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Project: Improving the Participation of 155 Women's Groups
Evaluation Date: October 2013
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The field workers played an essential role, as they ensured close monitoring of the beneficiary groups, which clearly contributed to the efficiency of the initiatives. These staff were well integrated into the local population, spoke the local language and served as intermediaries between the rural population, the authorities and the media.

Theme: Women's empowerment

Côte d'Ivoire post-conflict, relevance, staffing, trust

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

Project: Strengthening Women’s Leadership in Jamaica
Evaluation Date: September 2011
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The grantee had difficulty recruiting project staff because of the low salary levels and because it under-estimated the level of effort which it would take to mobilize the women outside of Kingston. This delayed implementation of some activities and required a three month no-cost time extension.

Theme: Women's empowerment

Jamaica mobilize, staffing

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: Promoting Women's Participation in Local Budgetary Processes
Evaluation Date: March 2016
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

More of the budget should have been spent on local project staff based in each target area rather than the grantee’s headquarters. The concrete changes for women were as a result of the work of the local project teams.

Theme: Women's empowerment

Niger budget, management, staffing

Project: Strengthening the Political Participation of Communities of Former Slaves
Evaluation Date: January 2015
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Given the limited human resources available for the project, it did not sufficiently consider the geographical challenges of the region, in which villages are widely dispersed and difficult to access given the lack of roads. Remote project management and external consultants caused an imbalanced budget, which was to the detriment of beneficiaries.

Theme: Community activism

Mauritania budget, staffing

Project: Empowerment of Roma to Fight Rights Deprivation
Evaluation Date: January 2011
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The grantee worked with individual youth trainees so that they could apply in practice what had been learned. This was an important innovation in terms of human rights training which often focus on short term training. However more personnel and resources were required to make this aspect of individual capacity development fully effective.

Theme: Rule of law

Albania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia mentoring, staffing

Project: Lao Encouraging and Applying Democracy for Civil Society (LEAD)
Evaluation Date: September 2012
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Low quality outputs and results were attributable to the absence of a locally based project manager in Laos. The lack of a local project management capacity put the project’s sustainability at risk.

Theme: Community activism

Lao People's Democratic Republic management, staffing

Project: Development of Sustainable Voter Registration Methodologies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Evaluation Date: November 2011
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

The use of well-qualified project members who stayed involved to the end of the project also contributed to its effectiveness. The mapping and database researcher and case study consultants, as well as the reference panel members, had hands-on experience with voter registration methodologies in different African countries with different languages and election logistics.

Theme: Tools for knowledge

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa management, staffing

Project: Women in Politics in Mozambique
Evaluation Date: December 2011
Report: [report link]

Lesson Learned:

Project efficiency was undermined by the weak integration of management among the project partner organizations, and the limited organizational and managerial capacities of the provincial implementing agencies. There were also major human resource challenges which were not addressed satisfactorily. For these reasons and others, the deployment of human and financial resources was not always optimal in supporting the achievement of results.

Theme: Women's empowerment

Mozambique collaboration, communication, staffing

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