10 Jun Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Initiative to Develop Nationwide Almanac for US Government mission in El Salvador
The US Government mission in El Salvador Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MELI) initiative is currently developing an Almanac for the US Government mission in El Salvador that includes both socioeconomic characteristics of the nation’s 14 Departments as well as data on all 29 US Government missions projects operating in country.
US Government mission in El Salvador and its implementing partners (IPs) will use the Almanac to identify opportunities for collaboration and to inform senior US Government missions managers and the U.S. Ambassador of the IPs’ work.
To obtain the assistance and collaboration of the US Government missions IPs, the MELI team met with 23 representatives of 17 IPs on Wednesday, May 29. Chief of Party Dr. Randal Thompson hosted the meeting and thanked the attendees for their participation in the development of the Almanac. Geographic Information Systems Specialist Ricardo Pérez introduced the matrix of required information that the IPs need to provide.
The Almanac will feature a map of each Department of El Salvador with municipal boundaries containing the location of US Government missions assistance during the years from 2016 through 2019. It will also contain brief descriptions and data of US Government missions interventions per Department including infographic information such as photos and numbers of beneficiaries. The new Almanac is scheduled for completion in August 2019.
ME&A currently implements the five-year MELI initiative under the Policy, Planning and Learning-Learning, Evaluation and Research (PPL-LER) IDIQ Contract to provide evaluation, monitoring and assessment services for US Government missions and offices worldwide.