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Midterm Evaluation Support to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency

Evaluation Plan:: 2018-2022, Egypt
Evaluation Type:: Mid Term Project
Planned End Date:: 06/2020
Completion Date:: 03/2020
Status:: Completed
Management Response:: Yes
Evaluation Budget(US $):: 40,000

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TOR_Evaluation_Cooperation with MSMEDA.pdf	tor	English	341.21 KB	Posted	1103
FINAL REPORT MSMEDA.pdf	report	English	787.12 KB	Posted	1255

Title

Midterm Evaluation Support to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency

Atlas Project Number:

00049150

Evaluation Plan:

2018-2022, Egypt

Evaluation Type:

Mid Term Project

Status:

Completed

Completion Date:

03/2020

Planned End Date:

06/2020

Management Response:

Yes

Focus Area:

1. Governance
2. 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

SDG Goal

Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

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
1.a Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, in order to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions
17.16 Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries
17.17 Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships
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
8.6 By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training

Evaluation Budget(US $):

40,000

Source of Funding:

UNDP

Evaluation Expenditure(US $):

17,800

Joint Programme:

Joint Evaluation:

Evaluation Team members:

Name	Title	Nationality
Tamer El Meehy	Evaluator	EGYPT

GEF Evaluation:

Key Stakeholders:

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency

Countries:

EGYPT

Lessons
Findings

Recommendations
1	MSMEDA’s ability to fulfil its new mandate
2	The Role of Information Technology
3	Gender Unit

1. Recommendation:

MSMEDA’s ability to fulfil its new mandate

Management Response: [Added: 2021/04/08]

UNDP will support strategic positioning and institutional capacity building of MSMEDA to support it in the implementation of its new mandate and its role as a key player in the current ecosystem of MSMEs and Entrepreneurship and to support MSMEDA to demonstrate the value it brings to the processes of MSME development and how it complements rather than replace existing efforts and actors.

Key Actions:

Key Action	Responsible	DueDate	Status
MSMEDA operational capacity strengthened [Added: 2021/04/08]	MSMEDA & UNDP	2023/09	Not Initiated
MSMEDA’s New Functions and Organizational Units Supported [Added: 2021/04/08]	MSMEDA & UNDP	2023/09	Not Initiated
Outreach, Variety and Accessibility of Financial Services Enhanced [Added: 2021/04/08]	MSMEDA & UNDP	2023/09	Not Initiated
Improved Delivery of Non-Financial Services [Added: 2021/04/08]	MSMEDA & UNDP	2023/09	Not Initiated
Linking MSME development and job creation with public works on the community level [Added: 2021/04/08]	MSMEDA & UNDP	2023/09	Not Initiated

2. Recommendation:

The Role of Information Technology

Management Response: [Added: 2021/04/08]

Management response: Support Digital Transformation of MSMEDA

Key Actions:

Key Action	Responsible	DueDate	Status	Comments
MSMEs platform and e-commerce [Added: 2021/04/08] [Last Updated: 2021/12/27]	MSMEDA & UNDP	2021/09	Completed	- Developed the Business Development Unit (BDU) and its mobile units which provides technical support; branding; marketing services including e-marketing; & e-commerce services for the enterprises. - Supporting the development of The National Private Cloud Infrastructure to provide E-services to MSMEs.
Digitalization of the services provided to MSMEs based on the needs of the beneficiary [Added: 2021/04/08]	MSMEDA & UNDP	2023/09	Not Initiated
Support digital transformation of MSMEs [Added: 2021/04/08]	MSMEDA & UNDP	2023/09	Not Initiated

3. Recommendation:

Gender Unit

Management Response: [Added: 2021/04/08]

strengthening of the Gender Unit and expanding its scope

Key Actions:

Key Action	Responsible	DueDate	Status	Comments	Documents
capacity building of the Gender Unit [Added: 2021/04/08]	MSMEDA & UNDP	2023/09	Not Initiated

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