AFD Group Monitoring and Evaluation Policy

Monitoring and evaluation systems play an increasingly crucial role in the culture, practices, and instruments developed by AFD Group. They are valuable compasses to guide the action and decision-making of AFD Group and its partners on the projects, programs, and public policies that are supported. They are also a means of providing the best possible account of our actions. 

The monitoring and evaluation policy presented in this document reflects the progress of the culture of evaluation within AFD Group. It aims to better understand the complexity and diversity of different contexts, the emergence of new types of interventions and the increased demand for information on the outcomes and impacts of our interventions.

This policy covers the entire continuum from monitoring to evaluation. It applies to AFD Group by establishing common principles and a base of shared values and ambitions that each of its three entities will implement via road maps adapted to their specificities. Through this common policy, AFD Group affirms the close links between monitoring and evaluation and that those links are essential if we are to learn fully from experience and improve development outcomes.