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Project: Strengthening Democracy Through LGBT Political Participation in South Africa
Evaluation Date: August 2023
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Clarity around how, and who, to engage within political party structures is important for targeting interventions at those most likely to embed learning in the structure. But even when internal learning structures within political parties are engaged – like the ANCs OR Tambo School of Leadership, a lack of resources to cascade learning can limit the number of indirect beneficiaries.

Theme: Rule of law
South Africa   approach, beneficiary, change, Coordinate, coordination, impact, motivate, motivation, objectives, participation, politics, project design, results, seminar, stakeholder, sustainable, training, workshop
Project: Strengthening Democracy Through LGBT Political Participation in South Africa
Evaluation Date: August 2023
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Engagement with, and mapping of, prospective national institutional stakeholders in advance of a project taking place is critical to ensuring that the activities proposed align with their interests and priorities and are feasible in the timeframes proposed.

Theme: Rule of law
South Africa   approach, beneficiaries, beneficiary, change, commitment, Coordinate, coordination, engagement, goals, impact, needs, objectives, outputs, planning, project design, proposal, reform, relevance, relevant, results, scope, stakeholder
Project: Strengthening Democracy Through LGBT Political Participation in South Africa
Evaluation Date: August 2023
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Project design processes must carefully think through the outputs required for outcomes to be achieved and be realistic in what transformation training can bring in a relatively short period of time to a political party, which is not just a technical entity, but a political body. One training on LGBTQI+ issues for a political party is unlikely to trigger significant policy or legal changes in a two-year period.

Theme: Rule of law
South Africa   change, effective, goals, impact, law, parties, planning, policies, politics, project design, reform, results, seminar, stakeholder, training, workshop
Project: Creating an Inclusive Policy and Legal System, Protecting Elderly People’s Fundamental Rights in Indonesia
Evaluation Date: January 2023
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

The grantee organization LBH Apik and its local chapters are well-established grassroots organizations with internal systems and procedures in place. Building good rapport with local stakeholders was one of the key strengths of LBH Apik and a good strategy to secure commitment and can be continued in future programmes.

Theme: Electoral Processes, Rule of law
Indonesia   approach, commitment, Coordinate, coordination, credibility, grassroots, local, network, partner, partnership, process, project management, relationships, reputation, stakeholder, strategy
Project: Tracking Campaign Promises in Albania
Evaluation Date: January 2023
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Given the high relevance and importance of the “truth-o-meter”, the design should have paid more attention (and allocate the necessary resources) to the promotion and communication of the tool and the results. There could have been public conferences and/or round tables with all concerned MPs, CSOs, communities, and media to discuss findings and generate public debates. Therefore, promoting innovative tools to a wide range of stakeholders is as important as their development, otherwise the impact of such tools remains limited and untapped.

Theme: Interaction with government
Albania   audience, awareness, budget, civil society, communication, community, engagement, governance, impact, local government, project design, promotion, public, publicity, stakeholder, tools
Project: Tracking Campaign Promises in Albania
Evaluation Date: January 2023
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

One of the main problems of this project was that its design robustness could have been reinforced by a more detailed and comprehensive needs assessment in smaller vs. bigger municipalities in order to avoid obsolescence in some big municipalities. Consequently, inappropriate and generalised needs assessments that lead to a “one size fits all” approach can negatively affect the impact’s likelihood.

Theme: Interaction with government
Albania   analysis, assess, assessment, beneficiaries, budget, community, data, engagement, governance, impact, local government, measure, needs, project design, scope, stakeholder, tools
Project: Strengthening Media to Promote Inclusive Democracy in Mali
Evaluation Date: January 2023
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

The project applied a “three-pronged approach” (involving the participation of government institutions (state services), media, and CSOs) which proved to be highly effective in breaking down barriers, forming new networks, and improving access to human rights and essential services in a highly unstable environment.

Theme: Electoral Processes, Media
Mali   Access, civil society, government, human rights, inclusive, journalism, media, network, project design, radio, relationships, services, stakeholder
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: Empowering Female and Youth Domestic Workers in Uganda
Evaluation Date: September 2020
Report: [report link]
Lesson Learned:

Training individual duty-bearers can impact on their own attitudes but rarely has a wider or organizational impact.

Theme: Rule of law
Uganda   impact, stakeholder, training
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