Haiti Justice Sector Strengthening Program Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Plan

The project's goal is to professionalize, make independent, and efficient the Haitian justice sector, advancing core justice system strengthening while building the foundations of judicial reform, fostering political support, and addressing relevant justice issues in the short to medium term. To achieve this goal, JSSP has four overarching objectives: (1) improving the legal, policy, and regulatory framework, (2) strengthening the judiciary as an independent, credible, and effective authority, (3) improving access to justice and protection of rights, and (4) strengthening civil society constituencies for reform. The project targets the following jurisdictions: Port-au-Prince, Croix-des-Bouquets, Saint-Marc, Cap-Haitien, and Fort-Liberte. The project's logic is demonstrated through its result framework, which shows the logical, causal relationships between the different levels of anticipated results. The project goal is directly linked with the USG's foreign assistance objective of governing justly and democratically. The results framework demonstrates the logical, causal relationships between the different levels of anticipated results. JSSP will contribute to the achievement of the "Post-Earthquake USG Haiti Strategy Toward Renewal and Economic Opportunity," under Pillar D, Governance and Rule of Law. The project contributes to the second objective of the 2015 U.S. government's (USG) Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review by promoting the rule of law, enhancing access to justice, and defending human rights and the inclusion of marginalized and vulnerable groups. The project's development hypothesis will be confirmed after completion of baseline data collection and assessments. The draft development hypothesis is that if the enabling environment for justice is modernized and improved, justice sector institutions are strengthened, pathways to justice services for protection of human rights are expanded, and civil society groups can mobilize constituencies for reform, then Haitian citizens will be more able to access quality justice services. The project's theory of change is that by engaging project counterparts in planning and having them identify the resources and commitments they will bring to the effort, and providing phased assistance in stages based on counterpart demonstration of participation, project resources will be maximized and interventions sustained. Effective monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) requires that project results and indicators be set early and tracked and analyzed consistently to determine whether goals are being met and, if not, to provide sufficient information to understand why not and correct the course of action. The JSSP team will use data collected to determine whether the project is meeting its performance requirements, inform decision-making, and improve management and implementation. The performance indicator tracking table (PITT) includes performance indicators, targets, data sources and collection methods, frequency of data collection, and disaggregations. The MEL plan results will be used to regularly update and collaborate with relevant stakeholders, including USAID, to analyze change and learn from our data and adapt future activities to ensure achievement of results. The project's monitoring system description outlines the methodology for monitoring and evaluation, which includes data collection and analysis, data management, reporting, and baseline data collection plan. The MEL plan describes JSSP's methodology for monitoring and evaluation and will be used to plan and manage the collection of performance data and measure the success of the project in expanding Haitian citizens' access to quality justice services. The project's objectives are to improve the legal, policy, and regulatory framework, strengthen the judiciary as an independent, credible, and effective authority, improve access to justice and protection of rights, and strengthen civil society constituencies for reform. The project targets the following jurisdictions: Port-au-Prince, Croix-des-Bouquets, Saint-Marc, Cap-Haitien, and Fort-Liberte.