Islamabad, 8 March 2023 — UNDP with support of USAID and Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has successfully organized a series of training sessions on monitoring and evaluation for government staff. The objective of the training programme was to enhance the capacity of staff involved in project planning, implementation, and monitoring.

So far, the training program has trained a total of 219 women and men from the M&E Directorate across all districts, including merged areas, as well as planning staff members from all departments of KP. The training covered a wide range of topics such as Annual Development Plan, Public Procurement, M&E System of the Planning and Development Department (P&DD), results-based management, financial analysis and project reporting on PC-III, IV and V. To facilitate participants’ understanding of these topics, nine training manuals were also designed. These manuals and a learning training video will be publicly launched through the P&DD website to improve knowledge sharing and learning.

In his opening remarks, Mr. Haseeb National Technical Specialist, Stabilization and Development Programme of UNDP emphasized the importance of tracking data on the large-scale investments and projects that the Government of KP undertakes. He stated that these trainings come at an opportune time for improving planning for the upcoming Annual Development Programme.