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Project: Empowering Civil Society to Monitor Development Programmes in Tanzania
Evaluation Date: December 2012
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

The annual CSO forum, which was expected to become the Dodoma region’s future driver of advocacy and lobbying for local development planning and implementation, did not take place. The grantee in Tanzania was unable to ensure ongoing coordination to secure the participation of district-level government representatives.

Theme: Community activism
Tanzania, United Republic of   government, inclusive
Project: Empowering Civil Society to Monitor Development Programmes in Tanzania
Evaluation Date: December 2012
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Only two thirds of the targeted 180 civil society organization members in Tanzania completed the training on policy dialogue and advocacy of development programme issues. To ensure impact the grantee should have made a greater effort to involve a higher number of civil society organizations in lobbying of government.

Theme: Community activism
Tanzania, United Republic of   impact, lobbying
Project: Empowering Civil Society to Monitor Development Programmes in Tanzania
Evaluation Date: December 2012
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

The project’s baseline needs assessment revealed that development projects at the local level depended on external support. This dependence on external resources could undermine self-initiative in the villages that the grantee was unable to reach.

Theme: Community activism
Tanzania, United Republic of   development, resources
Project: Empowering Civil Society to Monitor Development Programmes in Tanzania
Evaluation Date: December 2012
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

The civil society organizations in Tanzania networked with each other and were prepared to coordinate development priorities when lobbying for development planning at the district level. Members of the local community advocated for their needs during village-level meetings and through lobbying at district government levels. There is also evidence demonstrating early stages of participation in the monitoring of development programme processes.

UNDEF/ Tanzania
Theme: Community activism
Tanzania, United Republic of   development, grassroots, knowledge
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
Project: Democratizing governance for development: LDC civil society engagement
Evaluation Date: August 2012
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Over-reliance on one person’s credibility and profile is a risk. Succession planning, especially in between major events – like the international conferences on Least Developed Countries –  should be a priority.

Theme: Community activism
Angola, 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   credibility, staff, sustainability
Project: Democratizing governance for development: LDC civil society engagement
Evaluation Date: August 2012
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

The impact of the project activities on the LDC-IV outcome document is questionable. Few respondents considered that CSO efforts had translated into impact on the outcome of LDC-IV (the IP0A), which is essentially a political outcome decided by governments.

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, government
Project: Democratizing governance for development: LDC civil society engagement
Evaluation Date: August 2012
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

The reality is that CSOs/NGOs have more influence on policy and practice at national level, and that their major contribution to international and UN processes most often comes when their advocacy has been effective on their national government whose delegation will then carry this into governmental debate and processes such as outcome documents.

Theme: Community activism
Angola, Bhutan, Cambodia, Djibouti, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Tanzania, United Republic of, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia   influence, policy
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