The RoK-UNOSSC [1]Facility/Programme Phase 2 had three components: The Consortium (6 participating Institutions), the Platform (3 institutions) and the Scaled-Up Project (1 institution). It was funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) and implemented under the Direct Implementation (DIM) arrangement by UNDP through the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC). While two countries were selected for piloting the integrated project led by the Consortium (Cambodia and Indonesia); the scaled-up project under the Regional Cooperative Agreement Regional Office (RCARO) had 14 participating countries in the Asia-Pacific Region. The Facility budget of USD 3,829,547.40 was released through annual contributions to UNOSSC by the Government of the Republic of Korea. The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) requested the Steering Committee of the Facility to appoint one of the implementing institutions (STEPI) to represent the Ministry in the coordination of the participating institutions in RoK. The collaboration was designed as a triangular cooperation programme.

An End-of-the Project Evaluation (EPE) for the RoK-UNOSSC Facility Phase 2 (2016 – 2021), was planned and budgeted for in compliance with the UNDP evaluation policy, relating to the scale of the project and the provision in the monitoring and evaluation framework included in the Phase 2 Facility Document. The evaluation was intended to provide a comprehensive assessment of how well the project had achieved its intended results. In addition, as per the terms of reference (TOR), the partners working on a Phase 3 intended to incorporate findings from the evaluation in its design.

[1] For the purposes of this report the words Project, Facility and Programme or Facility/Programme will be used interchangeably to mean the same thing.