Métricas del test

Monitoring, Evaluation

and Coordination

730. The success of the Plan will depend on the full adoption of the main develop- ment axes and priorities of the Plan by or- ganizations taking part in the implementa- tion, their taking these development axes and priorities as basic reference in their activities, and the implementations being in harmony with each other and in close collaboration and coordination at the cen- tral and local levels in the integrity of the Plan. Therefore, institutionalization and development of the coordination process to be established in conformity with the development axes and strategic objectives of the Plan will constitute one of the fun- damental determining factors in the suc- cess of implementation.

731. Medium Term Programs will be pre- pared in a way to support and take these axes and priorities as the basis. Besides, it will be clearly set forth which develop- ment axes and priorities are to be served by the investments, and institutional and legal regulations to be made by public or- ganizations. It will be ensured that they also constitute a basis for allocation of ap- propriations.

732. In order to allow efficient imple- mentation of the Plan, a coordination and

monitoring system will be set up to coor- dinate the implementation of the Plan and to help in taking timely measures by ob- serving the developments closely.

733. With this system which will ensure coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the Plan activities; on the one hand, it will be ensured that the objectives, poli- cies and targets of the Plan are taken into consideration during implementation and the necessary steering with the relevant organizations is realized in a timely man- ner, on the other hand an important step in harmonizing Turkey’s monitoring and evaluation activities with the EU norms will have been taken. Within this system to be created, transparency will be provid- ed with the published reports to inform the public about the developments.

734. A Plan Monitoring and Steering Committee will be formed to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the Ninth Development Plan. This Commit- tee will consist of high-level executives of relevant Ministries and will be headed by the Undersecretary of the State Planning Organization. This Committee, the secre- tarial services of which will be carried out by the SPO Undersecretariat, will convene

at least once a year, in harmony with the programming and budgeting work. 735. This Committee will be responsi- ble for evaluating Plan implementation, monitoring developments regarding ob- jectives, steering programming and bud- geting activities, preparing Annual Plan Progress Reports and submitting them to the Council of Ministers as well as prepar- ing Plan Evaluation Reports at three-year intervals.

736. A reliable communication infrastruc- ture will be established under the coordi- nation of the Undersecretariat of the SPO to ensure regular information flow among institutions. In this scope, the principle will be for each institution and organiza- tion to show the necessary sensitivity in establishing the communication infra- structure and ensuring its functioning.

737. Timely preparation of the reporting, which constitutes the most important fac- tor of communication within the system, at determined standards, and in a way to include complete and correct information, will be the prioritized duty of each institu- tion.

738. Undersecretariat of SPO will deter- mine working procedures and principles of the Plan Monitoring and Steering Com- mittee, reporting standards for institu- tions and the Committee, relations of monitoring and evaluation activities of the Plan with the Medium Term Program and other programming activities, and procedures and principles regarding the establishment and operation of sub-com- mittees to be set up if necessary, and notify the institutions.

The Strategy of Ninth

Development Plan

(2007-2013)

I - Structure of the Ninth

Development Plan and

Implementation Approach

In today’s world where change is multi- dimensional and rapid, competition is in- tense and uncertainties develop, the act of planning has become more important and necessary than it used to be in the past. In this environment, plans are entitled to fo- cus on setting up strategies and perspec- tives rather than formulating each area in detail. The structure and implementation approach of the Ninth Development Plan have been determined in regards with such circumstances and necessities. In this context:

• The Ninth Development Plan will be prepared for a period of seven years (2007-2013).

• The Ninth Development Plan, which will take the balance between the principal objectives and targets along with the means and resourc- es into consideration will concen- trate on consistent and feasible pri- orities.

• The Plan will form a set of policies, which will increase predictability, reduce uncertainties and have in-

ternal consistency.

• The Plan will be prepared on the basis of development axes to achieve integrity between various policy fields and strategic objectives. • Sectoral policies will be covered within the development axes. The Plan will be the basic reference docu- ment in programming, budgeting, project design and implementation stages.

• Public agencies are responsible for developing sub-policies and mea- sures falling in the areas of their competence in the context of the vision, principles, development axes and policies of the Plan.

• The functionality of the Plan will be increased via medium-term pro- grammes, strategic plans of the agencies, regional development plans and sectoral strategies while the objectives and priorities of the Plan will constitute the basic frame- work for allocating resources in the budgetary process.

• As a requirement of result-orient- ed and axis-based new approach, public agencies will establish and

ensure the permanence of coopera- tion and coordination mechanisms with the other agencies in the field of their competence.

• A strong monitoring and evaluation mechanism, which would lay the basis of accountability and perfor mance measurement of the main objectives, will be established.

II. Vision of the Ninth Development