Presentation clear website_june23_2011

WHAT IS CLEAR?
April, 2010

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Overview
Program: A five-year global program launched in January 2010, including bilateral and multilateral donors and the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of the World Bank Group; Program housed in IEG
Rationale: Increasing demand for performance measurement and accountability
Objective: Strengthen competitively selected existing academic institutions or think tanks to provide capacity development services in monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and results-based management (RBM) to government and civil society
Governance Structure: Board (the decision-making and oversight body), Regional Advisory Committees, and Secretariat (housed at IEG).
Funding: Donor funds, managed by IEG; IEG’s and Bank units’ (Africa, South Asia, and Latin America) in-kind and budget contributions; centers’ own contributions and revenues

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Context
Increasing demand for evaluation knowledge
Internal, within countries:
Increasing pressure for transparency (access to information), value-for-money, and accountability
Decentralization, public sector reforms
Civil society engagement
External, from development agencies:
Greater emphasis on using country systems (Paris Declaration; Accra Agenda for Action); shift to financing based on results
Limited supply of relevant, cost-effective, and sustained evaluation capacity development services
Need for:
Customized but cost-effective capacity development services
Peer-to-peer learning and exchange of knowledge
A range of opportunities to learn and apply practical and policy-relevant monitoring and evaluation approaches, build systems for M&E
Regionally accessible capacity development services

Program Components
Global (small) – implemented by Secretariat at IEG
Capacity-building streams for selected Centers (courses on Performance-based budgeting, Impact Evaluation, Rapid Reviews, Evaluation Systems and Policies, Other)
Peer-to-peer learning among Centers
Technical assistance on Centers’ work program
Regional (big) – implemented by centers based in regional institutions
Each center develops its own work-program, responding to the regional contexts, demand, and needs
Training
Knowledge Services (e.g., research, support to networks)
Advisory Services (e.g., engagement in evaluations, technical assistance for government agencies’ evaluation system design)
Multi-regional activities organized by centers themselves
Coordination with other related initiatives (e.g., 3IE, statistical capacity building)
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Results Expected
Regionally based recognized centers providing relevant, cost-effective, and customized services to government and civil society on a sustainable basis
Greater awareness, practice, and implementation of high quality M&E in the centers’ client countries
Part of IEG’s results framework under “outcomes and influence”
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Governance
CLEAR’s governance structure comprises a Board, a Secretariat, and the centers’ regional advisory committee (RAC)
The Board currently consists of donors providing$500,000 or more per year to the program, chaired by IEG
The Secretariat is housed in IEG. The Secretariat implements the Board’s decisions and conducts day-to-day operations of the program
The Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) is selected by the center, with Board approval. RACs play an advisory role and help the centers develop a work program responsive to regional needs and demands
Each RAC will comprise about six members representing civil society, a professional association, academia, government, donors, and the Bank

Regional Component – Selection of Institutions in 2010 and 2011
Selection in Anglophone Africa and South Asia (2010) and Francophone Africa and Latin America (2011), using a two-stage selection process (spanning 6-8 months)
Stage 1
Region-wide open call for expressions of interest
Shortlisting by an independent selection committee
CLEAR Board review of shortlist
Stage 2
Shortlisted institutions invited to submit full proposals, including an assessment of demand (CLEAR funding for these assessments)
Secretariat site visits
Selection committee assessment and recommendation of top two institutions per region to Board
CLEAR Board selection of center
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Centers Selected in 2010
Africa- The University of Witwatersrand (WITS) with partners:
Kenya Institute of Administration (KIA)
Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)
South Asia – JPAL at the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR)
Selection process currently underway in Francophone Africa and Latin America (to be finalized in November 2011)
The Asia-Pacific Finance and Development Center in China also part of the program
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Regional Component
East Asia Center: AFDC, Shanghai, China
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Francophone Center:
23 Applications from 11 countries
Latin America Center:
22 applications from 7 countries
South Asia Center:
J-PAL at the Institute for Financial and Management Research
24 applications from 6 countries
3 Institutions Shortlisted
Africa Center:
University of Witwatersrand
56 Applications from 17 countries

Africa
Competitive Selection
56 Applications Received
from 17 countries
Country with institutions presenting applications
Country with shortlisted institutions
CLEAR Center in Africa
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South Asia
Competitive Selection
24 applications received
From 6 countries
Country with institutions presenting applications
Country with shortlisted institutions

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Accomplishments and Looking Forward
Global Component
Annual global forum (first global forum in Paris, June 27-30, 2011)
Forum for peer-exchanges and networking among centers and stakeholders
Capacity Building Streams
Performance-based budgeting course – piloted in China, AfCoP meeting in Kenya
Rapid evaluations course being completed (principally for managers of evaluation units)
“How to” Practical Impact Evaluation course under development. Featured at the conference “Mind the Gap: From Evidence to Policy” in Cuernavaca, Mexico, June 15-17, 2011
Other courses planned – Evaluation Systems and Policies; Civil Society Approaches to M&E, Others
Regional Component
AFDC (China) already operating
Selected centers beginning implementation
Centers being selected in Francophone Africa and Latin America; work to begin in East Asia

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