- Evaluation Plan:
- 2016-2020, China
- Evaluation Type:
- Final Project
- Planned End Date:
- 12/2019
- Completion Date:
- 12/2019
- Status:
- Completed
- Management Response:
- Yes
- Evaluation Budget(US $):
- 4,887
Final evaluation: Ethnic minorities
| Document | Type | Language | Size | Status | Downloads |
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 Terms of Reference-Ethnic Minorities Jala Project.pdf |
tor | English | 153.38 KB | Posted | 32 |
| Jala Program Evaluation Report final.pdf |
report | English | 1559.17 KB | Posted | 63 |
| Title | Final evaluation: Ethnic minorities | ||||||||
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| Atlas Project Number: | 00044494 | ||||||||
| Evaluation Plan: | 2016-2020, China | ||||||||
| Evaluation Type: | Final Project | ||||||||
| Status: | Completed | ||||||||
| Completion Date: | 12/2019 | ||||||||
| Planned End Date: | 12/2019 | ||||||||
| Management Response: | Yes | ||||||||
| Focus Area: |
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| Corporate Outcome and Output (UNDP Strategic Plan 2014-2017) |
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| SDG Goal |
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| Evaluation Budget(US $): | 4,887 | ||||||||
| Source of Funding: | Project evaluation | ||||||||
| Evaluation Expenditure(US $): | 4,065 | ||||||||
| Joint Programme: | No | ||||||||
| Joint Evaluation: | No | ||||||||
| Evaluation Team members: |
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| GEF Evaluation: | No | ||||||||
| Key Stakeholders: | China International Centre For Economic and Technical Exchanges | ||||||||
| Countries: | CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC |
| Lessons | |
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| Findings |
| Recommendations | |
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| 1 | No cost extension until September 2020 |
| 2 | The embroidery association should use simple business plan. |
| 3 | The returned revolving fund should be reviewed and clearly defined for future uses. |
| 4 | The rose planting base should take inventory and report to the public. Xin Nong should continue the principles of fair trade. |
| 5 | Phase out plan from August 2019 to February 2020 |
| 6 | Communicate with Jala’s senior management and invite technical experts to do an assessment of the cultivation effect of small roses. |
1. Recommendation:
No cost extension until September 2020
Management Response: [Added: 2019/12/22]
Partially agreed, the project will only be extended to April 2020 based on the consultation with the PMO and the local government.
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support PMO to complete remaining activities
[Added: 2019/12/22] [Last Updated: 2020/03/24] |
UNDP, CICETE, Yunnan Youth Entrepreneurship and Employment Foundation ( YYEEF) | 2020/10 | Initiated | Due to COVID-19 pandemic, some activities are delayed. History |
2. Recommendation:
The embroidery association should use simple business plan.
Management Response: [Added: 2019/12/22]
Agreed. Capacity will be enhanced for the embroidery association to adopt simple business plan prior to the project closure.
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provide capacity building for the embroidery association to adopt simple business plan.
[Added: 2019/12/22] [Last Updated: 2020/03/24] |
YYEEF | 2020/03 | Completed | Confirmed with PMO History |
3. Recommendation:
The returned revolving fund should be reviewed and clearly defined for future uses.
Management Response: [Added: 2019/12/22]
Agreed. An agreement will be made to ensure the returned fund will be used for further support to the embroidery association.
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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| According to the management measures of the revolving fund, the returned fund will be assessed and audited by independent evaluator(s). If the evaluation results met the expectation, the revolving fund will be handed over to YYEEF.
[Added: 2019/12/22] [Last Updated: 2020/03/24] |
UNDP, CICETE, YYEEF | 2020/10 | Not Initiated | The revolving fund will be returned by September 2020. The audit could only be done by then. History | |
| Sign an agreement to ensure the returned fund will be used for further support to the embroidery association.
[Added: 2019/12/22] [Last Updated: 2020/03/24] |
UNDP, CICETE, YYEEF | 2020/10 | Not Initiated | The agreement will be signed after the audit. History |
4. Recommendation:
The rose planting base should take inventory and report to the public. Xin Nong should continue the principles of fair trade.
Management Response: [Added: 2019/12/22]
Agreed. Actions will be taken prior to the project closure to ensure compliance to fair trade.
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensure the rose planting base to make its inventory known to the public.
[Added: 2019/12/22] [Last Updated: 2020/03/24] |
YYEEF | 2020/10 | Initiated | Due to COVID-19 pandemic, some activities are delayed. This action has to be done at the end of the project. History | |
| Require Xin Nong to continue participating in the cooperative governance process and maximize the benefits to the community.
[Added: 2019/12/22] [Last Updated: 2020/03/24] |
YYEEF | 2020/10 | Initiated | Due to COVID-19 pandemic, some activities are delayed. This action has to be done at the end of the project. History |
5. Recommendation:
Phase out plan from August 2019 to February 2020
Management Response: [Added: 2019/12/22]
Partially agreed to have a phase out plan until April 2020
Key Actions:
| Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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| Handover from existing team to local team with operation, decision-making, use of resources and responsibilities.
[Added: 2019/12/22] [Last Updated: 2020/03/24] |
CICETE, YYEEF | 2020/10 | Initiated | Due to COVID-19 pandemic, some activities are delayed. History |
6. Recommendation:
Communicate with Jala’s senior management and invite technical experts to do an assessment of the cultivation effect of small roses.
Management Response: [Added: 2019/12/22]
Disagree. Communication with Jala’s senior management was carried out, concluding that Jala will not be purchasing the roses to be produced from the base and the Jala’s rose production standards will not be necessarily followed.
Key Actions: