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Project: Civic Education and Civil Society Empowerment in Remote Areas in Myanmar
Evaluation Date: December 2012
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Trainings were viewed as inflexible and were not tailored to regional issues. The same curriculum was used across all trainings, regardless of the local context. Training would have been more effective if it had not used a traditional lecture-based teaching style and allowed for more group discussion and consensus building. The number subjects covered should have been carefully assessed and on the basis of lessons learnt by trainers, trimmed down to a lesser number. Training would have gained in depth and in substance and could have had more value for participants.

Theme: Community activism

Myanmar audience, curriculum, training

Project: Nigeria Procurement Monitoring Project
Evaluation Date: April 2012
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The project workshop covered a great deal of complex and challenging material on an intensive basis over two long days. Although materials were circulated in advance, according to participants, only those with a good prior knowledge of procurement and some understanding of the legal provisions of the Public Procurement Act would have been able to benefit fully from the workshop. Given the centrality of this activity to the project, it would have been sensible to eliminate at least one other activity in order to fully support this one.

Theme: Interaction with government

Nigeria ambition, curriculum, technical, workshop

Project: Youth as Agents of Democratic Change through Knowledge and Information Acquisition and Exchange in Laos
Evaluation Date: June 2014
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Bio-diversity and indigenous knowledge topics (local customs and traditions) have made their way into the education curriculum of primary schools in more provinces and are taught by more teachers than expected in Laos.

Theme: Youth engagement

Lao People's Democratic Republic culture, engagement, motivate

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: Strengthening Somali Media Capacity for Democracy and Human Rights
Evaluation Date: October 2011
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Many junior journalists often lack basic training in journalism – and not only awareness of rights, good governance. The grantee could have included more practical exercises in the training curriculum. Other forms of training, such as mentoring of junior journalists by more senior one, should also be considered.

UNDEF/ Somalia

Theme: Media

Somalia journalism, mentoring, pedagogy, skills

Project: Enhancing the Capacity for Inclusive Local Governance through Synergies and Sustainable Linkages between Communities and Government in North Afghanistan
Evaluation Date: April 2013
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Project strategy for training was well-prepared, taking account of the needs and characteristics of potential trainees in the area. The training-of-trainers course, training curriculum and methodology, all designed by a contracted provider, appear to have been well-done, and matched appropriately to trainee learning needs and capabilities of the beneficiaries in Afghanistan.

Theme: Community activism

Afghanistan design, training

Project: Empowering people through citizens’ journalism in Albania
Evaluation Date: October 2011
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The University of Elbasan thought association with the project helped increase the value of their communications programme as it provided activities for students that they could not afford on the school’s budget. This gave their school an edge over other universities which they said already attracted students from all over Albania in addition to students from the region (such as Kosovo and Montenegro). The Marlin Barleti University hopes that being the recipient of the project radio equipment and YouRadio portal will do the same for it. Both universities spoke of incorporating aspects of the project’s training manual and on community radio into their communications curriculum. If this is done, then the principles expressed in the training will be replicated in classes to come.

Theme: Media

Albania education, leverage, sustainability

Project: Access to Justice and Human Rights Education (Rwanda)
Evaluation Date: September 2013
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

One factor limiting the relevance of the project was that the university law students involved in the Legal Aid Clinic were not individually graded. Their activities in the project ultimately had no impact on them obtaining credits toward their education or their law degree, thus reducing the relevance of the project to the students themselves.

Theme: Rule of law

Rwanda law, universities

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