Thank you for your interest inthis ECLAC publication Please register if you would like to receive information on our editorialproducts and activities. When you register, you may specify your particularareas of interest and you will gain access to our products in other formats. Register Click on the link below for our social networks andother channels for accessing our publications: https://bit.ly/m/CEPAL Guide for designingmonitoring and evaluationsystems for opengovernment interventions José Manuel Salazar-XirinachsExecutive Secretary Javier Medina VásquezDeputy Executive Secretary a.i.Officer in Charge, Latin American and Caribbean Institutefor Economic and Social Planning (ILPES) Sally ShawChief, Documents and Publications Division The preparation of this document was coordinated by Valeria Torres, Chief of the Public Management and OpenGovernment Area of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES) ofthe Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Its contents were prepared by Juan Pablo Mottola, an ILPES consultant, with support from ILPES researchassistants Dante Arenas, Irene Azócar and Bárbara Silva. Thanks are extended to Humberto Soto de la Rosaand Rodrigo Martínez, both staff members of ECLAC, for their contributions. This publication was produced as part of the United Nations Development Account project “Resilient andinclusive public management systems for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean”. The United Nations and the countries it represents assume no responsibility for the content of links to externalsites in this publication. Mention of any firm names and commercial products or services does not imply endorsement by theUnited Nations or the countries it represents. United Nations publicationISBN: 978-92-1-157880-5 (print)ISBN: 978-92-1-154718-4 (pdf)Sales No.: E.25.II.G.19LC/PUB.2025/28-PDistribution: GCopyright © United Nations, 2026All rights reservedPrinted at United Nations, SantiagoS.2500571[E] This publication should be cited as: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2026). Guidefor designing monitoring and evaluation systems for open government interventions.ECLAC Methodologies(9)(LC/PUB.2025/28-P). Applications for authorization to reproduce this work in whole or in part should be sent to the Economic Commissionfor Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Documents and Publications Division, publicaciones.cepal@un.org.Member States and their governmental institutions may reproduce this work without prior authorization but arerequested to mention the source and to inform ECLAC of such reproduction. Contents Introduction........................................................................................................................7 Chapter IThe conceptual and technical framework........................................................................11 A.Open government...................................................................................................11B.Results-based management and public value.........................................................121.The public value chain....................................................................................132.Public policies as tools for the creation of public value...................................16C.Public policy monitoring and evaluation systems....................................................18 1.The objectives of monitoring and evaluation systems.....................................192.The monitoring function................................................................................203.The evaluation function..................................................................................214.General requirements of monitoring and evaluation systems.........................22 Chapter IIStage 1: Establishment of a political and institutional framework.................................23 Chapter IIIStage 2: Analysis of the initial situation..........................................................................25 Chapter IVStage 3: Defining the components of monitoring and evaluation systems...................27 Harmonizing information supply and demand.........................................................27 A.B.Constituent elements.........................................................................................291.Scope of monitoring and evaluation systems.................................................292.Institutional framework.................................................................................303.Operational framework..................................................................................304.Technical framework.....................................................................................30 Chapter VStage 4: Defining the monitoring strategy..................................................................33 A.Elements of th