- Evaluation Plan:
- 2019-2022, Yemen
- Evaluation Type:
- Final Project
- Planned End Date:
- 11/2021
- Completion Date:
- 11/2021
- Status:
- Completed
- Management Response:
- Yes
- Evaluation Budget(US $):
- 30,000
Enhancing Rural Resilience in Yemen II - Final Evaluation
| Document | Type | Language | Size | Status | Downloads |
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 ToR - Final Evaluation of ERRY II by EUD.pdf |
tor | English | 388.78 KB | Posted | 92 |
| Final Evaluation Report ERRY II - Donor Evaluation .pdf |
report | English | 769.96 KB | Posted | 99 |
| Title | Enhancing Rural Resilience in Yemen II - Final Evaluation | ||||||
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| Atlas Project Number: | 00106770 | ||||||
| Evaluation Plan: | 2019-2022, Yemen | ||||||
| Evaluation Type: | Final Project | ||||||
| Status: | Completed | ||||||
| Completion Date: | 11/2021 | ||||||
| Planned End Date: | 11/2021 | ||||||
| Management Response: | Yes | ||||||
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| Corporate Outcome and Output (UNDP Strategic Plan 2018-2021) |
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| Evaluation Budget(US $): | 30,000 | ||||||
| Source of Funding: | Donor Evaluation | ||||||
| Evaluation Expenditure(US $): | 30,000 | ||||||
| Joint Programme: | Yes | ||||||
| Joint Evaluation: | Yes
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| GEF Evaluation: | No | ||||||
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| Countries: | YEMEN |
| Lessons | |
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| 1. | The team identified an important lesson learned from ERRY II, related to innovation in humanitarian context. Innovation has been identified under the Grand Bargain as an important focus to help improve the effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian aid. Still, many actors perceive themselves hampered by the difficult context they work in and the observation that innovations are “only” project based. In ERRY II, which operates in one of the most difficult contexts in the world, it has appeared possible to pilot and integrate a number of innovations successfully. This was driven by the approaches and solutions being fully locally owned and providing benefits for the end users. There were a number of innovations to promote environment sustainability, which will need some follow-up to be fully integrated, but yet already demonstrate potential. When it comes to solar energy in particular, this is already working very well and is suitable for and appreciated by the targeted communities and beneficiaries. Furthermore, the approach and the project components can be seen as a pilot for resilience approach in Yemen, noting that has not been done before, and it contains many assets for further development. If considering the OCHA-IASC resilience framework and the OECD criteria, this approach has a considerable potential toward the triple nexus in Yemen. |
| Findings | |
| Recommendations | |
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| 1 | Assess the possibilities to fully pursue the intended synergy and adapt implementation accordingly |
| 2 | Further improve external and internal planning and coordination |
| 3 | PUNOs to allow a stronger role for local NGOs under ERRY III |
| 4 | Develop an exit strategy in a participatory manner, document and implement it |
1. Recommendation:
Assess the possibilities to fully pursue the intended synergy and adapt implementation accordingly
Management Response: [Added: 2022/05/15]
Recommendation is well taken.
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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| a) Participating United Nations Organization (PUNOs) will bring out synergy at the community level in more districts in ERRY III to ensure Participating United Nations Organization (PUNOs) comparative advantages would be used to achieve the best results.
b) From the onset of the new phase, ERRY JP will discuss the challenges hindering the achievement of the desired synergy, be it in terms of locations, beneficiary HHs, capacities of IPs, and outlining how synergy can be achieved and how challenges can be addressed and avoided.
[Added: 2022/05/15] [Last Updated: 2022/05/16] |
JCU (UNDP) & Participating United Nations Organization (PUNOs) | 2022/12 | Not Initiated | History |
2. Recommendation:
Further improve external and internal planning and coordination
Management Response: [Added: 2022/05/15]
Recommendation is well-taken and will be considered during the new phase. JCU will also ensure that coordination meetings with IPs is held at the subnational level on a regular basis.
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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| a. Enhance the coordination with IPs through conducting regular coordination meetings similar to the ones held with Participating United Nations Organization (PUNOs). Meetings with IPs will be held on a quarterly basis at the central level and the field level every two months. In the Participating United Nations Organization (PUNOs) coordination meetings, the technical team from all PUNOs will assess how ERRY activities can be linked to other interventions that are implemented by (one of the) the Participating United Nations Organization (PUNOs).
b. Externally, ERRY will work on building a stronger coordination with local authorities and other programmes.
[Added: 2022/05/15] [Last Updated: 2022/05/16] |
JCU (UNDP) & Participating United Nations Organization (PUNOs) | 2024/06 | Not Initiated | History |
3. Recommendation:
PUNOs to allow a stronger role for local NGOs under ERRY III
Management Response: [Added: 2022/05/15]
Recommendation is well-taken.
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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| a. ERRY will increase the proportion of local NGOs where possible. LNGOs were seen as more cost-efficient though, and having more access to local sites, more knowledge of the people, the area and the language, and being better able to find locally driven solutions.
b. ERRY will work on building the capacity of IPs, which is in line with the resilience framework that focuses on building local and rural capacities at the community level and enhancing structures that are accessible for local communities.
[Added: 2022/05/15] [Last Updated: 2022/05/16] |
Participating United Nations Organization (PUNOs) | 2023/12 | Not Initiated | History |
4. Recommendation:
Develop an exit strategy in a participatory manner, document and implement it
Management Response: [Added: 2022/05/15]
The recommendation is well-taken.
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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| ERRY will develop an exit strategy that will describe how sustainability will be ensured, what will be the handover strategy, etc.
[Added: 2022/05/15] [Last Updated: 2022/05/16] |
JCU (UNDP) & Participating United Nations Organization (PUNOs) | 2022/12 | Not Initiated | History |