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The evolution of SINAS has
taken place over nearly 10 years. Experience over this period
demonstrates the importance of considering the political and
institutional context of information systems, with technology
playing a supportive rather than leading role – earlier attempts
which did not take this into account failed. The evolution also
shows how...
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Context 1
... is closely linked to how well SINAS is aligned to the institutional setup. A simplified institutional set up of the water sector that SINAS serves is shown in figure 2. The black full lines show line management and the red dotted lines show where relationships are dependent on collaboration. ...
Context 2
... at improving coordination tended to focus on developing computer software, instead of building capacities and an institutional structure that could sustain the sector monitoring system. Within urban subsector monitoring, substantive changes came about as a result of reforms that created autonomous sector institutions (FIPAG and AIAS, regulated by CRA) as shown in figure 2, but despite these well-conceived reforms, the sector did not get better data immediately. Each institution tended to create its own management information system which served immediate operational monitoring needs but did not provide longer term strategic information for the sector as a whole. ...
Context 3
... institution tended to create its own management information system which served immediate operational monitoring needs but did not provide longer term strategic information for the sector as a whole. There was a lack of clarity in defining the information needed at different levels of government and weak coordination with the autonomous sector institutions The situation as shown in Figure 2 sets the context for some of the major sector challenges that negatively impacted on sector planning, budgeting, resource mobilization and allocation, reporting, and ultimately on the expansion of services. Firstly, sector plans that result from the compilation of provincial plans that in their turn come from the districts were, for many years, inconsistent and lacked credibility. ...
