Which of the following is a responsibility of Specialists/Advisors?

• A. Support programme evaluability by facilitating the development of a coherent results framework and a monitoring system.
• B. Lead the day-to-day management of the project.
• C. Approve the final project closure.
• D. Negotiate project funding with donors.

Answer: (A)

Specialists and Advisors bring the technical guidance needed to make a program measurable and assessable. They help shape a coherent results framework that clearly links activities to outputs and outcomes, and they assist in setting up a monitoring system with defined indicators, baselines, targets, and data plans. This clarity is what makes evaluability possible—so progress and impact can be tracked, learned from, and reported with credible evidence.

Day-to-day project management is the realm of the project manager and the delivery team, who handle execution, scheduling, resources, and risk. Approving the final project closure is typically done by governance bodies or the client, not by technical specialists. Negotiating funding with donors falls under fundraising or senior leadership responsibilities.