Use of this Manual

This manual is intended to provide structure to Facilitators assigned to guide governments through an initial application of the Managing for Development Results Capacity Self-Assessment Toolkit (MfDR CAP-Scan). It can also be used by those same governments to support subsequent applications of the CAP-Scan. If possible, subsequent applications would benefit from the support of a professional facilitator, although that is not necessary.

The most important parts of this manual are contained in its Annexes, which essentially constitute the MfDR CAP-Scan Toolkit. The body of the Manual is intended to help Facilitators understand how to apply the Toolkit elements (the Annexes) in a workshop setting and to produce consistent products.

Please be advised that the MfDR CAP-Scan is an evolving tool. As will be described in the manual, each government is encouraged to adapt it to suit its own circumstances and Facilitators are given broad reign to modify the process and tools to meet clients’ needs. Accordingly, what the reader finds in these Annexes may well differ in various details from completed applications available from other countries. The general approach, however, is likely to be consistent with the contents of this manual.

Purpose of the CAP-Scan

Function:

CAP-Scan provides a country-specific analytic framework and participatory process for leaders in management units within governments to assess the unit’s stage of progress in developing a culture, behaviors and systems to manage for development results (MfDR), and it helps them to prioritize concrete steps for MfDR improvement.

Outcomes:

• Improved understanding – based on local realities – by government managers of key aspects of MfDR, based the LEAPS framework (Leadership; Evaluation and Monitoring; Mutual Accountability and Partners; Planning; and Statistics) developed by the Joint Venture on Managing for Development Results (JV MfDR).
• A consensus snapshot of areas of significant MfDR implementation progress, as well as those requiring urgent effort to advance implementation;
• A prioritized MfDR Improvement Plan for strengthening targeted aspects of MfDR;
• A methodology for monitoring progress against the MfDR Improvement Plan as well as for tracking overall MfDR capacity development.

Purposes:

Enhance local insights into MfDR, provide a framework for investing in local MfDR capacity improvement, and establish an evidentiary base for increased global advocacy for MfDR.

Goal:

Continuous improvement of MfDR as a worldwide approach to excellence in governance.