Commissioning Unit: | Afghanistan |
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Evaluation Plan: | 2015-2022 |
Evaluation Type: | Project |
Completion Date: | 03/2020 |
Unit Responsible for providing Management Response: | Afghanistan
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Key Action Update History
Explore ways of aligning EGEMA with other UNDP/UN projects. It is important to build synergy with other programmes in UNDP/UN, especially Gender is a cross cutting area in the UN. A joint UN Programme/Project is a step towards ‘Delivering as One.
Management Response: [Added: 2020/07/27]
Agreed: After the final evaluation, EGEMA project conducted the ‘Mapping of existing gender equality and women’s empowerment project and programme within UN Afghanistan
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Hiring a national consultant for the mapping
[Added: 2020/07/27] |
Governance for Peace Unit and Procurement Unit | 2019/10 | Completed | Hired | |
Conduct interviews (online and in-person) with responsible staffs from UN Agencies, Funds and Progammes
[Added: 2020/07/27] |
Governance for Peace Unit | 2019/12 | Completed | Conducted the interview | |
Finalize the mapping deliverable
[Added: 2020/07/27] |
Governance for Peace Unit | 2019/12 | Completed | Finalized by the consultant and approved by the Governance for Peace (G4P) |
It is important to have Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time bound (SMART) indicators at the initial stage of the project and let partners understand the specific and targeted objectives in order not to make unnecessary capacity building demands and hence deviate from your focus.
Management Response: [Added: 2020/07/27]
Agreed: For the extension of the EGEMA project until the 31st of December 2020, the project added three new SMART indicators under output 1 and 2.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Added the new indicators
[Added: 2020/07/27] |
Governance for Peace Unit and Programme strategy Results Unit | 2019/12 | Completed | Revised M&E plan was submitted and approved by PSRU. |
Learning from mistakes, it is important to have clear criteria for implementation of project and selection of beneficiaries especially in sub national level of insecurity. Involve every necessary stakeholder and follow up as often as it is possible by visits, phone calls and email correspondence (copying every stakeholder involved). This is to enable transparency and commitment. Most Ministries now have a plan, it is usually a success to harmonise your plans with theirs.
Management Response: [Added: 2020/07/27]
Agreed: : After the evaluation, due to the restructuring of the UNDP Afghanistan, the sub national activities (under output 3, women’s economic empowerment and livelihood) were transferred to the Economic Transformation Unit
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Transfer the information of beneficiaries, stakeholders, implementing partners in sub national level to the Economic Transformation Unit
[Added: 2020/07/27] |
Governance for Peace Unit & Economic Transformation Unit | 2019/10 | Completed | The information had been shared with the unit. |
Conduct thorough research on interventions before developing a Project and involve IPs right from Project design. Always design an exit strategy when developing the Project. This is to ensure that project is sustained and continues, even after funding has ended. The design of the project should be more encompassing and explicit. The existence of a clear and well-structured design and implementation framework (durations, resources, beneficiaries and partners) including M&E framework at the outset of the project is a key factor for successful implementation
Management Response: [Added: 2020/07/27]
Agreed: For the 2020 AWP, the project planned to implement the exit strategy especially for the MA programme (Kabul University).
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Exit strategy activity: Strengthening the capacity of the faculty of Master’s in Gender and Women Studies
[Added: 2020/07/27] [Last Updated: 2022/01/18] |
Governance for Peace Unit | 2021/12 | No Longer Applicable |
[Justification: This activity is no more applicable due to the changes in the political circumstance. ] This activity is no more applicable due to the changes in the political circumstance. History |
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Exit strategy activity: Advocating the budget of the Master’s programme into the National Budget
[Added: 2020/07/27] [Last Updated: 2021/10/10] |
Governance for Peace Unit | 2021/09 | No Longer Applicable |
[Justification: no more applicable] No more applicable History |
Be prepared for long term commitments when carrying out a strategic Behavior Change Programme and plan well for human and material resources to maintain behavior change and curtail relapses. Appoint qualified project staff from the regions to oversee regional offices especially where you have large-scale interventions that security may not permit you to visit often
Management Response: [Added: 2020/07/27]
Agreed: For 2020 AWP due to the budget restriction , the project does not have funding for the Behavior Change Programme.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Resource mobilization for the Behavior Change Programme
[Added: 2020/07/27] [Last Updated: 2022/01/18] |
Governance for Peace Unit | 2021/12 | No Longer Applicable |
[Justification: This activity is no more applicable due to the changes in the political circumstance. ] This activity is no more applicable due to the changes in the political circumstance. History |
With permission from higher authority, conduct institutional capacity assessment of MOWA and support the Ministry by providing them with a mentoring Programme geared at building a high level workforce for the public service
Management Response: [Added: 2020/07/27]
Agreed: EGEMA 2 Concept note has the output of the Institutional Capacity Assessment of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, based on this evaluation recommendation.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Development of the EGEMA 2 Concept Note
[Added: 2020/07/27] |
Governance for Peace Unit | 2020/06 | Completed | Current Project Manager submit the Concept note to Programme Officer |
Finally, grow deeper instead of spreading thinly. Concentrate on doing a few things very well
Management Response: [Added: 2020/07/27]
Agreed: EGEMA 2 Concept note has the deeper approach.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Development of the EGEMA 2 Concept Note
[Added: 2020/07/27] [Last Updated: 2020/11/08] |
Governance for Peace Unit | 2020/09 | Completed | Two new projects were created Women Economic Empowerment and Gender Justice whereas both can fulfill EGEMA project. Thus EGEMA project will not be continued. History |
Based on the recommendation of the stakeholder UNDP support should continue in gender equality and women empowerment because it takes a long time to change people’s attitude and Afghanistan needs assistance in this area. It is therefore recommended that the project be extended
Management Response: [Added: 2020/07/27]
Agreed: This recommendation was made in 2019 as a final evaluation. Based on this recommendation the project was extended until December 2020.
Key Actions:
Key Action | Responsible | DueDate | Status | Comments | Documents |
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Project extension
[Added: 2020/07/27] |
Governance for Peace Unit | 2019/12 | Completed | Project was extended with the donor agreement by 31 December 2020 |