Research Monitoring and Evaluation Programme

Research Programme
The Research Programme creates a knowledge base for a national evidence-driven anti-corruption agenda. This provides TI-Kenya and other actors in the corruption fight with systematic, empirical and methodologically consistent information for the purposes of monitoring and evaluating anti-corruption efforts, assessing their impact and tracking institutional change over time.

The Research Programme also aims to measure corruption and provide benchmarks of integrity and efficiency in public organisations. By so doing, it puts public pressure on managers of public organisations to address corruption; and likewise to provide a measure that can be used to recognise achievement in combating corruption.

The key tools of the Research Programme are:

• The East African Bribery Index (EABI)

First published in January 2002 as the Kenya Urban Bribery Index (KUBI), the index has since gone regional and now covers Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. It is the foremost empirical survey of bribery in the region. The Bribery Index ranks public organisations using indices based on surveys in which ordinary citizens report their daily experiences with bribery. The Index captures the responses of East Africans when questioned on whom they bribed, how much they paid, and what the bribe was for.

• Integrity Studies, Research Papers, Opinion polls and Case Studies

TI-Kenya conducts integrity studies, research papers and case studies on corruption and governance. The papers encourage the accumulation of scholarship and knowledge on corruption and its effects on development. The integrity studies, opinion polls and case studies inform TI-Kenya’s own advocacy interventions, particularly in areas where knowledge is insufficient. To these ends, TI-Kenya engages researchers/policy analysts to study and identify reforms in priority areas in the research programme.

Monitoring and Evaluation
TI-Kenya has put in place a monitoring framework that is easily understandable and  usable to ensure the institution’s objectives are met. In each annual work plan, TI-Kenya  develops a matrix for tracking the indicators selected. The following mechanisms are used:

Annual Work-plans:
TI-Kenya develops annual work plans covering all its programmes in line with the organisational mandate; strategic priorities and programme objectives.

Quarterly and monthly reviews: Annual work plans are reviewed by staff every month and quarter. This enhances effective Monitoring, evaluation, learning and reporting.

Bi-annual reviews of operating environment: Twice a year, TI-Kenya conducts a two-hour review of the Strategic Plan and the operating environment. The review will involve staff, members and allies.

Annual reviews: Each programme office provides an annual analysis based on the work plan of results achieved; lessons learnt and proposed changes in their programme.

Performance appraisal: TI-Kenya will implement, in the course of the current strategy, a result-based performance appraisal system for all staff.
Board Evaluation: In order for the Board to be in tandem with best Board practices, it has been suggested that the Board should also carry out an evaluation of itself.

Mid-term and end of plan evaluation: TI-Kenya conducts a mid-term evaluation of all TI-K’s programmes. In 2012, an end of period evaluation will be conducted. Both evaluations will be done by an external consultant. These evaluations will be in line with the Monitoring and Evaluation policy being developed.