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Project: Promoting Participatory Governance and the Rule of Law in South Kivu
Evaluation Date: January 2022
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

The methodology of this evaluation (remotely, through the collection of evaluation data by a team of investigators provided by the grantee and instructed by the evaluator), in the face of the COVID 19 pandemic was very beneficial in terms of the involvement of the grantee in information gathering and ownership of the evaluation process.

Theme: Rule of law
Democratic Republic of the Congo   challenge, credibility, design, evaluate, evidence, measure, monitor, participation, results, virtual
Project: Strengthening Grassroots Women’s Groups to Promote and Protect Civic Space in Uganda
Evaluation Date: July 2023
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Associations supported by paying members, more so than local NGOs, can benefit from projects that expand their areas of operations by adding members and thus improving their financial sustainability.

Theme: Women's empowerment
Uganda   capacity, expansion, finance, funding, membership, needs, resources, results, revenue, scope, sustainable
Project: Strengthening Grassroots Women’s Groups to Promote and Protect Civic Space in Uganda
Evaluation Date: July 2023
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

WhatsApp can be a key project management tool that delivers support to both cost-effective monitoring of implementation and the building of networks and structures. But this is most effective when combined with occasional in-person meetings or visits, to ensure personal relationships are built offline, before they are maintained, sustained, and developed online.

Theme: Women's empowerment
Uganda   approach, commitment, dialogue, digital, engagement, impact, interaction, logistics, monitoring, online, participants, participation, project management, remote, social media, tools, virtual
Project: Strengthening Grassroots Women’s Groups to Promote and Protect Civic Space in Uganda
Evaluation Date: July 2023
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

For training to resonate and be most impactful, they need to be delivered in a setting and format that appeals to participants. Ensuring that they are conducted in the language participants are most familiar with and in an interactive and engaging format can aid with comprehension and ultimately impact.

Theme: Women's empowerment
Uganda   adapt, approach, beneficiaries, context, effective, engagement, interaction, knowledge, language, motivate, motivation, needs, participation, planning, project design, results, structure, tools, training
Project: Strengthening Grassroots Women’s Groups to Promote and Protect Civic Space in Uganda
Evaluation Date: July 2023
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

The volume of activities proposed by a project does not always equate to a greater impact. Sometimes giving more focus, either in terms of geographic spread or to the activities being undertaken, can generate more sustained and involved engagement and more substantive change.

Theme: Women's empowerment
Uganda   area, effective, focus, impact, local, motivate, motivation, planning, project design, quality, quantity, region, relevance, results, scope, size, specific
Project: Strengthening Grassroots Women’s Groups to Promote and Protect Civic Space in Uganda
Evaluation Date: July 2023
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Bringing together groups of women in places where they feel comfortable talking and discussing issues can help build longer-term momentum for a shift in attitudes, even if this is very hard to measure.

Theme: Women's empowerment
Uganda   approach, change, collaborate, Coordinate, culture, dialogue, empowerment, environment, gender, ideas, impact, join, meeting, offline, openness, relationships, results, safe, women
Project: Strengthening Grassroots Women’s Groups to Promote and Protect Civic Space in Uganda
Evaluation Date: July 2023
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Supporting a grantee to expand its geographical area of operation can enable them to create and build new networks that can increase awareness of what they do and even contribute to institutional sustainability.

Theme: Women's empowerment
Uganda   change, collaborate, continuation, continue, Coordinate, expansion, geographic area, increased awareness, relationships, scale, scope, sustainable
Project: Strengthening Grassroots Women’s Groups to Promote and Protect Civic Space in Uganda
Evaluation Date: July 2023
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

It is incorrect to just assume that what people learn from training will then be applied in practice. There is another step in supporting them to feel confident to start believing and acting on what they now know and this needs to be better captured in project designs, such as through sub-granted small projects, to ensure that outputs contribute to the achievement of outcomes.

Theme: Women's empowerment
Uganda   application, approach, capacity, impact, knowledge, micro, motivate, motivation, participants, practical, process, project design, results, steps, training
Project: Strengthening Grassroots Women’s Groups to Promote and Protect Civic Space in Uganda
Evaluation Date: July 2023
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

It is vital to document and present evidence of how a project meets target indicators in the delivery of its activities both for internal learning but also to be able to demonstrate effectiveness and impact in a robust and comprehensive way. This requires a dedicated person in charge of monitoring, evaluating, and learning.

Theme: Women's empowerment
Uganda   analysis, credibility, evaluation, expertise, goals, impact, knowledge, learning, measure, monitoring, objectives, outputs, project management, quality control, reporting, results, results framework, staff, transparency
Project: Strengthening Grassroots Women’s Groups to Promote and Protect Civic Space in Uganda
Evaluation Date: July 2023
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Empowering women when it comes to realizing their rights, not just learning about them, requires the support of men – both in their family and in the community at-large – and they should be brought on board to champion wider societal transformation around gender.

Theme: Women's empowerment
Uganda   approach, change, claim, collaborate, community, empowerment, impact, needs, participants, participation, promote, promotion, reform, relationships, women

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