinating technical strengths and
the development priorities with all contributing parties.
The issuance of the
Minister of National Development Planning/Chairman of the National Development
Planning Agency (BAPPENAS) Decree No. 44/M.PPN/HK/09/2009 and Presidential Regulation No.80/2011 on trust funds is an
open door to embrace aid management outlining the importance role of Monitoring
and Evaluation (M&E).
Such regulations
ensure that climate change programs and the funding would sustainable and will
effectively be managed. With aid effectiveness, climate financing management in
Indonesia is expected to be more aligned and harmonized; increase GoI ownership
with national management; accommodating result-based management; mutual
accountability and transparent between donors and the GoI which are inline with
the principles of the Jakarta Commitment (2008)[3]
as an effort to make aid more effective.
National
agenda on climate change has been identified; climate financing and its
management have been set up; possible indicators and target for the climate
performance has been proposed. Current discussion endorse that both climate
substance and project management (including the financial aspect) are equally
important to be measured. Therefore, the mandatory bodies need a platform for M&E for the performance measurement.
However, despite of the good news above, fear and debate arise
on how to measure the contribution of mandatory bodies to achieve the outcome.
Argumentation arise mostly come from the trust fund body who will play
significant role in the future. The
argumentation outlining fear of risks when they fail to achieve the outcome. Limitation
of the resources and main functions to play such big role make them
unconfidence. Questions on how they will measure the emission, what is the
tools, technique, etc also emerged. The past discussion thought the M&E tasks
will limited on financial and project management while measuring climate mitigation
and adaptation performance are beyond their coverage.
Modern M&E taught us that M&E should applied to
both management and program (results based-M&E). Kusek (2004, p.23) said
that M&E is a powerful
public management tool that can be used to improve the way governments and
organizations achieve results. Just as governments need financial, human
resource, and accountability systems, governments also need good performance
feedback systems.
M&E
that includes the
collection and analysis of essential data to understand the magnitude of
indicators, monitor its trends, assess its impact and outcomes of interventions
put in place to mitigate it and to support decision-making to improve the national
or local response to that condition understand as crucial. It will allows the
government to see target set and evidence as crucial to steer, motivate,
sustain, measure, report on progress and plan again based on evidence and thus
M&E should be designed beyond financial and project management.
Climate M&E system
shall beyond the measurement technique and engineering process and Indonesia is
willing to have such M&E system. I am an M&E specialist and also
founding members of Indonesian Development Evaluation Community (InDEC) with
mission to contribute for the better M&E culture in Indonesia, in the
regions, and international level; believe that by having the opportunity to
share the process and challenge of what I had and knew so far, exchange
knowledge and experience, enrich of what we already have in Indonesia and added
the value of what we have done so far is a bless.
[1] M&E Professional, currently working under the
project of PNPM
Generasi (National Program for Community Empowerment in Rural Areas A Healthy
and Bright Generation) the World Bank. Founding
members and Chair for Department of Advocacy and Networking of Indonesian
Development Evaluation Community (InDEC). An active member of South East Asia
Community of Practice for Monitoring & Evaluation of Climate Change
Intervensions (SEA Change CoP). A member of European Evaluation Society (EES). Board
of members of the Asia-Pacific Evaluation Association (APEA).
[2] The panelist is actively participate in the national/international
effort on research and developing climate M&E system in Indonesia through
several projects i.e “Developing M&E System for the ICCTF (Indonesia
Climate Change Trust Fund) with support of ICCTF-PREP UNDP. Lead author for the
initial development of “Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) system
of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in Indonesia” with support of
PAKLIM-GIZ Jakarta. Co-writer for the “Gap Analysis Report for Indonesia:
Measurement, Reporting, Verification of GHG Inventory and RAN-GRK, RAD-GRK
mitigation actions (NAMA)” support by EUMRVCB-GIZ. Contributor writer for the
Dissertation research “The Evolution of Domestic Measurement, Reporting, and
Verification Systems in Developing Countries” wrote by Rebecca Jane Campbell, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
*) SEA Change is an Asian Community of Practice on the
monitoring and evaluation of climate change interventions
[3] Jakarta Commitment is an adoption
at national concept of Paris Declaration Principles. The commitment is held
between the GoI and development partners towards development effectiveness, to
adopt the principles of aid effectiveness to Indonesia's country context. The
Jakarta Commitment is based on the spirit of mutual respect, support and
accountability. It represents a shared recognition between the Government and
development partners to enhance the effectiveness of external financing in
Indonesia. It enjoins upon the Government and development partners to make
available appropriate resources, knowledge and capacity to implement the
Jakarta Commitment.
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