"This Guide complements the Practical Guidance Note on Right to Information, which provided guidance on approaches for designing and implementing programmes in this area. It builds on this knowledge, and focuses on the monitoring and evaluation of those programmes, paying particular attention to the use of appropriate indicators, including gender and pro-poor indicators. It outlines the basic principles of programme evaluation, but concentrates on assessing outcomes. It outlines four broad areas of right to information that must be considered in any context for a thorough evaluation. These are: (1) the legal regime for the right to information; (2) the implementation of right to information legislation by government; (3) the use of right to information by the general public and civil society; and (4) the use of right to information by marginalised group. It then suggests questions for each area, and derives from these typical baseline assessment features, outputs and outcomes." (Abstract)
1 INTRODUCTION, 6
About this Guide, 6
A recap on the basics of UNDP programme measurement and assessment, 7
2 UNDERSTANDING THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION CONTEXT, 9
3 MAKING INDICATORS GENDER SENSITIVE AND PRO-POOR, 11
Gender considerations in monitoring and assessing right to information programmes, 11
Pro-poor considerations in monitoring and assessing right to information programmes, 12
4 EXAMPLES OF RIGHT TO INFORMATION INDICATORS, 13
The legal regime for the right to information, 16
Implementation of right to information legislation by Government, 19
Use of the right to information by the general public and civil society, 21
Use of the right to information by marginalised groups, 24
5 INFORMATION RESOURCES, 25
Recent important external initiatives, 26
Useful right to infromation resources, 27