The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) expects government projects to be implemented more quickly and effectively via a monitoring and evaluation program it is developing with the Department of Science and Technology (DoST). In a press briefing on Wednesday, Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said the Digital Imaging for Monitoring and Evaluation (DIME) program would monitor the status and implementation speed of such projects, especially high-value ones. Not only would the program speed up projects’ completion, it would also reduce wastage, “because now we know exactly the way the project is being done and [its]speed. The announcement on DIME came after DBM and DoST initially monitored sample projects, including the Department of Environment and National Resources’ National Greening Program and the Department of Health’s Health Facilities Enhancement Program, last year. Their findings allowed the Budget department to evaluate projects’ status and recommend the continuation or suspension of their funding, as well as initiate improvements.

Source: Manila Times March 07, 2018 16:52 UTC