The African Development Bank (ADB) chose Mozambique to join a digital data supervision system known as the RASME project (Remote Appraisal Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation), making it the sixth African country to benefit from the tool that improves data collection. data related to projects in remote areas.
RASME is an AfDB program in partnership with Geo-Enabling of the World Bank for the Monitoring and Supervision of KoBoToolbox teams. With the accession of Mozambique, the program will offer the collection of digital data to be used for the RASME project, where it is based on the KoBoToolbox platform, which is an open source ICT solution developed by researchers affiliated with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.
This initiative uses mobile devices and personal computers to allow Bank staff to remotely collect digital project data directly from the field, all this in real time, and where the crisis caused by Covid-19 has accentuated the need for collection tools. remote data.
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Mozambique's accession to the platform was witnessed by the country's Minister of Economy and Finance, Carla Louveira, as well as the national manager of the AfDB, César Mba Abogo.
"The operationalization of RASME will strengthen the capacity to supervise and monitor project implementation and support a more effective decision-making process.“, said Carla Louveira.
According to what was revealed in the official launch, this implementation of RASME will be driven by the AfDB's Corporate IT department, in partnership with the World Bank team from the Geo-Enabling for Monitoring and Supervision (GEMS) – Fragility, Conflict, and Violence (FCV) in partnership with the KoBoToolbox foundation.
"The African Development Bank is determined to help Africa rebuild boldly but smartly, paying greater attention to quality growth. This forces the Bank to constantly reset itself and innovate to meet the challenges facing the continent. RASME is part of this restart, of this spirit of innovation that characterizes our institution and which, in this case, is supported by the effectiveness of this resource that we have seen in the experience of other institutions “, said Abongo.
It should be noted that in November 2021 the African Development RASME was implemented in five countries in the Central African region, namely, Gabon, Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Central African Republic.
