Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN)

The Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN) is a network of 16 donor countries that share an interest in jointly assessing the organizational effectiveness of the major multilateral organizations they fund. These countries also share information and draw on each other's experience in monitoring and evaluation.

Canada is a founding member of this fast-growing network. Other members include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Perception-based survey

Since 2003, MOPAN had carried out an annual perception-based survey, capturing information on multilateral organizational effectiveness at the country level. (MOPAN defines organizational effectiveness as being organized to support clients/partners to produce and deliver expected results.) That survey assessed multilateral organizations in a range of developing countries over time and relied on one source of data: the perceptions of MOPAN member embassies or country office representatives.

Common Approach assessment

In 2009, MOPAN adopted a new methodology — the Common Approach. The annual survey was expanded to include the views of national partners of multilateral organizations at the country level (such as government ministries, non-governmental organizations, or private sector corporations) and MOPAN members at headquarters. The Common Approach takes a systematic look at the effectiveness of internal systems and processes. Multilateral organizations are now assessed on four dimensions of organizational effectiveness:

• Strategic
• Operational
• Relationship
• Knowledge management

Beginning in 2010, MOPAN also included a review of documents published by the multilateral organizations surveyed to provide additional information on effectiveness.

The Common Approach assessment:

• Generates relevant and credible information that MOPAN members can use to meet their accountability requirements
• Supports dialogue between donors, multilateral organizations and their partners at the country level on how to improve effectiveness and learning
• Responds to the recognized need for a common, comprehensive multilateral organization assessment system

MOPAN Common Approach 2012

This year, six organizations — the African Development Bank, GAVI Alliance, UNAIDS, United Nations Development Programme, UNICEF and the World Bank — are being assessed.

For more information

• MOPAN