Monitoring and evaluation of ESP starts with GP and Honiara

The National Government’s Economic Stimulus Package implementation has reached its Monitoring and Evaluation stages.

This is according to the ESP Oversight Committee.

 Honiara and Guadalcanal Provinces are the first two places for the M & E stages.

According to the committee, officials who have been recently recruited to undertake the task and will go through an intensive training this week before they are mobilized to the field to collect data for the evaluation exercise.

The committee strongly encourages recipients from the ESP initiative to work cooperatively with the data and survey team in order to provide sufficient and reliable information.

The committee believes the reliability and adequacy of the information provided is necessary for future references and guide on similar initiatives.

Meanwhile, the committee also approved that processing of approved receipts will cease on 16^th July, 2021.  This is to allow work to concentrate on the monitoring and evaluation of the package.

The committee also acknowledges that all other payouts for other sectors have been finalised and disbursed to recipients.

The Government through the ESP Committee is fully committed to the accountable implementation of the ESP in the interest of wellbeing of the people, national stability and economic empowerment.

SIG Press Release