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Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Project: Assessing Democracy Assistance
Evaluation Date: September 2011
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Target beneficiaries were all groups committed, whatever their differences, to promoting democracy. Groups opposing democracy were by definition, not targeted by the project, and it is such groups that are often the real barrier to democratic development.

Theme: Tools for knowledge
Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Georgia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)   democracy, opposition
Project: Assessing Democracy Assistance
Evaluation Date: September 2011
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Weigh the advantages and disadvantages of book or journal special issue publication. Papers can quite quickly become outdated. But publishing through a leading academic press, can add credibility and reach.

Theme: Tools for knowledge
Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Georgia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)   relevance, research
Project: Assessing Democracy Assistance
Evaluation Date: September 2011
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

All funders in the development assistance field, whether government agencies or private foundations, have shied away from funding research. The result was a cleavage between research as it would more traditionally be considered in the social, political and (more recent and largely Anglo-American) policy sciences, and programme design and implementation.

Theme: Tools for knowledge
Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Georgia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)   academic, design, research
Project: Assessing Democracy Assistance
Evaluation Date: September 2011
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

The project highlights the benefit to UNDEF from working with first-class partners who can produce first-class outputs on
schedule. There is a role for field-based, local NGO implemented projects, often in very challenging circumstances, but there is a role, as well, for global projects implemented in partnership with known global players.

Theme: Tools for knowledge
Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Georgia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)   global, partners, quality
Project: Assessing Democracy Assistance
Evaluation Date: September 2011
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

By financing part of the first systematic canvassing of views of democracy aid recipients, UNDEF contributed to improving the quality of democracy assistance worldwide, a highly relevant activity.

Theme: Tools for knowledge
Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Georgia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)   assistance, democracy
Project: Assessing Democracy Assistance
Evaluation Date: September 2011
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Taking advantage of the high degree of flexibility in UNDEF projects, FRIDE was able to work with the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies to organize a high profile democracy event six months following the Egyptian Revolution.

Theme: Tools for knowledge
Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Georgia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)   agility, revolution

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