The Programme Management Office of the Ministry of Planning Housing and the Environment launched its Monitoring and Evaluation Networking Forum (M&ENF) on December 14th 2007 at the Ocean Pearl, Pier II, Chaguaramas. This initiative is in keeping with the Ministry’s mandate to facilitate the exchange of information and build capacity in monitoring and evaluation and is also a critical component to institutionalization of results based management in public services.

The theme of the inaugural meeting of the M&ENF was “Vision 2020: Learning and Adapting to Achieve the Vision”. The feature address was delivered by Senator, the Honorable Tina Gronlund-Nunez, Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning, Housing and the Environment. At the Forum, the following issues were discussed:

Vision 2020: The power of fore sighting. (Facilitated by Mr. Ian Ivey, Niherst, Consultant)

The Vision 2020 National Strategic Plan and the Operational Plan: Where do we go from here?

The Logic Model.

There was wide representation from Ministries and Departments across the public sector. Agencies present included - the Ministries of Health, Works and Transport, Finance, Social Development, Public Administration, Education, National Security, Sport and Youth Affairs; the Tobago House of Assembly; the Service Commissions Department; and the Personnel Department.