As contractors are being recruited to support Malawi Watershed Services Improvement Project (MWASIP) and Malawi Resilience and Disaster Risk Management Project (MRDRMP), the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation team has embarked on putting in place the system that will be providing real time data from the construction sites to the projects’ central server.

The system, known as the Geo-Enabling initiative for Monitoring and Supervision (GEMS) is a low-cost and open source technology for digital real-time data collection and analysis.

As a way of raising awareness of the contractors on the GEMS, the project has embarked on orientation of the contractors on the GEMS so that they should be able to send real time data from the construction site to the central server.

“Using the GEMS tools and methods allows operations to create customized digital M&E systems to enhance the transparency and accountability of implementation across the project cycle. At the same time, GEMS provides platforms for remote supervision, real-time risk & safeguards monitoring, and portfolio mapping for coordination across projects and partners,” Eng. Pacharo Kuntembwe recently said during one of the orientation sessions of the contractors.

MWASIP and MRDRMP are the World Bank funded multi-sectoral projects currently being implemented under the leadership of Ministry of Forestry and Natural Resources.