The CARICOM delegation sought to emphasize the importance of disaggregation in the utilization of the Results Based Management System.

According to the delegation, the approach will enable better planning and tracking of programs and initiatives in an effort to ensure the desired results are obtained.

Consultant on the CARICOM Results Based Management (RBM) System, Evan Green, explained that the implementation of the system will allow policy makers to first analyze the results they are seeking in rolling out an initiative. According to Green this assists with ensuring that all the necessary resources are put in place in an effort to successfully complete all projects.

The RBM System has a greater emphasis on planning, monitoring and reporting, but in a disaggregated format. Green indicated that the approach utilized often focuses on disaggregation whether it be by income level, gender or geographic area.

“Disaggregation means also setting targets that are based on these disaggregated areas, so maybe you are trying to target a particular group, whether they’re economic groups, sex groups, sector, thematic, and planning to count in a disaggregated way.”

It is hoped that this approach will improve approaching an issue without proper planning. The RBM approach is described as systematic, one that enables policy makers to better target groups and make optimum use of resources to achieve specified results and even track the impact of the programs.

CARICOM’s Director of Strategic Management, Craig Beresford, emphasized the importance of disaggregation to policy formulation

“As we implement the decisions, we want to understand how it is impacting the different groups, and it will allow us now to feed that information into policy formulation where we can make adjustments.”

The Government of Saint Lucia has since indicated its intention to make internal changes, allowing it to benefit fully from the implementation of the RBM system.