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Project: Promoting Gender-Sensitive Personal Status Laws in Lebanon
Evaluation Date: September 2022
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Advocacy projects in highly complex contexts require rigorous monitoring to (i) strengthen coalitions and ties despite changes to the positions of stakeholders and changing power dynamics; and to (ii) capture and adapt to the different levels of changes that could occur.

Theme: Women's empowerment, Rule of law

Lebanon adapt, advocacy, change, collaborate, Coordinate, gender, monitoring, partner, power, reform, relationships, risk, stakeholder, women

Project: Promoting Gender-Sensitive Personal Status Laws in Lebanon
Evaluation Date: September 2022
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

External coherence and synergy between the organisation’s different projects/interventions require a minimum of formal and systematic coordination such as the collaboration that took place with a feminist platform in the case of this project.

Theme: Women's empowerment, Rule of law

Lebanon coherence, collaborate, consistency, Coordinate, gender, network, partner, project design, relationships, stakeholder, synergy, women

Project: Transparency and Public Accountability in Education in Brazil
Evaluation Date: June 2020
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

When the accomplishment of specific outcomes is contingent on the collaboration of an external party, such as the governmental authorities, it is essential to make additional efforts setting up partnerships from the onset of the Project. UNDEF (or United Nations Country Team) may play an important role in meeting directly the country local or Federal authorities at the beginning of the project.

Theme: Interaction with government

Brazil collaborate, Coordinate, government, local, local government, partnership, relationships

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

Lesson Learned:

The choice of grantees, with a “niche” contribution in complex contexts and with a high capacity for access seems key for any other initiative supported by UNDEF. In this, the choice of the grantee as a partner in setting up the project was the main reason for the success of this project; their knowledge of the geographical area covered by the project, their deep, longstanding relation with the institutional and civil society actors, their outreach to actors located in the most remote areas and their sound financial and technical skills were indeed factors leading to a successful implementation of the project, maximising its impact.

Theme: Rule of law

Democratic Republic of the Congo Access, credibility, difficult, experience, expertise, outcome, region, relationships, relevant, results, stakeholder

Project: Support for Elections in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria
Evaluation Date: August 2021
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Radio remains a key medium for reaching out to, and engaging with, communities in the state in a cost-effective way.

Theme: Electoral Processes

Nigeria audience, channel, collaboration, communicate, communication, community, efficiency, efficient, engagement, media, outreach, relations, relationships, tool

Establish clear division of labour and responsibilities between external Civil Society Organisations and based Implementing Partner

Project: Strengthening CSO Engagement with Defence Institutions to Reduce Corruption and Strengthen Accountability in Mali
Evaluation Date: February 2021
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The project required a complex but clearly delineated division of labour and responsibilities between an external Civil Society Organisation and a country based Implementing Partner. This was well presented in the Project Document and was well managed during the course of the project, with the Implementing Partner providing local knowledge and relationships, and the Civil Society Organisation providing technical subject-matter expertise and links with the wider donor and international communities.

Theme: Interaction with government

Mali collaborate, decentralize, donor, knowledge, local, project management, relationships, technical

Create trust with the government

Project: Strengthening CSO Engagement with Defence Institutions to Reduce Corruption and Strengthen Accountability in Mali
Evaluation Date: February 2021
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Creating trust with the government was key in a political environment that has been predominantly closed and opaque. The grantee and implementing partner met with the competent authorities to introduce the project and its approach, and later shared results with officials and representatives of the authorities to create positive engagement and bolster trust.

Theme: Interaction with government

Mali dialogue, engagement, governance, power, reform, relationships, results

Project: Promoting Good Governance among Tribal Inhabitants in Bangladesh (PROGGATI)
Evaluation Date: December 2012
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Exchanges between traditional tribal communities and government officials had been rare prior to the project. The efforts to link traditional with local government officials established some lasting individual relationships, and these types of exchanges may continue as the project activities have set an important precedent.

Theme: Community activism

Bangladesh government, relationships

Project: Student Civic Action: Engaging and Empowering Emerging Leaders in Universities in Jordan
Evaluation Date: March 2011
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The grantee adapted well to circumstances. When it found out that it would take months to work out an agreement with the universities with which it had initially intended to collaborate, it tapped into institutions where it already had relationships. One of these was the All Jordan Youth Foundation, where many of the project activities and trainings were subsequently held.

Theme: Youth engagement

Jordan adapt, partnerships, relationships

Project: Enhancing Political Participation of Marginalised Women in Nepal
Evaluation Date: September 2010
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The sustainability of these networks was already jeopardized by the lack of financial and organizational resources locally. The pyramidal organization designed by the project is fragile. However, numerous beneficiaries declared that the project created networks that will enable them to continue to share ideas and undertake initiatives, even if funding does not continue. Thus, the sustainability may be based more on human capital and relationships than on questions of funding.

Theme: Women's empowerment

Nepal impact, relationships, sustainability

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