health professionals should be consulted about any CDF project that seeks to improve the health care of constituents. Such expertise is essential to ensure that development projects are carried out in effective and efficient ways that improve livelihoods. • CDF committees and/or implementers shall coordinate their projects with similar initiatives of local governments and agencies of the central government in order to avoid waste, utilize resources efficiently and strive for
sustainability of local development.
IV. Accountability and Oversight Accountability and oversight play essential roles in promoting project quality, improving decision-making, and preventing
corruption and abuse of CDF funds. Proper oversight of CDF financing ensures fiscal probity and promotes accountability to the public among MPs and CDF committees and/or implementers.
• Within government regulations, MPs, CDF committees and implementers shall be held accountable for their respective roles, conduct and decisions in the process of CDF implementation. • Procedures and/or legal regulations shall be put in place to hold CDF actors accountable. • Appropriate entities with adequate monitoring and oversight capability shall be assigned responsibility for overseeing CDF implementation. • Any findings and/or results of
investigations shall be released to the public in a timely manner.
V. Monitoring and Evaluation Monitoring and evaluation of CDF projects are essential tasks to help ensure learning about what actions are most effective in fostering constituency development. Monitoring ensures that CDF projects are progressing toward their goal, while evaluation assesses the efficiency, effectiveness, impact and results of a CDF project. MPs, among other stakeholders, shall engage proactively in facilitating this process.
• Monitoring shall be performed throughout a CDF project to ensure that it is progressing towards its publicly stated goal.
Constituents and legitimate stakeholders shall be afforded opportunities to participate in the monitoring process. • If a monitoring entity determines that a project is deviating from its stated goal; under government regulations, it shall make recommendations about adjusting implementation. • Evaluation shall be conducted upon completion of projects by appropriate government agencies. Evaluations shall be made publicly available to ensure that CDF committees and/or implementers are aware of the effectiveness of previous CDF projects. • In addition to monitoring and evaluation, CDF projects will be subject to regular audits by appropriately designated entities for the duration of the project.