ISLAMABAD: Qamar Zaman Chaudhry, Chairman NAB chaired a meeting to review latest progress on NAB’s Monitoring and Evaluation System (MES) at NAB Headquarter. In line with the initiatives of Chairman NAB, MES was introduced in NAB Headquarter and NAB’s Regional Bureaus in order to measure and evaluate the performance of NAB in quantitative and qualitative manners.

During the meeting, Advisor to Chairman on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) gave presentation regarding the latest progress on the working of MES in NAB Headquarter and NAB’s Regional Bureaus in line with the decisions taken in the previous meeting held on December 01, 2016 about its efficacy in future.

He informed that on the directions of Chairman, NAB, an effective MES has been developed, catering to the needs of all concerned having salient features of maintenance of data at each stage including complaint entry, complaint verification, inquiry, investigation, prosecution stage and record proceedings of Regional Board Meetings and Executive Board Meetings.

The Chairman NAB said that an effective accountability mechanism was quintessential for economic growth, investment and stability of social order. Since its inception, NAB had chalked out a comprehensive Anti-Corruption Strategy, comprising Enforcement, Awareness and Prevention to educate the people, which is yielding positive results due to serious efforts to combat corruption by NAB with the realization that it is our national duty. The chairman NAB said the basic purpose of introducing Monitoring and Evaluation System in NAB was to monitor the implementation of decisions and the outputs systematically, and to measure and evaluate the performance of NAB in quantitative and qualitative manners which would help in enhancing the operational capabilities of NAB. He said that Monitoring and Evaluation System (MES) formed the basis for modification of interventions and assessing the quality of activities being conducted.

He said that MES helped with identifying the most valuable and efficient use of resources. “It is very critical and important for developing objective conclusions as MES provides the necessary data to guide strategic planning and helps improving performance and achieving results to improve current and future management of outputs, outcomes and impact. “—PR