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Project: Democracy for Women’s Rights in Sindh, Pakistan
Evaluation Date: October 2011
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

A positive factor for the sustainability of the project was the established track record of the grantee in the target communities. The grantee’s familiarity with local culture and institutions, its position of trust in communities, and its expertise all contributed to project success. The NGO has also proven its ability to attract funding.

Theme: Women's empowerment

Pakistan credibility, sustainability

Project: Democracy for Women’s Rights in Sindh, Pakistan
Evaluation Date: October 2011
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

An especially important impact of the project was that it encouraged a large number of women to obtain national identity cards, a potentially life-changing event for many. During the 2010 floods in this area there had been a general awareness raising of the rights associated with identity cards but the project converted this general knowledge into a concrete entitlement to public relief.

Theme: Women's empowerment

Pakistan identity, rights

Project: Youth Action for Democracy (YAD) - Strengthening Democracy by Empowering Youth in Pakistan
Evaluation Date: May 2014
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The website that was reportedly created for the project was no longer accessible due to the expiration of the domain. There was a record of some project activities on the grantee’s Facebook page, but those posts are very dated and not easy to find.

Theme: Youth engagement

Pakistan exit strategy, sustainability, technology, website

Project: Youth Action for Democracy (YAD) - Strengthening Democracy by Empowering Youth in Pakistan
Evaluation Date: May 2014
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

There was very little hard data available for the evaluators’ use. The Final Narrative Report was not completed until more than a year after the project was finished and the report was completed by remaining grantee staff and youth district managers, primarily on recollection and what was in the midterm report. If the grantee recorded activity level data, this did not appear to have been systematically collected and aggregated or used for project management or monitoring purposes.

Theme: Youth engagement

Pakistan data, management, monitoring

Project: Strengthening Youth, Minority and Women’s Organizations in Pakistan
Evaluation Date: June 2016
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

There was no information available on expenditures beyond the final financial report, which stated that there were no major deviations between the planned budget and their expenditures. However, without more information, the evaluators are unable to assess the actual use of the budget, its compliance to the program design or its cost effectiveness.

Theme: Youth engagement

Pakistan budget, evaluation, monitoring

Project: Strengthening Youth, Minority and Women’s Organizations in Pakistan
Evaluation Date: June 2016
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Only some partners seemed to have signed Memorandums of Understanding at the start of the project, and none reported having had regular project management meetings. Reliance on existing relationships with some focal points and CSOs also contributed to a level of informality that affected all aspects of the project and likely its conformance to the project document.

Theme: Youth engagement

Pakistan MOU, project management

Project: Strengthening Youth, Minority and Women’s Organizations in Pakistan
Evaluation Date: June 2016
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Project management, reporting, monitoring and evaluation systems were inadequate for a development project that required tracking results, monitoring implementation and reporting on performance so as to make sure that the project was within budget and able to make payments promptly.

Theme: Youth engagement

Pakistan budget, evaluate, monitoring

Project: Strengthening Youth, Minority and Women’s Organizations in Pakistan
Evaluation Date: June 2016
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The grantee gave out double the number of seed grants anticipated to CSOs in 20 project- and two non-project districts in Pakistan. No information on the amounts was provided but several organizations appeared to have received multiple grants with four CSOs implementing 20 percent of the activities listed.

Theme: Youth engagement

Pakistan funding, monitoring, sub grant

Project: Strengthening Youth, Minority and Women’s Organizations in Pakistan
Evaluation Date: June 2016
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Pre-and post-training questionnaires were collected for the training of trainers, which according to the grantee showed that 92.5% of participants had significantly better understanding and knowledge on democracy. The data from these tests were not available for the evaluators to review, but several CSO participants noted that that no differentiation was made in trainings between those who were already experienced trainers and novices.

Theme: Youth engagement

Pakistan assessment, needs, training

Project: Strengthening Youth, Minority and Women’s Organizations in Pakistan
Evaluation Date: June 2016
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Most CSOs interviewed appeared to have participated in only one or two project activities, so the actual extent of the training and district level workshop activities is uncertain. There appeared to be no follow up to the trainings or to the issues identified in district workshops/forums. The trainings themselves did not appear to have been delivered on the basis of need.

Theme: Youth engagement

Pakistan impact, training

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