Description
1.1 An impact and implementation evaluation of Government Coordination Systems was undertaken as part of the National Evaluation Plan for 2013/14. Improved coordination is regarded as having an important contribution to make towards ongoing improvements to government service delivery. The purpose of the evaluation was to assess the performance of coordination systems in government, both technical and ministerial, and to see how to strengthen their effectiveness. The focus was on national-level technical and ministerial clusters, MinMECs and Implementation Forums (IFs) and not on other coordination systems. The analytical framework comprising key coordination success factors related to mandate issues, resources and system issues, and behaviour issues. 1.2 A multi-method approach was undertaken to collect a range of qualitative and quantitative data on coordination success factors. Evidence was obtained from various sources including: a literature review of international coordination case studies; interviews with 4 Ministers and 38 directors general (DGs) and senior government officials; a survey of 34 DGs; six issue-specific coordination case studies; an analysis of the types of decisions taken by the 3 coordination structures between June 2011 – July 2013; and levels of attendance at structure meetings between 2011-2013.
