Domain:
Finance; Partnership and Engagement; Policy & Planning; Our Core Competencies
Content Type:
Virtual Classroom
Who Should Attend:
You conduct evaluation work, or are a Policy & Planning officer, Strategic Planning officer, or Finance officer involved in the planning and/or conducting of an evaluation for a programme. This course is especially relevant for officers with minimal knowledge on the covered topics and work on policies to encourage behavioural changes.
Programme Overview
Programme evaluation enables the Government to ascertain if public spending delivers value and is cost effective. This is important because the Public Sector is accountable for the achievement of outcomes and must uphold public trust by ensuring our spending is value-for-money, especially given rising expenditures to address current and longer-term challenges.
Since 2020, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) has introduced requirements on evaluation planning for significant programmes via the Enhanced Evaluation Plan. The plan aims to align understanding and expectations for funding proposals between programme owners, MOF, and other stakeholders.
During this course, you will learn about Theory of Change, which articulates a logical pathway from intervention to desired outcomes/impact for the targeted audience. Through hands-on exercises, you will also learn how to set “SMART” (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time-bound) indicators for a policy/programme and create an evaluation plan and data collection plan for more robust evaluation.
Learning Outcomes
- Explain
how a policy/programme can benefit from evaluation planning
- Apply
Theory of Change concepts to articulate how a policy/programme leads to
its desired outcomes
- Practise
“SMART” principles when setting indicators for a policy/programme
- Practise filling in the Evaluation Details for a policy/programme, that sets out the requirements for the evaluation.
- Apply
Data Collection principles to collect information required to evaluate a
policy/programme
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1. Need for Greater Accountability
2. Why Evaluation Planning is Important
3. Key Components of Evaluation Planning
3a. Theory of Change (ToC)
- Purpose of a ToC
- Components of a ToC
- Some Things to Note
3b. Indicators
- Purpose of Setting and Tracking Indicators
- Dimension of Indicators
- Some Things to Note
3c. Data Collection Plan
- Purpose of a Data Collection Plan
- Key Components of Data Collection Plan
- Some Things to Note
3d. Evaluation Plan
- Purpose of Developing an Evaluation Plan
- Key Components of Evaluation Plan
- Some Things to Note
Koh Gim Liong
Koh Gim Liong has worked in both civil service and private sector for more than 10 years before he made a career switch to training. His private and public sector experience is diversified and covers training, financial advisory, project management, ERP implementation, business process re-engineering, auditing, financial and operations management. He began his career as an auditor in an international accounting firm before joining the public sector as an accountant in the Accountant-General’s Department, Ministry of Finance. During his secondment to the Singapore Police Force, he was responsible for the finance operations and implementation of key financial initiatives. At the Ministry of Education, he was managing the operating budget section and evaluating budget proposals. Gim Liong also worked in a listed financial institution where he led the team responsible for accounting (covering operations, acquisitions and investment products). In the area of training, Gim Liong has conducted many workshops with learners from more than 10 countries. Over the past 12 years, he has been sharing his knowledge and experience in areas like financial advisory, accounting, investing, budgeting, procurement, outsourcing as well as the governance framework in the Singapore public sector. Gim Liong graduated from Nanyang Technological University. He is a Chartered Accountant of Singapore (CA Singapore) as well as a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) holder. He also holds several finance-related certificates in insurance and investments (awarded by the Singapore College of Insurance) as well as the Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (Facilitated Learning) (awarded under the Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications System). He is an Associate Adult Educator, a recognition given by the Institute of Adult Learning to established educators who have demonstrated significant experience in training delivery and assessment. He is also a certified Enneagram and NLP Executive Coach.
Chen Shian Jan
Shian Jan started his career with the Accountant-General's Department (AGD) and was later posted to the Ministry of Finance (MOF) headquarters. He was extensively involved in various aspects of Public Financial Management during his service in the Singapore Public Service. This included the administration of the Government's central accounting system, preparation of the annual Government financial statements, budgetary allocation for several ministries, and formulation of public service-wide policies such as financial management and government procurement in the Instruction Manuals, protection of Singapore's reserves, Budgeting for Results and Managing for Excellence (MFE).Shian Jan graduated from the National University of Singapore and is currently a non-practising Chartered Accountant. He also holds an Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (Facilitated Learning) by the Singapore Workforce Skills Qualification (WSQ) system, as well as the WSQ Diploma in Adult and Continuing Education (DACE). Shian Jan was also awarded the Commendation Medal (Pingat Kepu-jian), 1999 National Day Award. As an associate trainer, he had received the Trainer Excellence Award 2013 from the Civil Service College.
