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Project: Towards Collaborative and Transparent Local Development Planning
Evaluation Date: December 2015
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The project avoided the political dimension of decentralization, although its consideration would have been important to ensure relevance over time. While the project helped local areas to move towards a decentralized governance system, steps remain to be taken to institute genuine decentralization – particularly the election of local officials and adequate transfer of resources. Therefore the inclusion of an advocacy component would have greatly strengthened the programme.

Theme: Community activism

Togo advocacy, decentralization, governance

Project: Towards Collaborative and Transparent Local Development Planning
Evaluation Date: December 2015
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

There was no reference system to measure or determine at the end of the project the level of understanding or observe the changes that may have occurred as a result of the project. The effectiveness of the awareness-raising work carried out through village meetings and radio programmes remains unclear. Similarly, it is difficult to assess whether the training courses, which provided a brief overview of governance issues, achieved real change.

Theme: Community activism

Togo change, metrics

Project: Towards Collaborative and Transparent Local Development Planning
Evaluation Date: December 2015
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The grantee’s ongoing programme a decentralized rural development programme – has overshadowed the governance elements of the UNDEF specific project. Overall, however, the UNDEF-financed sections were effective in strengthening community-based consultative bodies for local development and dialogue between these bodies and local officials.

Theme: Community activism

Togo impact, results

Project: Towards Collaborative and Transparent Local Development Planning
Evaluation Date: December 2015
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The project aimed to strengthen decentralized structures and systems before decisions had been made by the authorities on how decentralization would work. The grantee’s overall support programme also depended on the consent of local officials to participate which was not always forthcoming.

Theme: Community activism

Togo consent, decentralize, local

Project: Towards Collaborative and Transparent Local Development Planning
Evaluation Date: December 2015
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Although the project activities were carried out before the government decided on the type of local structures to be created, they served as a platform between prefectural development groups and village development committees. These platforms continue to be used by local communities and officials, as well as by other donors / NGOs for policy dialogue and project implementation. This means that the experience gained in governance and democracy through the project and the programme of which it was part, can be sustainable.

Theme: Community activism

Togo sustainability, village development

Project: Towards Collaborative and Transparent Local Development Planning
Evaluation Date: December 2015
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The project prompted some local citizens to ask their officials about how their taxes were spent to meet local needs. Local officials attributed an improvement in the collection of tax revenues to this programme, which could be explained with the local population’s better understanding of how the development process works.

Theme: Community activism

Togo services, tax

Project: Towards Collaborative and Transparent Local Development Planning
Evaluation Date: December 2015
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The project in Togo funded several micro-projects, enabling the participants to carry out their planning actions and observe visible results from their efforts. This source of motivation was probably the main reason for their continued involvement.

Theme: Community activism

Togo local development, ownership

Project: Action Program for the involvement of religious leaders and community opinion leaders in promoting democracy and sustaining peace in Togo
Evaluation Date: October 2011
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The grantee should have established structures to ensure that weaknesses and difficulties encountered will be avoided in the future. In particular the organization should ensure that financial controls check payments for administrative appropriateness and also in terms of their relevance to project objectives. In addition, project strategy and design should be coordinated with other non-governmental organizations working on human rights and democracy.

Theme: Rule of law

Togo finance

Project: Action Program for the involvement of religious leaders and community opinion leaders in promoting democracy and sustaining peace in Togo
Evaluation Date: October 2011
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The results of the project in Togo were significantly less than planned for in the budget. It is clear that the project enabled the grantee to rent and furnish premises and to pay its staff for 24 months. In addition, the vast majority linked their participation in the existence of financial compensation. The project did therefore not meet the criterion of sustainability.

Theme: Rule of law

Togo budget, sustainability

Project: Action Program for the involvement of religious leaders and community opinion leaders in promoting democracy and sustaining peace in Togo
Evaluation Date: October 2011
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

In terms of familiarization with human rights and democracy, the project may have had a positive impact among the community and religious leaders who participated in the training sessions in Togo. It was, however, impossible to identify specific impacts of the project activities on the wider target groups of parish and community members. The same applies to women leaders: those who participated in training may have benefitted in terms of knowledge, but the project managers could not identify specific changes in women’s participation in public affairs that could have been attributable to the project.

Theme: Rule of law

Togo impact, religion, training

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