On Monday, 13 February, President Danilo Medina met with his 22 cabinet members to review the first reports of the System of Monitoring and Measurement of Public Management initiative being implemented by each of the ministries to ensure that the presidential promises and commitments are being met.
The system measures the progress of the implementation of government programs and determines which programs have met the pre-established goals and estimates the degree to which targeted users or beneficiaries of the programs are satisfied.
Details of the meeting were presented by Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo, who explained that each minister shared their progress reports with the President. Montalvo indicated the heads of public agencies will soon meet with President Medina to provide updates on the early findings of the system, covering a wide range of government services and programs. He said that the system outlines a clear chain of command and a high level of transparency in each institution in the implementation of government programs.
Montalvo detailed that there are 224 tasks in the system and another 56 will be added. He highlighted that not only was the controls system innovative, but it was considered the first of its kind to be implemented in Latin America.
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15 February 2017
