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Project: Together against violence and discrimination of women
Evaluation Date: March 2016
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The project appeared to be effective, but only because the target indicators were quantitative and not qualitative. For example, the project achieved the indicator of training and installing 20 local vigilance groups in the 20 target sites, however evaluators found that the functioning of these groups was not likely to contribute to the project’s objectives.

Theme: Women's empowerment

Djibouti indicators, results

Project: Citizen Participation to Improve Local Governance
Evaluation Date: January 2014
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Despite a sense of ownership, most of the Citizen Participation Cells did not plan to become autonomous from the grantee that remained in charge of the future direction of the Cells. Sustainability therefore was still fragile and CPC members recognized that more time was needed to consolidate the work which had been started.

Theme: Community activism

Benin results, sustainability

Project: Strengthening Young Women’s Civic Participation and Leadership in Uganda
Evaluation Date: May 2017
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Projects should have a strong Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning system embedded in the project design with an appropriate budget to support it. There is also need for each project to have a baseline survey, mid-term evaluation and end-line evaluation on the same sample of project beneficiaries for consistence and to clearly trace results and impact.

Theme: Women's empowerment

Uganda monitoring, results

Project: Judicial Reform: empowering magistrate-civil society collaboration for Guinea’s new democratic future
Evaluation Date: August 2014
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The project was efficiently managed and the budget was appropriately allocated. The grantee proved to be highly committed to delivery of results: 80 per cent of the budget was allocated to project activities, with a minimum amount on overheads.

Theme: Interaction with government

Guinea budget, results

Project: Civil Society Engagement for Democracy and Good Governance
Evaluation Date: January 2013
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The budget was not balanced. The coordination team undertook the minimum of work with the beneficiary groups and instead relied heavily on the involvement of volunteers. While recognizing the importance of volunteering in civil society, activism also requires the necessary resources to carry out actions. The lack of resources compromised the quality and sustainability of the results.

Theme: Community activism

Côte d'Ivoire budget, results, volunteers

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: 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: Support for Democratic Transition and Promotion of Citizenship
Evaluation Date: March 2016
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Some of the activities assigned to partners were not carried out neither were they replaced by other activities. There were great disparities between the activities and the achieved outcomes. The grantee could have reorganized its very ambitious and confusing results framework to link activities, outputs and outcomes more clearly. The grantee could benefit from training on results frameworks and monitoring.

Theme: Rule of law

Tunisia impact, outcomes, results

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:

Planned activities were mostly undertaken and the training and some published materials were of good quality. The vague strategy and the lack of professionalism of those responsible for its implementation have ultimately made the project less effective than it could have been.

Theme: Rule of law

Togo management, results

Project: Support for Youth Involvement in Electoral Processes in Gabon
Evaluation Date: January 2016
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The fact that the grantee’s approach and methodology included the conduct of a baseline survey, annual follow-up surveys, and the formulation of target indicators is highly commendable. However there could have been a more rigorous approach to data analysis. The grantee has collected very basic data to monitor effectiveness and impact, and failed to provide UNDEF in its reporting with a comparative analysis.

Gabon/UNDEF

Theme: Youth engagement

Gabon data, reporting, results

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