Development Management for Senior Executives Workshop
Agenda

Welcome and Opening Remarks by Peter McCawley, Dean, ADBI

Introduction to the Workshop by Newin Sinsiri, ADBI

Session 1: Introduction to Results-based Management

Speaker: Cedric Saldanha
Presentation:

• Results Based Management: An Overview of its Applications in the Public Sector [PDF 112KB | 16 pages]

Speaker: Per Bastoe, ADB
Presentation:

• International Efforts to Managing for Development Results [PDF 114KB | 6 pages]

Facilitator: Newin Sinsiri, ADBI

Topics:

• Introduction to RBM in the Public Sector
• RBM concepts
• RBM in economic development & budget management
• RBM and sector management
• International efforts and ADB role in managing for development results

Participant Activity 1:

• Diagnostic exercise by participants on current status of RBM in their country/agency situation

Session 2: Results Logic, Outputs, Outcomes and Impacts

Speaker: Robert Hood
Presentation:

• Results Logic, Outputs, Outcomes and Impacts [PDF 271KB | 26 pages]

Facilitator: Keith Leonard, ADB

Topics

• Defining results
• Results Chain/Logic
• Output, outcomes, and impacts
• Performance Indicators and Targets
• Assumptions
• Internal and external risks and risk analysis

Session 3: Refining Understanding of RBM Concepts and Applicability

Resource Persons for Participant Activities: Robert Hood, Cedric Saldanha, Per Bastoe, Keith Leonard, Andrea Iffland, Newin Sinsiri

Participant Activity 2:

• Refine RBM concepts - discussions of four mini cases

Session 4: RBM as Applied to National Level Planning and National Budgeting Process

Speaker: Teertha Raj Dhakal, Undersecretary, National Planning Commission, Nepal
Presentation:

• Case Study on Results-based Management in National Planning Process in Nepal [PDF 50KB | 24 pages]

Speaker: Jose Montero, Director III, National Economic and Development Authority, Philippines
Presentation:

• Case Study on Results-based Management as Applied to the Philippines Budgeting Process [PDF 65KB | 25 pages]

Speaker: Per Bastoe, ADB
Presentation:

• Aligning ADB Country Strategies with National Plans [PDF 554KB | 9 pages]

Facilitators: Cedric Saldanha
Per Bastoe, ADB

Participant Discussion

Session 5: RBM as Applied to the Sector Level

Speaker: Cedric Saldanha
Presentation:

• Applying RBM to Sector Management [PDF 61KB | 27 pages]

Facilitator: Robert Hood

Topics:

• Sectoral goal setting
• Performance gap analysis
• Sector roadmap
• Consolidated sector budget
• Coordination between stakeholders and development partners

Participant Activity 3 and 4:

• Discussion on the Sector Approach: Identifying sector outcomes and sector performance gap analysis

Participant Activity 5:

• Participants work on developing a typical Sector Road Map
• Sample Presentations

Session 6: Managing for Development Results at the Sector Level – Experiences of Two Countries

Speaker: Pok Than, Secretary of State, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, Cambodia
Presentation:

• Management for Development Results: Experience of Cambodia Education Reform [PDF 109KB | 13 pages]

Speaker: Regsuren Bat-Erdene, Director, Education Department, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Mongolia
Presentation:

• Results-based Management in the Education Sector in Mongolia [PDF 67KB | 19 pages]

Session 7: RBM as Applied to the Program and Project Level

Speaker: Keith Leonard, ADB
Presentation:

• RBM at the Project and Program Level [PDF 127KB | 26 pages]

Facilitator: Andrea Iffland, ADB

Topics

• Logical framework
• Performance indicators
• Performance measurement and evaluation
• Project assumptions and risks

Participant Activity 6:

• Reviewing of program and project frameworks

Presentations of group discussions

Session 8: Decentralization and Strategic Planning at the Local Government Level

Speaker: Robert Hood
Presentation:

• Decentralization and Strategic Planning at the Local Government Level [PDF 239KB | 26 pages]

Facilitator: Cedric Saldanha

Topics:

• Strategic Planning at the local government level
• Linkage with national development plan and macro indicators
• Budget linkages
• Client feedback and accountability mechanism

Participant Activity:

• Small Group discussions and presentations

Session 9: Introducing RBM at an Agency Level – On Job Application

Speaker: Cedric Saldanha
Presentation:

• RBM at an Agency Level [PDF 178KB | 19 pages]
• Diagnostic Analysis of Constraints to Capacity [PDF 297KB | 48 pages]

Facilitator: Robert Hood

Each Step involves a short presentation followed by a Participant On-Job Application, gradually building up to a Plan to introduce RBM into his/her Agency

Participant Activity 7-11:

Step 1: Identify the Agency's Clients
Specify Client Expectations
Step 2: Develop the Agency’s Mission Statement based on Client Expectations

Session 9 continued: RBM at an Agency Level (continued)

Speakers: Cedric Saldanha
Facilitator: Robert Hood

Step 3: Identify Agency’s Key Strategic Results Areas (Outcomes) based on Mission Statement and Client Expectations
Step 4: Identify Outputs required by the Client in each SRA based on an Environmental Scan

Step 5: Develop Performance Indicators and Targets for each Output and assign staff accountability

Step 6: Undertake a Diagnostic Analysis of the Constraints to delivering the targeted Outputs
Step 7: Develop a Capacity Building Plan to address identified Constraints

Session 9 Continued: Presentations of Agency RBM and Capacity Building Action Plans

Facilitators: Newin Sinsiri, Cedric Saldanha, Robert Hood

Summary Presentations of Action Plans by Participants

Speaker: Andrea Iffland, ADB

Project Management System at ADB and RETA to assist DMCs

• Project Management System at ADB [PDF 163KB | 12 pages]

Session 10: Implementing RBM – Force Field Analysis and Closing Discussions

Speakers: Robert Hood and Cedric Saldanha
Presentation:

• What Can We Do Next? [PDF 116KB | 7 pages]

Facilitator: Newin Sinsiri, ADBI

Presentation

• Use of Force Field Analysis to identify Supporting and Constraining Factors within the Government environment in regard to the implementation of RBM

Participant Small Group Discussion
Participant Presentation

Wrap-up and Evaluation of the Workshop

Facilitator: Newin Sinsiri, ADBI

Closing Ceremony
Closing Remarks by Raymond Renfro, Director, Capacity Building and Training, ADBI
Handing Out Certificates