OBJECTIVES: to evaluate the implementation of the Strengthening of Technical Capacity in Monitoring and Evaluation Project at a State Department of Health and thereby assessing the degree to which the program has been introduced and the influence of the political and institutional context. METHODS: an evaluative implementation analysis study was carried out using the theoretical concepts proposed by Denis & Champagne (1997) and Matus (1987; 1996). These concepts form the basis of the analysis and allow for dialogue between theories of evaluation and planning. RESULTS: 80% of the project was found to have been implemented, 91% in the field of technical financial management, 95% in information and communications, and only 56% in the field of integration. CONCLUSIONS: implementation of the program was found to be satisfactory, thereby corroborating the Government Project and the Government Capacity. Although a certain degree of governability had been achieved, limitations were identified regarding insufficient integration of sectors, difficulties in relation to the department in the capital city and electoral changes, which explain the partial implementation of the Integration component of Monitoring and Evaluation.
Health evaluation; Program evaluation; Institutionalization; Primary health care
