- Evaluation Plan:
- 2021-2025, Ethiopia
- Evaluation Type:
- Final Project
- Planned End Date:
- 06/2021
- Completion Date:
- 07/2021
- Status:
- Completed
- Management Response:
- Yes
- Evaluation Budget(US $):
- 31,000
Final Evaluation of Joint UNDP-FAO Project Entitled â??Support to Livelihoods of drought affected households and resilience building of vulnerable groups in Warder and Kebridehar Woredas of Ethiopia Somali Regionâ??
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Title | Final Evaluation of Joint UNDP-FAO Project Entitled â??Support to Livelihoods of drought affected households and resilience building of vulnerable groups in Warder and Kebridehar Woredas of Ethiopia Somali Regionâ?? | |||||||||
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Atlas Project Number: | 00059570 | |||||||||
Evaluation Plan: | 2021-2025, Ethiopia | |||||||||
Evaluation Type: | Final Project | |||||||||
Status: | Completed | |||||||||
Completion Date: | 07/2021 | |||||||||
Planned End Date: | 06/2021 | |||||||||
Management Response: | Yes | |||||||||
Focus Area: |
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Corporate Outcome and Output (UNDP Strategic Plan 2018-2021) |
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SDG Goal |
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SDG Target |
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Evaluation Budget(US $): | 31,000 | |||||||||
Source of Funding: | UNDP | |||||||||
Evaluation Expenditure(US $): | 31,000 | |||||||||
Joint Programme: | No | |||||||||
Joint Evaluation: | No | |||||||||
Evaluation Team members: |
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GEF Evaluation: | No | |||||||||
Key Stakeholders: | Somali BOFED, NDRMC | |||||||||
Countries: | ETHIOPIA |
Lessons | |
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1. | Project Implementation Model
Step 1: The ProDoc established high level goals and objectives, that set the direction and mode of implementation for the project including:
Step 2: Undertaking a project inception phase that developed a better understanding of the local situation through engagement of implementing staff, local government and communities in:
Step 3: The initiation of project activities regionally was preceded by the engagement of regional and woreda (local) government offices and NGOs in the development and application of selection criteria for target communities to be included in the project. Step 4: The initiation of project activities in target communities was preceded by the engagement of woreda (local) and kebele (village) governments and local beneficiaries in the development and application of selection criteria for beneficiaries and activities to be implemented in the community. Step 5: Adoption of a wholistic approach to building resilience within the community based on the main livelihood of pastoralism. In this respect, interventions were related to the circular economy, livestock feed and health were addressed through range land improvement, feed densification support, utilization of uncommon available feed and forage production, improved water supply and improved veterinary services by strengthening government health clinics and mobile clinics and CAHWs. |
2. | Working with Persons with Disability (PWD)
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3. | Introducing Alternative Income Generation (AIG) Activities
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4. | Maximizing the Gender Focus of a Project 1. The establishment of gender as a “significant objective” of a project contributes to success of addressing gender issues and it ensures the inclusion of women, including young women, in project design, implementation and benefits. 2. A comprehensive gender analysis should be conducted during development of the ProDoc or during project inception to better understand gender issues, needs and impacts of the project and how best to address gender in project design and implementation. 3. The ProDoc should establish a Gender Marker to measure how much the project invests in gender equality and women’s empowerment. The gender marker should be GEN2 or GEN3 based on the following UNDP gender marker ranges: GEN3 (Gender equality as a principle objective); GEN2 (Gender equality as a significant objective); GEN1 (Limited contribution to gender equality); GEN0 (No contribution to gender quality). 4. The potential linkages with and involvement of global, national, regional and local women’s organizations in project design and implementation should be considered as appropriate. 5. Projects should utilize government women’s agencies or departments (e.g. Women’s and Children’s Affairs) to bridge women’s involvement with male dominated agencies/departments such as agriculture, livestock, forestry, water, etc.. This will assist in ensuring the voices of local women are heard and understood by these agencies/departments and it will provide training for women in how to advocate for their issues. 6. Establishing outcomes and indicators specific to women and youth gurantees the inclusion of these groups in project activities. 7. For oucomes and indicators that are not specific to women and youth, indicator targets should be set, that include 50% women, or a specfic number of women-headed HH or groups, or a specific number of individual women and young women to ensure women are targeted for inclusion in project activities. 8. Set targets for the inclusion of women and youth in project implementation committees such as the PSC, technical committes, and local community groups. 9. Ensure M&E provides gender disaggregated data for all indicator measures wherever possible. Include monitoring that goes beyond numbers to include measures of successful advocacy, social status, role models, changing perceptions, in regard to women and youth. |
5. | Measuring the efficacy of pastoral livelihood stabilization
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6. | UN “New Way of Working” Approach
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Findings | |
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Recommendations | |
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1 | Evaluation recommendation 1. There is a need for UNDP-FAO and government implementing to replicate and scale-up successful project activities to achieve the project’s long-term goal |
2 | Evaluation recommendation 2. The project activities (for instance; Bee keeping, Prosopis pod processing, Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA), and Gum Arabic and Incense trading) require follow-up by responsible parties as indicated to enhance their sustainability |
3 | Evaluation recommendation 3. UNICEF and UNDP, working with local and regional government water offices should develop a simple, science-based groundwater monitoring program that provides reliable information to ensure groundwater use is sustainable |
4 | Evaluation recommendation 4. UNDP-FAO working with local and regional disaster management offices should improve the climate impact early warning system |
5 | Evaluation recommendation 5. The Support to Livelihoods project has provided important lessons learned that may be applied to scaling up of the project, to projects engaged in livelihood stabilization and resilience and to all projects |
Key Action Update History
Evaluation recommendation 1. There is a need for UNDP-FAO and government implementing to replicate and scale-up successful project activities to achieve the project’s long-term goal
Management Response: [Added: 2021/07/09]
Agreed
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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1.1 Share project final evaluation report with regional IPs and stakeholders
[Added: 2021/07/09] [Last Updated: 2021/09/04] |
BoFED | 2021/08 | Completed | Completed History | |
1.2 Discuss and identifying possible opportunities for replication and up scaling successful project activities with IPs
[Added: 2021/07/09] [Last Updated: 2021/09/04] |
BoFED | 2021/08 | Completed | Completed History |
Evaluation recommendation 2. The project activities (for instance; Bee keeping, Prosopis pod processing, Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA), and Gum Arabic and Incense trading) require follow-up by responsible parties as indicated to enhance their sustainability
Management Response: [Added: 2021/07/09]
Agreed
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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2.1 mobilize key responsible parties and discussing the importance of follow up of such activities
[Added: 2021/07/09] [Last Updated: 2021/09/04] |
BoFED | 2021/08 | Completed | Completed History | |
2.2 Facilitate joint regional technical teams for follow up
[Added: 2021/07/09] [Last Updated: 2021/09/04] |
BoFED | 2021/08 | Completed | Completed History | |
2.3 Advocate for inclusion of such activities in key regional and woreda partners planning process
[Added: 2021/07/09] [Last Updated: 2021/09/04] |
BoFED | 2021/09 | Completed | Completed History |
Evaluation recommendation 3. UNICEF and UNDP, working with local and regional government water offices should develop a simple, science-based groundwater monitoring program that provides reliable information to ensure groundwater use is sustainable
Management Response: [Added: 2021/07/09]
Agreed
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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3.1 Raise ground water monitoring issue at regional WaSH cluster for discussion
[Added: 2021/07/09] [Last Updated: 2022/04/15] |
WRDB | 2022/09 | Initiated | History | |
3.2 Liaising with UNICEF and Regional water bureau for the development of ground-water monitoring system
[Added: 2021/07/09] [Last Updated: 2022/04/15] |
WRDB & BoFED, UNICEF | 2022/08 | Initiated | History | |
3.3 Advocate for resource mobilization with other partners for instance UNICEF
[Added: 2021/07/09] [Last Updated: 2022/04/15] |
BoFED & WRDB, UNICEF | 2022/09 | Initiated | History |
Evaluation recommendation 4. UNDP-FAO working with local and regional disaster management offices should improve the climate impact early warning system
Management Response: [Added: 2021/07/09]
Agreed
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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4.1 Review of regional early warning system
[Added: 2021/07/09] [Last Updated: 2022/04/15] |
DRMB & BoFED, FAO | 2022/08 | Initiated | History | |
4.2 Provide technical support to regional DRMB
[Added: 2021/07/09] [Last Updated: 2022/04/15] |
BoFED, FAO, UNDP | 2022/08 | Initiated | History |
Evaluation recommendation 5. The Support to Livelihoods project has provided important lessons learned that may be applied to scaling up of the project, to projects engaged in livelihood stabilization and resilience and to all projects
Management Response: [Added: 2021/07/09]
Agreed
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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5.1 Further identification and documentation of project lessons learned and best practices
[Added: 2021/07/09] [Last Updated: 2022/04/15] |
BoFED & Sector Bureaus | 2022/08 | Initiated | History | |
5.2 Share identified lessons learned and best practices with regional and national IPs and partners
[Added: 2021/07/09] [Last Updated: 2021/09/04] |
BoFED | 2021/09 | Completed | Completed History |