Monitoring, Evaluation, and Benefits Management for the UK's investments in the European Space

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Brief Description of Requirement UKSA requires monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the spend that UKSA commits to ESA programmes at the three-yearly Ministerial Councils . There are two overarching aims of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the UK's investments in ESA.

Firstly, it should allow UKSA to be held accountable for the c.70% of the annual budget that is currently allocated to spending on ESA programmes. Frequent provision of monitoring outputs will inform benefits management , which itself allows for an assessment of progress towards realising the intended effects of the spending. Evaluation will facilitate the transparent provision of information on the overall impacts and value of the UK's investments in ESA, providing evidence of effectiveness for, e.g., Spending Reviews and parliamentary committees.