- Evaluation Plan:
- 2011-2014, UNV
- Evaluation Type:
- Thematic
- Planned End Date:
- 12/2013
- Completion Date:
- 04/2014
- Status:
- Completed
- Management Response:
- Yes
- Evaluation Budget(US $):
- 200,000
Evaluation of UNV's Contribution to national volunteers infrastructures
| Document | Type | Language | Size | Status | Downloads |
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 VI_Evaluation_Final_Report_UNV_April 2014.pdf |
report | English | 1221.45 KB | Posted | 762 |
| Title | Evaluation of UNV's Contribution to national volunteers infrastructures | ||||||||
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| Evaluation Plan: | 2011-2014, UNV | ||||||||
| Evaluation Type: | Thematic | ||||||||
| Status: | Completed | ||||||||
| Completion Date: | 04/2014 | ||||||||
| Planned End Date: | 12/2013 | ||||||||
| Management Response: | Yes | ||||||||
| Focus Area: |
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| Corporate Outcomes (UNDP Strategic Plan 2008-20013) |
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| Evaluation Budget(US $): | 200,000 | ||||||||
| Source of Funding: | SVF | ||||||||
| Joint Programme: | No | ||||||||
| Mandatory Evaluation: | No | ||||||||
| Joint Evaluation: | No | ||||||||
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| GEF Evaluation: | No | ||||||||
| Key Stakeholders: | UNV | ||||||||
| Comments: | Delaying evaluation start-up would enable collecting some early results from West-African countries |
| Lessons | |
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| Findings |
| Recommendations | |
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| 1 | 1. Project scoping: New VI projects should build on pre-existing UNV experience and include substantial stakeholder consultation and partnerships building to build national ownership |
| 2 | 2. Project design: modalities should be selected according to regional/context, preferably supporting existing rather than new structures |
| 3 | 3. Capacity development (CD): clear strategies and outputs on CD should be clear in all VI projects. |
| 4 | 4. Partnership: collaborate with bi-lateral VIOs and other entities, including private sector, present at country level as well as national stakeholders. |
| 5 | 5. Gender and diversity: mainstream gender indicators, gender and inclusion strategies, and pilot inclusion of sub-sectors of youth. |
| 6 | 6. Strategic direction and M&E: develop a specific framework and consistent M&E to develop comparable evidence, capture lessons, identify practices and tools for replication and enhance knowledge sharing and learning. |
1. Recommendation: 1. Project scoping: New VI projects should build on pre-existing UNV experience and include substantial stakeholder consultation and partnerships building to build national ownership
Management Response:
? The VI Global Programme will address these recommendations within the guidelines for national initiatives. ? The recommendations will also inform other FU VI activities, such as through advocacy partnerships and POEM funded activities. (non-project based)
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? User friendly knowledge product from VI evaluation and disseminated. ? Review PRODEFA guidelines to support feasibility studies, consultations, partnership building, and assessment of capacity gaps ? Apply standardized implementation of handover template (potential donors, people to consult, lessons learned, etc.). ? Adapt UNDAF guidance note with VI examples to support inclusion of VI in UNDAF ? Tools to track/assess stakeholder engagement in VI proposals/programmes ? Research key elements for national ownership of VI | PDD VKIS RMSS PCS | 2017/12 | Initiated |
2. Recommendation: 2. Project design: modalities should be selected according to regional/context, preferably supporting existing rather than new structures
Management Response:
? The VI Global Programme will address these recommendations within the guidelines for national initiatives. ? The recommendations will also inform other FU VI activities, such as through advocacy partnerships and POEM funded activities. (non-project based)
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? User friendly knowledge product from VI evaluation and disseminated. ? Review PRODEFA guidelines to support feasibility studies, consultations, partnership building, and assessment of capacity gaps ? Apply standardized implementation of handover template (potential donors, people to consult, lessons learned, etc.). ? Adapt UNDAF guidance note with VI examples to support inclusion of VI in UNDAF ? Tools to track/assess stakeholder engagement in VI proposals/programmes ? Research key elements for national ownership of VI | PDD VKIS RMSS PCS | 2017/12 | Initiated |
3. Recommendation: 3. Capacity development (CD): clear strategies and outputs on CD should be clear in all VI projects.
Management Response:
? Incorporate individual, institutional, and environmental capacity development. ? Create opportunities for knowledge sharing on volunteer infrastructure
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? Personal/FU learning strategies for VI trainings, including knowledge-sharing webinars and community of practice/ Teamworks space. ? Toolkit on VI implementation and developing a VI supportive environment (develop collaboratively) ? Main capacity development areas linked to VI defined and assessed as part of project development, including partnering with private sector. ? Advisory network (with partners) established to support CD and implementation ? Proposed: UNV to publish a Glossary of VI Terminology used and agree on French and Spanish translations for key VI concepts. ? Guidance Note on Establishing a Youth Volunteer Scheme (based on UNV?s experience) | PDD VKIS PCS | 2017/12 | Initiated |
4. Recommendation: 4. Partnership: collaborate with bi-lateral VIOs and other entities, including private sector, present at country level as well as national stakeholders.
Management Response:
? The VI Global Programme will address these recommendations within the guidelines for national initiatives. ? The recommendations will also inform other FU VI activities, such as through advocacy partnerships and POEM funded activities. (non-project based)
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? User friendly knowledge product from VI evaluation and disseminated. ? Review PRODEFA guidelines to support feasibility studies, consultations, partnership building, and assessment of capacity gaps ? Apply standardized implementation of handover template (potential donors, people to consult, lessons learned, etc.). ? Adapt UNDAF guidance note with VI examples to support inclusion of VI in UNDAF ? Tools to track/assess stakeholder engagement in VI proposals/programmes ? Research key elements for national ownership of VI | PDD VKIS RMSS PCS | 2017/12 | Initiated |
5. Recommendation: 5. Gender and diversity: mainstream gender indicators, gender and inclusion strategies, and pilot inclusion of sub-sectors of youth.
Management Response:
? Incorporate gender analysis and country appropriate gender mainstreamed programming in VI global programme. ? Build knowledge on appropriate VI gender programming.
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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| ? Ensure gender and diversity indicators and disaggregated data ? Include gender VI programming research/ knowledge component in VI Global programme ? Integrate with Global Youth Programme to enhance inclusion of marginalized youth. | PDD VKIS GAT PCS | 2017/12 | Initiated |
6. Recommendation: 6. Strategic direction and M&E: develop a specific framework and consistent M&E to develop comparable evidence, capture lessons, identify practices and tools for replication and enhance knowledge sharing and learning.
Management Response:
? Strategically limit number of interventions ? Ensure VI specific indicators in projects and joint programmes
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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| ? Implement Prog/Proj management module in Atlas to address M&E and document programme outputs ? Promote use of V methodology and other volunteer impact assessment tools. | PDD VKIS RMSS PCS | 2017/12 | Initiated |