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Project: Empowering Local CSOs in Yemen through Participation in Local Governance
Evaluation Date: May 2015
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Project staff had a good relationship with ministry officials which should lay the groundwork for future collaboration. The few weaknesses in project management may largely be ascribed to difficult logistical conditions, which limited the capacity to coordinate between the capital, Sana’a and the governorates. In the context of Yemen in the project period, the quality of management was impressive. The project management was pro-active and internal accountability mechanisms were appropriate.

Theme: Community activism

Project: Water and sanitation for all: for a strong and heard civil society in West Africa
Evaluation Date: April 2016
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The project achieved genuine added value, despite the risks inherent to activities thinly spread across eight countries. Project management was good, the grantee’s management team was committed and effective, as demonstrated by the level of satisfaction with management expressed by participating platforms’ representatives.

Theme: Interaction with government

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo commitment, management

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: Promoting democratic and human rights values among Rwandan youth
Evaluation Date: February 2014
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

A project team made up of the grantee’s Executive Director and the Project Director was responsible for project management, while relevant board members provided strategic direction. The team was widely appreciated by project participants and trainers for its willingness to engage with them and its pro-active approach to dealing with young people’s concerns and needs. The quality of project management was also visible in how the grantee dealt with the political sensitivity of the issues raised.

Theme: Youth engagement

Rwanda management, politics

Project: Enhancing the Functional Protection of Human Rights in Ethiopia
Evaluation Date: May 2012
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Although the international grantee was not permitted to set up office in country, the capacity building activities were effectively implemented. However, some project activities such as the training of trainers were not adequately followed up, and others such as the study visits were reported to have been insufficiently planned. The grantee’s project management could have helped by integrating the views of consultant trainers, and partners/beneficiaries. Regular project management review meetings with partners’ senior representatives could have served to take stock of activities and ensure follow-up.

Theme: Rule of law

Ethiopia consultants, management, staffing

Project: Expanding and Fortifying Local Democracy through the People’s Council in the Philippines
Evaluation Date: January 2016
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The project ran its operations efficiently and smoothly, for the most part. The grantee took complete responsibility for management and finance. Memoranda of understanding were signed with all partners and these provided a solid basis for partnership. All partners and beneficiaries were positive about the grantee, not only on the technical support provided, but also on the management of logistics and resources. Generally, the project’s human and financial resources were used appropriately and with care in support of intended results.

Theme: Community activism

Philippines management, MOU, results

Project: Strengthening Participation of Women in Geographically Deprived Communities in Local Governance in Ghana
Evaluation Date: June 2017
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

In future similar projects in Ghana there should be more focus and resources given to capacity building, to support training on CSO management, the development of board charters for CSOs, training on proposal writing training and basic financial management for CSOs.

Theme: Women's empowerment

Ghana capacity, management

Project: Pour une Diplomatie Non Gouvernementale
Evaluation Date: March 2012
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

A partnership contract was drawn up by the project with each partner specifying its function, its responsibility and the management methods and the timetable for carrying out the activities. In addition to ensuring the administrative and financial management of the project, the grantee ensured that each partner has relevant monitoring tools.

Theme: Community activism

Brazil, Chile, Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, Morocco, Senegal, United States of America management, sustainability

Project: Empowering Civil Society and Women to Engage in Policy Processes
Evaluation Date: August 2011
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

One of the grantee’s implementation partners perpetrated significant fraud and had to be excluded from the project. Thanks to the solvency of the grantee, its organisation was able to find appropriate solutions to respond to these situations: using its own funds, it paid out an amount equivalent to the fraud in order to guarantee the implementation of the activities that had been initially planned. Financial and technical follow-up procedures were developed to ensure transparency in the management and to guarantee a good level of efficiency. Moreover, the grantee provided support and reinforcement of the capabilities of its implementation partners in financial and technical areas as well as in managing human resources.

Theme: Women's empowerment

Honduras finance, management, transparency

Project: Promoting democratic dialogue and social cohesion in the Western region of Côte d'Ivoire
Evaluation Date: January 2016
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The project was appropriately financially and administratively managed. The project team was competent and committed; and its pro-active attitude contributed to the success of the project. The support given to the by the grantee’s senior management team was also a factor of success.

Theme: Community activism

Côte d'Ivoire management, staffing

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