ASSESSMENT OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION PRACTICE ON RURAL WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS: THE CASE OF OROMIA WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND ENERGY BUREAU.

Abstract

The research carried on Oromia water development and Energy Bureau give attention on Monitoring &Evaluation practice of rural water development projects. Currently the Bureau develops and administered different water projects in all areas of the region. The main reason for making this research study was the delay of water resource projects started at different time but still not hand over to the community. According to the discussion made with Bureau staff and written internal reports starting from 2011 GC until 2022, 134 projects were not completed according to their scheduled time. This research tries to answer the questions on how the monitoring and evaluation practice of the Bureau was taking place, and fill the gaps that shown on project handling of the bureau. Descriptive research design was chosen for the study, in order to describe the monitoring and evaluation practice. Both qualitative and Quantitative data analysis approach was used in the study. By using the Non –Random sampling technique all 100 employee working on water development projects were chosen. The data for the study were obtained from primary sources with the help of structured questionnaires and Interviews. Some of the structured questioners were provided in the form of Likert scale in order to know the feeling and attitude of employees toward the M&E practice. Secondary data were collected from reports bulletins and magazines of the organization. 69 male and 28 females’ respondents were participated on answering the research questions. The response from the respondents coded and analyzed by using SPSS 20 and Excel. The finding of this study shows that the presence of weak Monitoring and Evaluation practice, so that it was recommended that the Bureau has to utilize its employs efficiently by giving appropriate training, using the modern project implementation tools like the logical Frame work Approach, giving more attention for external factors that hinder the fulfillment of project success and more over the management has to give attention to monitoring and evaluation system.