- Evaluation Plan:
- 2017-2022, Lebanon
- Evaluation Type:
- Mid Term Project
- Planned End Date:
- 11/2018
- Completion Date:
- 12/2018
- Status:
- Completed
- Management Response:
- Yes
- Evaluation Budget(US $):
- 48,857
Mid Term Evaluation of the Lebanese Host Communities Support Project
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Title | Mid Term Evaluation of the Lebanese Host Communities Support Project | ||||||||
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Atlas Project Number: | 00065799 | ||||||||
Evaluation Plan: | 2017-2022, Lebanon | ||||||||
Evaluation Type: | Mid Term Project | ||||||||
Status: | Completed | ||||||||
Completion Date: | 12/2018 | ||||||||
Planned End Date: | 11/2018 | ||||||||
Management Response: | Yes | ||||||||
Focus Area: |
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Corporate Outcome and Output (UNDP Strategic Plan 2018-2021) |
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SDG Goal |
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SDG Target |
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Evaluation Budget(US $): | 48,857 | ||||||||
Source of Funding: | Project | ||||||||
Evaluation Expenditure(US $): | 50,000 | ||||||||
Joint Programme: | No | ||||||||
Joint Evaluation: | No | ||||||||
Evaluation Team members: |
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GEF Evaluation: | No | ||||||||
Key Stakeholders: | MoSA CDR and relevant municipalities | ||||||||
Countries: | LEBANON |
Lessons | |
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Findings | |
1. | A. RELEVANCE Tag: Relevance Ownership Conflict Displaced People Refugees Jobs and Livelihoods |
2. | B. EFFECTIVENESS Tag: Agriculture Effectiveness Civil Societies and NGOs Conflict Refugees Capacity Building Education Jobs and Livelihoods |
3. | 2. Effectiveness of LHSP in strengthening the capacity of local and national actors to deliver basic services in a participatory and conflict sensitive manner Tag: Effectiveness Bilateral partners Country Government Capacity Building |
4. | 3. Effectiveness of LHSP in reducing local tensions and improving community security Tag: Conflict Displaced People Refugees Security Social cohesion |
5. | 4. Effectiveness of LHSP in strengthening the capacity of the Lebanese government to respond to the influx of displaced Syrians Tag: Effectiveness Country Government Capacity Building |
6. | 5. Effectiveness of LHSP in integrating monitoring, knowledge management and risk management in the project implementation Tag: Effectiveness Knowledge management Monitoring and Evaluation Risk Management |
7. | C. EFFICIENCY Tag: Efficiency Human and Financial resources |
8. | D. SUSTAINABILITY OF LHSP Tag: Sustainability Country Government |
9. | E. IMPACT Tag: Impact Security Social cohesion |
10. | 2. LHSP was effective in enhancing the capacity of municipalities in the identification and planning of priority basic services projects, though municipalities are requesting more capacity building in the delivery of basic services. Municipal members and employees do not have enough capacity to carry out their work, while they lack a municipal culture and vision that would allow them to identify, plan and deliver basic services in an effective way. Municipalities also face the challenge of transparency and accountability, as well as sharing information with citizens about municipal decisions and budgets. The LHSP supported capacity-building project of the newly elected municipal councils through a partnership between UNDP, MoIM and the Institute of Finance – IoF - (Irada Baladiya). Though the training was beneficial as indicated by several mayors, it was short in duration and without follow-up and coaching. Municipalities requested to be exposed to additional training. The training was not also part of a formal capacity development process that entails: capacity assessment, design and implementation of capacity development interventions to address the identified capacity gaps and evaluation and institutionalization of the developed capacity. It is worth mentioning that capacity-building of municipalities was not considered as priority by donors. Tag: Effectiveness Capacity Building |
11. | 3. LHSP support to vulnerable communities has resulted in the reduction of pressure on basic services of municipalities and in meeting the urgent needs of the communities, as evidenced by the great satisfaction expressed by the beneficiaries. Tag: Agriculture Waste management Effectiveness Country Government Capacity Building |
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Tag: Agriculture water resources Effectiveness Country Government Capacity Building |
13. | 5. LHSP has proved ability to learn from experience and adapt to changing context by starting MRR at the cluster level and the implementation of related projects LHSP is evolving through learning from past experiences and adapting to changing context. The implementation of some projects in the areas of treatment of solid waste, waste water management and drinking water has proved to be ineffective at the community level without being linked to a network at the regional or cluster level. The cluster approach also aims to increase the impact of the project by benefitting larger number of the population as well benefitting municipalities that are not part of the 251 communities, but indirectly affected by the presence of displaced Syrians in the cluster. Tag: Waste management Water resources Effectiveness Capacity Building |
Recommendations | |
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1 | Enhance the relevance of LHSP by updating the selection of targeted communities and reviewing the selection criteria |
2 | Enhance livelihood programme through comprehensive livelihood projects that contribute to the short, medium and long-term job creation with particular emphasis on women and youths through working with micro, meso and macro actors |
3 | Support locally-based area approach to scale-up LHSP |
4 | Enhance LHSP sustainability through the formulation and implementation of an integrated and comprehensive capacity development strategy for local actors including municipalities, SDCs and civil society |
5 | Review of the LHSP governance structure |
6 | Enhance the participation of donors in strategic issues and involve donors in the formulation of the next phase of LHSP |
7 | Enhance the effectiveness of LHSP Information management tool and facilitate its access to donors |
Key Action Update History
Enhance the relevance of LHSP by updating the selection of targeted communities and reviewing the selection criteria
Management Response: [Added: 2018/12/06] [Last Updated: 2020/12/05]
LHSP refers to the vulnerability map of the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan (UN agencies – Government –Donors coordinated response), which should be updated. LHSP will follow the updated LCRP criteria.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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1.1. Dialogue with government’s counterparts and donors to define new criteria of vulnerability
[Added: 2018/12/06] [Last Updated: 2019/11/14] |
Senior Management | 2019/12 | Completed | Ongoing under LCRP – according to LCRP findings LHSP will adapt its criteria History |
Enhance livelihood programme through comprehensive livelihood projects that contribute to the short, medium and long-term job creation with particular emphasis on women and youths through working with micro, meso and macro actors
Management Response: [Added: 2018/12/06] [Last Updated: 2020/12/05]
UNDP will continue to advocate with donors on this concern that has been already raised through previous evaluations and during the Steering Committee meetings. LHSP will actively promote coordination with other projects/initiative to integrate actions related to Livelihood.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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2.1. Donors meetings
[Added: 2018/12/06] [Last Updated: 2019/11/14] |
Senior Management Program SLD Project LHSP | 2019/12 | Completed | Completed as per new LHSP 2019-2022 PRODOC History | |
2.2. Coordination of initiative
[Added: 2018/12/06] [Last Updated: 2019/11/14] |
Program S&LD Project LHSP | 2019/12 | Completed | Ongoing under LCRP livelihood sector History |
Support locally-based area approach to scale-up LHSP
Management Response: [Added: 2018/12/06] [Last Updated: 2020/12/05]
LHSP is already applying the area based approach: indeed for the new phase (2019 and forward) the area based scaling up will be one of the main focuses of the project.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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3.1 Definition of criteria for clusters intervention
[Added: 2018/12/06] [Last Updated: 2019/07/22] |
Program S&LD Program CPR Project LHSP | 2019/10 | Completed | The project is reconsidering the cluster methodology developed in 2016. History |
Enhance LHSP sustainability through the formulation and implementation of an integrated and comprehensive capacity development strategy for local actors including municipalities, SDCs and civil society
Management Response: [Added: 2018/12/06] [Last Updated: 2020/12/05]
UNDP will continue to advocate with donors on this matter. LHSP will actively promote coordination with other projects/initiative to integrate actions related to capacity building of local actors.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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4.1 Donors advocacy
[Added: 2018/12/06] [Last Updated: 2019/11/14] |
Senior Managemetn | 2019/12 | Completed | Completed (referring to LHSP 2019-2022 PRODOC) History | |
4.2 Coordination with other initiatives
[Added: 2018/12/06] [Last Updated: 2019/11/14] |
Program S&LD Program CPR Project LHSP | 2019/12 | Completed | Mechanism of coordination with UNDP-UNHABITAT MERC project established Ongoing coordination with Social Stability LCRP sector History |
Review of the LHSP governance structure
Management Response: [Added: 2018/12/06] [Last Updated: 2020/12/05]
UNDP will consider the recommendation of the evaluator with regards to the governance structure and will discuss the recommendations with donors and partners.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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5.1 internal discussion and strategy
[Added: 2018/12/06] [Last Updated: 2019/07/22] |
Senior Management Program S&LD Program CPR Project LHSP | 2019/07 | Completed | the CTA presented and discussed with the advisors of the MoSA Minister the finding of LHSP 2015-2017 evaluation concerning the governance structure. The counterpart agreed to reinitiate the process of involvement of the core LHSP group, composed by MoSA, MoIM, CDR and PM Office. History | |
5.2 Donors meetings
[Added: 2018/12/06] [Last Updated: 2019/07/22] |
Senior Management Program S&LD Program CPR Project LHSP | 2019/03 | Completed | the CTA presented and discussed with the advisors of the MoSA Minister the finding of LHSP 2015-2017 evaluation concerning the governance structure. The counterpart agreed to reinitiate the process of involvement of the core LHSP group, composed by MoSA, MoIM, CDR and PM Office. History | |
5.3 Government consultation
[Added: 2018/12/06] [Last Updated: 2019/07/22] |
Senior Management | 2019/07 | Completed | Same as above History |
Enhance the participation of donors in strategic issues and involve donors in the formulation of the next phase of LHSP
Management Response: [Added: 2018/12/06] [Last Updated: 2020/12/05]
UNDP has already shared and discussed with the main LHSP donors the contents of the LHSP project document for the new phase and has already a mechanism of coordination with donors related to the steering committee of LHSP. However, the recommendation is valid and UNDP will promote regular donors’ meetings on LHSP.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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6.1 Quarterly donors’ meetings
[Added: 2018/12/06] [Last Updated: 2019/11/14] |
Senior Management Program S&LD Program CPR Project LHSP | 2019/12 | Completed | Completed LHSP 2019-2022 PRODOC prepared in consultation with donors History |
Enhance the effectiveness of LHSP Information management tool and facilitate its access to donors
Management Response: [Added: 2018/12/06] [Last Updated: 2020/12/05]
UNDP has already presented the LHSP IM tool to some donors and is working on opening access to the relevant information to them by the beginning of the next year.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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7.1 Meetings with donors and agreements on the IM utilization
[Added: 2018/12/06] [Last Updated: 2019/11/14] |
Program S&LD Project LHSP | 2019/10 | Completed | Completed with KFW (access to IM tool) History | |
7.2 IM arrangements for accessing the information
[Added: 2018/12/06] [Last Updated: 2019/11/14] |
Project LHSP | 2019/10 | Completed | Completed with KFW (access to IM tool) History |