Monitoring and Evaluation Framework - ESCAP

Revision of M&E Framework 17 December 2007 Multi-donor Voluntary Trust Fund on Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia Monitoring and Evaluation Framework December 2008 UNITED NATIONS ESCAP 1 1. INTRODUCTION PURPOSE The Monitoring and Evaluation (M & E) Framework for the Multi-Donor Voluntary Trust Fund on Tsunami Early Warning Arrangements in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia (also known as Tsunami Regional Trust Fund or simply Trust Fund) provides an overview and operational mechanism of M&E for the Fund as a whole, and for individual projects supported by the Fund. It also explains the different requirements and responsibilities in M&E and how the results from M&E will be used to inform ongoing and future planning and implementation processes in relation to the Fund s operations. BACKGROUND ON THE TRUST FUND The Trust Fund, established in late 2005 in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 and administered by ESCAP , contributes to the overall United Nations (UN) response to the development of regional tsunami early warning systems (TEWS) and disaster preparedness.

The UN Evaluation Group (UNEG) has also developed standards and norms on evaluation2 which provide a robust normative basis for M&E. As the Trust Fund is administered by ESCAP, this M&E system for the Fund takes full advantage of and synergizes directly with ESCAP’s M&E Guide, which responds to the

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