Evaluation Detail

Final Evaluation of the Project Economic Governance for Growth

Evaluation Plan:: 2021-2025, Bosnia and Hercegovina
Evaluation Type:: Final Project
Planned End Date:: 12/2021
Completion Date:: 12/2021
Status:: Completed
Management Response:: Yes
Evaluation Budget(US $):: 15,000

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Title

Final Evaluation of the Project Economic Governance for Growth

Atlas Project Number:

00113375

Evaluation Plan:

2021-2025, Bosnia and Hercegovina

Evaluation Type:

Final Project

Status:

Completed

Completion Date:

12/2021

Planned End Date:

12/2021

Management Response:

Yes

Focus Area:

1. Poverty
2. Governance
3. Others

Corporate Outcome and Output (UNDP Strategic Plan 2018-2021)

1. 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
2. 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

SDG Goal

Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Goal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

SDG Target

1.2 By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions
12.b Develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products
2.3 By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including through secure and equal access to land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment
4.4 By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
8.2 Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors
8.3 Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services

Evaluation Budget(US $):

15,000

Source of Funding:

project funds

Evaluation Expenditure(US $):

8,000

Joint Programme:

Joint Evaluation:

Evaluation Team members:

Name	Title	Nationality
Nedim Catovic	Evaluation Expert	BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA

GEF Evaluation:

Key Stakeholders:

Ten local governments, cantonal governments, ministries of education, private companies, selected elementary and high schools

Countries:

BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA

Lessons
Findings

Recommendations
1	UNDP should continue to strengthen institutionalization of entrepreneurship and STEM learning. Interventions initiated through EGG project, need to be expanded to all high schools, both vocational and gymnasiums, as well as in the last years of elementary schools throughout the country.
2	UNDP should focus on consolidation and expansion of SMART classrooms and technology-based infrastructure.
3	Target capacity development of high school teachers for hands on learning, entrepreneurship and STEAM.
4	Integration of research findings on the future of information technology sector and automotive sector into formal curricula.
5	Support start-up and MSME development through access to financing, entrepreneurship courses, mentoring, SMART classrooms, life-long learning/development centers.
6	UNDP should keep focus on consolidation and expansion of R&D projects at universities. Considering success of the initial call for R&D projects and research at University of Sarajevo, similar activity should be further continued and expanded to other universities by combining financial participation of university and financial support of external partners including government funds.
7	Strengthen institutionalization of smarter spending and revenue generation by local and cantonal governments.
8	Focus on scale of redesigning and restructuring of government incentive schemes aimed at supporting entrepreneurship, private sector development and job creation.

Management Response Documents

Evaluation Management Response EGG_Jan2022.doc

1. Recommendation:

UNDP should continue to strengthen institutionalization of entrepreneurship and STEM learning. Interventions initiated through EGG project, need to be expanded to all high schools, both vocational and gymnasiums, as well as in the last years of elementary schools throughout the country.