- Evaluation Plan:
- 2021-2025, Bosnia and Hercegovina
- Evaluation Type:
- Final Project
- Planned End Date:
- 02/2022
- Completion Date:
- 02/2022
- Status:
- Completed
- Management Response:
- Yes
- Evaluation Budget(US $):
- 20,000
Final Evaluation of the Integrated Local Development Project Phase III
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 ILDP Final Evaluation -ToR.docx |
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| Annex 1- RRF and ToC_ILDP.docx |
tor | English | 108.84 KB | Posted | 138 |
| Annex 2- List of stakeholders.docx |
tor | English | 39.09 KB | Posted | 174 |
| Annex 3 - List of documents for review.docx |
tor | English | 23.17 KB | Posted | 175 |
| Annex 4 - Evaluation Matrix Template.docx |
tor | English | 13.02 KB | Posted | 180 |
| Annex 5 - Report structure.docx |
tor | English | 13.62 KB | Posted | 177 |
| Annex 6 - Code of conduct.docx |
tor | English | 401.19 KB | Posted | 131 |
| Annex 7- Link to UNDP Evaluation Guidelines.docx |
tor | English | 12.61 KB | Posted | 170 |
 Final Report_Evaluation of ILDP Phase III_31Jan2022.pdf |
report | English | 1418.54 KB | Posted | 210 |
| Title | Final Evaluation of the Integrated Local Development Project Phase III | ||||||
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| Atlas Project Number: | 00091324 | ||||||
| Evaluation Plan: | 2021-2025, Bosnia and Hercegovina | ||||||
| Evaluation Type: | Final Project | ||||||
| Status: | Completed | ||||||
| Completion Date: | 02/2022 | ||||||
| Planned End Date: | 02/2022 | ||||||
| Management Response: | Yes | ||||||
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| Corporate Outcome and Output (UNDP Strategic Plan 2018-2021) |
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| Evaluation Budget(US $): | 20,000 | ||||||
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| Evaluation Expenditure(US $): | 12,420 | ||||||
| Joint Programme: | No | ||||||
| Joint Evaluation: | No | ||||||
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| GEF Evaluation: | No | ||||||
| Key Stakeholders: | Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Ministry of Justice of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ministry for Administration and Local Self-Governance of Republika Srpska | ||||||
| Countries: | BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA | ||||||
| Comments: | The Evaluation was approved by the Executive Board (along with the new CPD 2021-2025) for February 2021. Following project extention, the Evaluation was postponed for June 2021. Approved and cleard by IRH on 17 July 2020. |
| Lessons | |
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| Findings |
| Recommendations | |
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| 1 | It is recommended that UNDP BiH, in collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland/ SDC in BiH, should work with the public audit offices at the entity level in the future, so that they include a performance audit of the development planning and management systems in their work. |
| 2 | UNDP BiH should, in collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland/ SDC in BiH, explore the potential for enhancing development planning and management in future similar interventions through increased collaborations and partnerships that further support the localisation of the BiH Framework for SDGs. |
| 3 | In collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland/ SDC in BiH, UNDP BiH should further explore the contribution of post-Project activities to the EU Accession Agenda and the SDG Framework in BiH, to address existing gaps and facilitate increased capacities at the subnational level to apply for external funding. |
| 4 | UNDP BiH, under the direction of the ILDP Project Manager, should continue to work closely with the lead planning institutions and the relevant EU project during the phasing out period, to ensure that programme-based budgeting is fully integrated into strategic development processes at all levels of subnational government. |
| 5 | UNDP BiH, under the direction of the ILDP Project Manager and in collaboration with the lead planning institutions at the entity-level and within BD BiH, should continue to implement the Project Exit Strategy during the remaining project timeframe to ensure effective handover of responsibilities and the scaling up of the good practices for strategic development that emerged during the Project. |
| 6 | UNDP BiH should explore the possibility of scaling up the results of the Project to allow for harmonised development planning and management at the state level, given the potential for Project results to contribute towards the achievement of the nationalised SDGs. |
Management Response Documents
1. Recommendation:
It is recommended that UNDP BiH, in collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland/ SDC in BiH, should work with the public audit offices at the entity level in the future, so that they include a performance audit of the development planning and management systems in their work.
Management Response: [Added: 2022/02/18]
The recommendation is partially accepted.
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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| Depending on available funding, UNDP will explore the possibility of engaging with public audit offices towards raising their awareness and increasing their capacities for future regular audits of the planning and development management system.
[Added: 2022/02/18] [Last Updated: 2022/10/31] |
UNDP Country Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2023/07 | Not Initiated | No funding available yet, therefore no progress in initiation of the management action. History |
2. Recommendation:
UNDP BiH should, in collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland/ SDC in BiH, explore the potential for enhancing development planning and management in future similar interventions through increased collaborations and partnerships that further support the localisation of the BiH Framework for SDGs.
Management Response: [Added: 2022/02/18]
The reccommendation is accepred.
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNDP will seek to engage into new partnerships for implementation of SDGs-aligned development strategies at the local level and support concrete localization of the SDGs. However, this will depend on availability of funding.
UNDP will seek to support SDG localization through existing projects or with its internal resources, if feasible, while at the same time exploring more innovative service delivery mechanisms within existing and future projects to contribute to accelerating the SDG achievements. These may include digitalization of local services, upscaling products within existing projects to a larger number of local governments (e.g. e-citizen application), outsourcing of services in cooperation with private sector and CSOs), inter-municipal cooperation, exchange of good practices, etc.
[Added: 2022/02/18] [Last Updated: 2022/10/31] |
UNDP Country Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina. | 2022/10 | Completed | Under the Project UNDP Project "Translating the SDGs Framework in BiH into the sustainable and inclusive growth", the action is being carried out in 8 local governments and 3 cantons in BiH. History |
3. Recommendation:
In collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland/ SDC in BiH, UNDP BiH should further explore the contribution of post-Project activities to the EU Accession Agenda and the SDG Framework in BiH, to address existing gaps and facilitate increased capacities at the subnational level to apply for external funding.
Management Response: [Added: 2022/02/18]
The recommendation is accepted.
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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| All activities implemented by UNDP are designed to contribute to the EU Accession Agenda and the SDG Framework in BIH. With respect to capacity development for sub-national governments to apply for external funding, UNDP will seek to address this recommendation within a new project that is still pending adoption or possibly with its own resources.
[Added: 2022/02/18] [Last Updated: 2022/05/31] |
UNDP Country Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2024/01 | Completed | Addressed through the Programme supported by Sweden. History |
4. Recommendation:
UNDP BiH, under the direction of the ILDP Project Manager, should continue to work closely with the lead planning institutions and the relevant EU project during the phasing out period, to ensure that programme-based budgeting is fully integrated into strategic development processes at all levels of subnational government.
Management Response: [Added: 2022/02/18]
The recommendation is accepted.
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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| This is envisaged within the remaining implementation period of the ILDP.
[Added: 2022/02/18] |
UNDP Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2022/02 | Completed |
5. Recommendation:
UNDP BiH, under the direction of the ILDP Project Manager and in collaboration with the lead planning institutions at the entity-level and within BD BiH, should continue to implement the Project Exit Strategy during the remaining project timeframe to ensure effective handover of responsibilities and the scaling up of the good practices for strategic development that emerged during the Project.
Management Response: [Added: 2022/02/18]
The recommendation is accepted.
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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| Implement the Project Exit Strategy during the remaining project timeframe to ensure effective handover of responsibilities and the scaling up of the good practices for strategic development that emerged during the Project.
[Added: 2022/02/18] |
UNDP Country Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2022/02 | Completed |
6. Recommendation:
UNDP BiH should explore the possibility of scaling up the results of the Project to allow for harmonised development planning and management at the state level, given the potential for Project results to contribute towards the achievement of the nationalised SDGs.
Management Response: [Added: 2022/02/18]
The recommendation is partially accepted.
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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| UNDP will seek to implement the recommendation; however, its feasibility is not certain given the current political situation in the country and lack of political will for any reforms at the state level.
[Added: 2022/02/18] [Last Updated: 2022/10/31] |
UNDP Country Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2024/12 | Not Initiated | UNDP provided recommendations to the EU in BiH, on addressing this specific action, however, the UNDP concrete action is still pending the political will in the country. History |