Individual Management response to the recommendations Recommendation Response Explanation Action Plan Timeframe Recommendation 1 For the Fund’s next phase, the Fund’s monitoring and evaluation system includes arrangements which ensure the Fund’s management costs can be justified. Agree The overall value for money and effectiveness for the contracted management role (and possibly the broader management arrangements) will be informed by a variety of sources, including the design, comparative analysis and the M&E system. The follow on program is the Water for Women initiative. A heightened gender focus, the continuing emphasis on sustainable access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services and the implications of access for all under SDG 6 make for a more complex program. This will increase the management load and knowledge sharing components which will require careful attention in the design process. Specify in the Terms of Reference for the design of Water for Women that a value for money framework is incorporated into the design. The Terms of Reference to be prepared by DFAT WSH and the design team leader to develop the framework. The design team will consult with DFAT NGO Partnerships and other relevant areas to gain insights into comparative management arrangements and costs. December 2016 – Terms of Reference for design of Water for Women. January to June 2017 during design process of Water for Women. Recommendation 2 That for the Fund’s next phase, DFAT WSH commits its resources to areas where it has the greatest value add, particularly strategic oversight Agree WSH Section’s greatest value add is in strategic oversight of the program. In Water for Women, DFAT WSH will engage strategically with thematic sectors in DFAT including gender, governance, health and education, country programs and externally with WASH networks. This will allow DFAT Ensure Terms of Reference for the design of Water for Women emphasise a strategic oversight role for DFAT WSH and that roles and responsibilities of the contracted Fund Manager and CSOs are clear. DFAT WSH to guide the design of Water for Women to ensure that the strategic role for December 2016 – Terms of Reference for design of Water for Women. January to June 2017 during design process
Recommendation 4 That for future CSO selection, consistency with the Fund’s intent and theory of change is a heavily weighted criteria. Agree CSOs will need to demonstrate a full understanding of the theory of change and show commitment and capacity to operationalise it. The theory of change, a core part of the design, must be easy to understand with clear lines of sight between actions and outcomes. The weighting for a criterion on consistency with the theory of change will be determined in the design process relative to weightings for gender, WASH technical capability, program management expertise and in-country experience. The design team will include expertise in producing well thought out and implementable theories of change. DFAT WSH to ensure strong engagement with the Gender and Programming areas of DFAT to test the theory of change. DFAT WSH to engage with the WASH Reference Group to review design of the Water for Women with a particular focus on the theory of change. December 2016 – Terms of Reference for design of Water for Women Initiative. February/March 2017 – DFAT WSH meeting with the WASH Reference Group. February 2017 - form a DFAT review group comprising WSH, Gender, NGO and other relevant sections which will consider the design including the theory of change. The WASH Reference Group will provide two to three members to this review group.
Welthungerhilfe (WHH) 12 August 2013 – 31 October 2017 Zimbabwe $9,050,000 World Vision Australia (WV) 1 May 2014 – 30 June 2018 Sri Lanka Papua New Guinea Zimbabwe $10,228,934 Impact and Innovation Fund CSO grantees Project Location/s I&I Fund grant value iDE Cambodia $200,000 WaterAid PNG and Timor-Leste $194,425 Welthungerhilfe Zimbabwe $199,995 Plan Australia Vietnam $99,570 SNV Netherlands Development Organisation Bhutan $100,000
(iv) management cost-effective? design of the next phase and AACES ODE’s ANCP evaluation (2015) Final evaluation of AACES program (2016) AACES management costs to determine if Fund costs are low, moderate or high Comparison of Fund, ANCP and AACES management effectiveness to determine if Fund management effectiveness is low, moderate or high Mapping Fund ratings against the cost-effectiveness matrix matrix M (v) To what extent do the Fund’s management arrangements give due regard to advancing equity and inclusiveness, particularly in relation to gender and disability? DFAT WSH, FMF, MERP and CSOs – to inform the remainder of the Fund DFAT WSH – to inform design of the next phase Document review, particularly Fund PAF, regular reporting from the FMF and CSOs, AQCs and website documents Online survey of CSO project managers Qualitative analysis to the strengths and weaknesses of the current approaches and possible improvements for the next phase Survey