Annual Report on the National Evaluation System 2024/2025

The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) presents this Annual Report to update on South Africa’s National Evaluation System (NES). The report draws on administrative records of the DPME and inputs from national departments and provincial Offices of the Premier. The report highlights progress on key aspects in the implementation of the National Evaluation Policy Framework (NEPF), which are evaluation planning and implementation, key findings and recommendations, follow-up on Improvement Plans, capacity development, partnerships and stakeholder engagement. During 2024/2025, the DPME concentrated on phasing out the implementation of the National Evaluation Plan (NEP) 2020 – 2025. The year was primarily one of consolidation and laying the groundwork for the next cycle. In summary, highlights for the reporting period include the following: Phasing out on the implementation of the NEP 2020-2025 Overall, 18 (72%) of the planned 25 evaluations in the NEP 2020 – 2025 have been finalised.