This topic aims at showing some indicators of performance at objective and outcome level that could be used in defining policy targets in the education sector as part of a MTEF exercise in middle income country.
These indicators go beyond those already well established such as Gross Enrolment Rate, (which you can obtain from the publication ‘Environment at a Glance’ at
http://www.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/display.asp?CID=&LANG=EN&SF1=DI&ST1=5LGR0Q4DQH5G or
http://books.google.com/books?id=g1-hGsKs1REC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false ).
They are taken from a real work assignment that REPIM conducted in Albania. The end result was the preparation of a MTEF Performance Sector Guide in Environment. For more information about this work you can contact John Short, johnshort@repim.eu
www.repim.eu The common characteristic of the indicators of performance below is that they are SMART and therefore they can be monitored. SMART meaning Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound.
Objectives/Outcomes examples• Air pollution – by 2015 reduction of <<%>> of occasions where concentrations of key air pollutants exceeds the standard limits for ambient air quality in major urban areas; baseline occasions was <X>> in 2010. The national standard limits are specified in SO2 (sulphur oxide) and NO2 (nitrogen oxide) concentration in the air (<<X>> Kg/capita).
• Renewable Energy – By 2015 investment on renewable energy increases to <<%>> and <<%>> of total investment in energy, from public and private projects respectively. In 2010 these percentages were <<%>> for public investment and <<%>> for private investment.
• Forestry – by 2020 the strategy for forestry protection and management is fully implemented, increasing the areas of forest protected and managed through the National Reserve System Programme, from <<X>> has in 2010 to <<Y>> has in 2020.
• by 2015 15,000 hectares of degraded mountain areas will be reforested’; and medium term Objectives for each year of the three expenditure framework:
o 3,000 hectares will be reforested in 2010;
o 3,000 hectares will be reforested in 2011;
o 3,500 hectares will be re-forested in 2012
• Water – a 5% reduction in ground leakage of mains drinking water in 2012 from the 50% dispersion level of the existing drinking water network as recorded in 2011
• Fisheries – ensuring the long-term conservation and sustainable use of fish stocks in the next ten years, by maintaining stocks at the 2010 level of total catch <<x>> tonnes by species as measured by the national statistic bulletin
• Environment management and administration - the reinforcement of legislation together with adequate monitoring, reduces the illegal dumping sites recorded in the country from <<X>> number in 2011 to <<Y>> number in 2012
• <<X>> number of court cases against corruption successfully completed in 2013, compared to <<Y>> number in 2012’ with the related outputs including ’number of investigations on corruption leading to a court case in 2013.
SMART Outputs that could be linked to the above objectives Quantity• <<X>> hectares of protected forest areas that have been gazetted in 2011
• Hazardous substances – <<X>> number of environmental risk assessments of: (i) industrial chemicals; and (ii) agricultural pesticides completed in 2012. (They could be two separate outputs if the expenditure allocations are not too small.)
• Recovery of threatened wildlife – <<X>> number of recovery plans being prepared or already in operation in 2011; <<Y>> number of threatened species listed and with recovery plans in operation
• Participatory Environment Grants – <<X>> number of community projects funded in 2011
Quality• Percentage of environmental recommendations successfully implemented in 2011 under the strategic assessments of fisheries management
• Greenhouse Gas Abatement reports – <<X>> number of completed reports appropriately targeted in 2012;
• Participatory Environment Grants – 80% of individual grants paid that are consistent with the terms and conditions of funding (based on monitoring reports)
CAVEAT EMPTOR: Choosing indicators of performance is based on program policy priorities! It is not just filling boxes in forms. Indicators of performance 'indicate' which program policy directions the Government is planning in the medium term, linking them to budget resources.
The above list is not meant to be a 'à-la-carte' menu of indicators. It is a consistent list of indicators that are SMART and can be monitored.
