USAID/Asia Bureau: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Support Mechanism (Asia MEL)

Date: 2023 – 2027

Client: USAID/Asia Bureau

Project Objectives:

Integrity provides MEL advisory and technical support to USAID’s Asia Bureau, 10 bilateral Missions, two regional Missions and five Operating Units (OUs) in the Indo-Pacific region as they implement key USAID objectives under the US Government’s Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS). Our key partner, Dexis Consulting Group, focuses on IPS MEL frameworks and annual reports.

The Indo-Pacific Strategy aims to advance a free, open, connected, prosperous, resilient, and secure Indo-Pacific. USAID supports the IPS by implementing and reporting on progress across eight interagency initiatives and program focus areas that tie into three objectives:

1. Strengthen democratic institutions to support good governance and human rights opportunity.
2. Foster sustainable, inclusive, and transparent economic growth.
3. Improve resilience to health and climate threats.

Through the Asia MEL activity, Integrity:

• Provides training and technical assistance to Missions and OUs on data collection, quality, and reporting against key performance indicators.
• Helps guide USAID’s learning priorities by co-designing an Indo-Pacific Learning Agenda, facilitating learning events, and disseminating lessons learned and strategic communications across the Agency and external stakeholders.
• Through buy-ins from USAID Missions, designs and carries out analytical activities, ranging from assessments to special studies and evaluations, in alignment with the IPS Learning Agenda.
• Supports the Asia Bureau in updating and reviewing annually of the IPS MEL Framework.