Mid-Term  Evaluation of Country Programme (CP 2020-25)

Mid-Term Evaluation of Country Programme (CP 2020-25)

Cancelled
Justification: As outlined in the Evaluation Plan of 2020-2025 for South Africa, the Mid-term Evaluation of the Country Programme 2020-2025 is initially planned to be completed in August 2024. Simultaneously, the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) has selected our Country Office for the 2024 Independent Country Programme Evaluation (ICPE), scheduled for the same year. Both evaluations share similar objectives aimed at assessing the progress made in achieving the results of the Country Programme. These findings will shape the direction of the Country Programme for the remaining years and inform the development of the Country Programme Document for the next period. Moreover, the simultaneous implementation of these two evaluations in the same year raises concerns about the potential evaluation fatigue among our partners. Given the overlapping objectives of these two evaluations and duplication of efforts for evaluation activities on our participants, the Evaluation Advisor and the Evaluation Specialist from the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) and the Monitoring Specialist from the Regional Service Centre for Africa (RSCA) have advised that we submit a formal request for the cancellation of the Mid-term Evaluation of the Country Programme through the Evaluation Resource Centre (ERC) during the RBA Evaluation Training in October. We kindly request your approval to facilitate the cancellation of the Mid-term Evaluation of the Country Programme 2020-2025.
Planned End Date
Aug 2024
Evaluation Type
Country Programme Evaluation
Management Response
No
Evaluation Budget
$50,000
  • Evaluation Information
Evaluation Title
Mid-Term Evaluation of Country Programme (CP 2020-25)
Plan Period
Status
Cancelled
Type
Country Programme Evaluation
Management Response
No
Plan Date
31 Aug, 2024
Quality Assessment
No
Joint Programme
No
Joint Evaluation
No
Budget
$50,000
GEF Evaluation
No
Expenditure
$0
Stakeholders
National Planning Commission, DIRCO, Ministry of Finance, Statistics SA, UNICEF, UNFPA, GEF, GCF, WFP, CSOs, Department of Social Development, ILO, Department of Employment & Labour, UN Women, National Youth Development Agency.
Source of Funding
Programme Portfolios Contribution
Countries
South Africa
  • Corporate Outcome and Output

    UNDP Strategic Plan 2018-2021

Output 1.1.1 Capacities developed across the whole of government to integrate the 2030 Agenda, the Paris Agreement and other international agreements in development plans and budgets, and to analyse progress towards the SDGs, using innovative and data-driven solutions

Output 1.1.2 Marginalised groups, particularly the poor, women, people with disabilities and displaced are empowered to gain universal access to basic services and financial and non-financial assets to build productive capacities and benefit from sustainable livelihoods and jobs

Output 1.2.1 Capacities at national and sub-national levels strengthened to promote inclusive local economic development and deliver basic services including HIV and related services

Output 1.2.2 Enabling environment strengthened to expand public and private financing for the achievement of the SDGs

Output 1.2.3 Institutions and systems enabled to address awareness, prevention and enforcement of anti-corruption measures to maximize availability of resources for poverty eradication

Output 1.3.1 National capacities and evidence-based assessment and planning tools enable gender-responsive and risk-informed development investments, including for response to and recovery from crisis

Output 1.4.1 Solutions scaled up for sustainable management of natural resources, including sustainable commodities and green and inclusive value chains

Output 1.5.1 Solutions adopted to achieve universal access to clean, affordable and sustainable energy

Output 1.6.1 Country-led measures accelerated to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment

Output 1.6.2 Measures in place and implemented across sectors to prevent and respond to Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV)

Output 2.1.1 Low emission and climate resilient objectives addressed in national, sub-national and sectoral development plans and policies to promote economic diversification and green growth

Output 2.1.2 Capacities developed for progressive expansion of inclusive social protection systems

Output 2.2.1 Use of digital technologies and big data enabled for improved public services and other government functions

Output 2.2.2 Constitution-making, electoral and parliamentary processes and institutions strengthened to promote inclusion, transparency and accountability

Output 2.2.3 Capacities, functions and financing of rule of law and national human rights institutions and systems strengthened to expand access to justice and combat discrimination, with a focus on women and other marginalised groups

Output 2.3.1 Data and risk-informed development policies, plans, systems and financing incorporate integrated and gender-responsive solutions to reduce disaster risks, enable climate change adaptation and mitigation, and prevent risk of conflict

Output 2.4.1 Gender-responsive legal and regulatory frameworks, policies and institutions strengthened, and solutions adopted, to address conservation, sustainable use and equitable benefit sharing of natural resources, in line with international conventions and national legislation

Output 2.5.1 Solutions developed, financed and applied at scale for energy efficiency and transformation to clean energy and zero-carbon development, for poverty eradication and structural transformation

Output 2.6.1 Capacities strengthened to raise awareness on and undertake legal, policy and institutional reforms to fight structural barriers to women’s empowerment

Output 3.1.1 Core government functions and inclusive basic services4 restored post-crisis for stabilisation, durable solutions to displacement and return to sustainable development pathways within the framework of national policies and priorities

Output 3.2.1 National capacities strengthened for reintegration, reconciliation, peaceful management of conflict and prevention of violent extremism in response to national policies and priorities

Output 3.2.2 National and local systems enabled and communities empowered to ensure the restoration of justice institutions, redress mechanisms and community security

Output 3.3.1 Evidence-based assessment and planning tools and mechanisms applied to enable implementation of gender-sensitive and risk-informed prevention and preparedness to limit the impact of natural hazards and pandemics and promote peaceful, just and inclusive societies

Output 3.3.2 Gender-responsive and risk-informed mechanisms supported to build consensus, improve social dialogue and promote peaceful, just and inclusive societies

Output 3.4.1 Innovative nature-based and gender-responsive solutions developed, financed and applied for sustainable recovery

Output 3.5.1 Energy access re-established for crisis-affected populations, with a focus on gender-sensitive, risk-informed and sustainable recovery

Organisational Output 1.1 Evidence based performance analysis and decision making at all levels

Organisational Output 1.2 Cross-cutting approaches fully integrated into UNDP programmes and projects

Organisational Output 1.3 High quality audits and evaluations producing implementable solutions

Organisational Output 2.1 UNDP recognized as a development partner of choice

Organisational Output 2.2 Cost-sharing agreements and projects ensure full cost recovery

Organisational Output 2.3 Quality and efficient management services to support programme delivery

Organisational Output 2.4 Efficient, professional and transparent procurement and value for money

Organisational Output 2.5 UNDP equipped with talented and diverse workforce

Organisational Output 3.1 Common UN approaches facilitate efficient and accelerated joint delivery against sustainable development objectives

Organisational Output 3.2 UNDP support to integrated SDG delivery

Organisational Output 3.3 UNDP contributes fully to the Resident Coordinator function

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