• Home
  • Lesson Browser
  • About
  • Feedback
  • UNDEF

Mozambique

Project: Development of Sustainable Voter Registration Methodologies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Evaluation Date: November 2011
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Despite positive aspects of relevance, the ultimate barriers to free and fair elections in Africa and elsewhere are political, not technological. That being said, the logical framework of the project explicitly targeted the elections community, not the actual or potential voters, who, of course, were reasonably considered to be indirect beneficiaries of the project.

Theme: Tools for knowledge
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa   politics, technology
Project: Development of Sustainable Voter Registration Methodologies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Evaluation Date: November 2011
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

However, Electoral Management Bodies were viewed primarily as interviewees and workshop participants, and all activities were implemented by international practitioners. It is hard to see the capacity building here. The original project document and logframe did not include activities to assess or monitor voter registation practices

Theme: Tools for knowledge
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa   capacity, international
Project: Development of Sustainable Voter Registration Methodologies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Evaluation Date: November 2011
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

The incorporation of the specific voter registration findings matrix into other programmes also enhanceds sustainability. For example the BRIDGE programme has a unique curriculum designed to reach all direct and indirect electoral stakeholders, including CSOs, local observers, the media, electoral monitoring groups.

Theme: Tools for knowledge
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa   impact, research
Project: Development of Sustainable Voter Registration Methodologies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Evaluation Date: November 2011
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

The use of well-qualified project members who stayed involved to the end of the project also contributed to its effectiveness. The mapping and database researcher and case study consultants, as well as the reference panel members, had hands-on experience with voter registration methodologies in different African countries with different languages and election logistics.

Theme: Tools for knowledge
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa   management, staffing
Project: Development of Sustainable Voter Registration Methodologies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Evaluation Date: November 2011
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Hands-on project management and close supervision of activities played a key role. All planned activities were carefully organized by the project management team. All project files seen by the evaluator show that each activity was the object of specific methodological guidance, setting priorities, identifying needs, and determining how to meet these goals.

Theme: Tools for knowledge
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa   needs, project management
Project: Development of Sustainable Voter Registration Methodologies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Evaluation Date: November 2011
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

One of the project’s main contributions was to show that each country’s political, demographical and historical backgrounds are unique and that voter registration systems cannot be adopted without in-depth consideration of all national specificities. The same system can work perfectly in one country but fail in a neighboring one.

Theme: Tools for knowledge
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa   technology, voter registration
Project: Development of Sustainable Voter Registration Methodologies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Evaluation Date: November 2011
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

The project clearly added value at a time when elections in African countries are sometimes jeopardized by a lack of voter registration methodologies and the public’s distrust of technology for example in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cote d’Ivoire. Acknowledging that no single voter registration system is appropriate in all cases and that there is no literature on the subject were major steps that no other donors had ever supported.

Theme: Tools for knowledge
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa   context, technology, voting
Project: Democratizing governance for development: LDC civil society engagement
Evaluation Date: August 2012
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

The relevance of the project is questionable, however, in relation to the capacity building and empowerment of constituent CSOs who participated in the project. Insufficient attention was paid to the capacity-building needs of the CSO partners.

Theme: Community activism
Angola, Bhutan, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Tanzania, United Republic of, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia   capacity, partners
Project: Democratizing governance for development: LDC civil society engagement
Evaluation Date: August 2012
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

The evaluators believed that the grantee cannot simply continue advocacy actions but must put in place a strategy and work plan that reflect the needs of its members and that might include actions – like training and information processes – that donors would consider funding.

Theme: Community activism
Angola, Bhutan, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Tanzania, United Republic of, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia   advocacy, funding, strategy
Project: Democratizing governance for development: LDC civil society engagement
Evaluation Date: August 2012
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

The value of the grantee as a coordinating body is not in dispute, however its members do not pay fees and it has no way to raise funds other than through projects submitted to donors.

Theme: Community activism
Angola, Bhutan, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Tanzania, United Republic of, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia   coordination, sustainability
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • »

Subscribe to UNDEF Newsletter

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use