report on the Econonlc Comnlsalon fon Afrlca t5l,'tne JIU drew atcentlon to the lack of a nonltorlng and evaluallon systen for ECA as a i.hole and reconEended tha! na s[all unl!n, atLached to the cablnet of the Executlve Secretary 'tshoui.d be urgently e8labJ.lshed to develop a nonltorlng and evaluatlon syslenr'. tlnttl recently, lhe recooBendatlon had nol been lEpledented. It now seena that a DocuEent, E/ECA/CM.I1/11 dared I Aprll l'985. JIV / REP | 82 / l, paragraphs 43-45, and recounendatlon 5 ( c ) . 16lra modesl start 1s belng oade j.n this regard: pursuan! !o a nesolutlon of the ECAConference of l,Entsters (resolutlon 500/XIx) and foLlor.ring lnternal redeployEent,a P-4 staff menber ln the cablnet of lhe Exscutlve Secretary haa been Dade,responslble for evaluJtion. Ctven lhe urgency of enguring that the inplenenta-tlon of the Decade prograo.De be properly evaluated - slnce futune ECA work 1nihe area of transport and coo[unlcatlon, r,hether in lhe frameHork of a second Decad€ or otherwise, dependa on a sound assessnent of lhe resulls of the Decade -lt 1s recomended !ha!: (a) the above-oentloned evaluatlon speciallst, worklng ctosely i.rtth the Decade secretarlat, sbould Elve prlonlty attentlon to the developm6nt of a methodol.ogy and procedures of evaluatlon adapted to the n6eds of lhe DecadeproSraqule . (b) A report on the pnobLeds of evaluatLng the Decade prograque, preparedin consultatlon erlth the African secgoral organj.zatlons and the organiza!j.onsof the United Nallons aysten, and a work progranne lor an in-depth end-of- Decade evaluatlon shouLd be subnlited to the 1986 ECA ninlsterlal oeetlng andto the Conference of l,tlnlsters of Transport and ComEunlcatlons (see also para- g!.aph 102 below ) . (c) An evaluatl on of the efflclency of the Decade secretarlat, (both TCDand UNTACDA) should te made by the saoe slaff menber and eubnltted to the above- menlioned -i.ntergoveff oental bodtes fn 1986. Thls siudy should contain an