ASSESSMENT ON FACTORS AFFECTING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MONITORING AND EVALUATIONS PRACTICES OF GOVERNMENT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS: THE CASES OF NATIONAL BIOGAS PROGRAM OF ETHIOPIA

Abstract

Monitoring and evaluation have been critical performance management tools for project milestone planning, decision making, and implementation. The NBPE has faced significant challenges in adequately achieving the program objective and meeting the conditions required for the success of these projects. Inadequate personnel with project management skills, technology, leadership as well as insufficient financial resources, are some of the challenges that NBPE faces. The purpose of this study was to conduct research on the factors that influence the effectiveness of government development project monitoring and evaluation. The following objectives and variable have guided the researches i.e., Stakeholder participation, competency of staff handling, organizational leadership, budgetary allocation, and technology development and utilization. The descriptive and explanatory research designs were used in the study, there are approximately 110 NBPE employees, the research is conducted using a census survey method with total of 76 respondents were chosen. The descriptive statistics used in the study were generated using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21. The study discovered that listed above factors have a positive and significant impact on the effectiveness of the M&E system in NBPE, and the study discovered that all variables have a positive and significant impact on the effectiveness of the M&E system in NBPE. Staff competency and organizational leadership were found to have the greatest impact on the effectiveness of NBPE M&E practice for government development organizations, followed by stakeholder participation and technology development and utilization. The study also discovered that each independent variables have a significant impact on the effectiveness of project monitoring and evaluation. In conclusion, the study recommends that orienting and training middle management for M&E functions, as well as rotating them into different jobs, should be part of the organization's human resource development policy.