Evaluation Matrix - conducive to poverty reduction *

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RELEVANCE

 Do the Project design and the choice of activities and deliverables properly reflect and address the needs of the

beneficiaries?

o Is there a correlation link between the Project’s design, activities and deliverables and the needs of the beneficiaries?

 Level of knowledge of the beneficiaries of the Project

 Level of satisfaction of the beneficiaries with the Project design

 Level of satisfaction of the beneficiaries with the Project’s design (activities and deliverables)

 Perception of Project managers

 Document review  Workshops’ summary evaluation

responses

 Interviews

 Survey

 Beneficiaries

 Project managers

 Number of occasions during which the beneficiaries were able to express their needs during project implementation

 Perception of beneficiaries regarding the extent of their needs captured/ reflected in the project design and implementation.

 Correlation between the project design and UNCTAD’s mandates

 Are the project design and the choice of activities and deliverables aligned with the objectives of Development Account?

 Correlation between the project design and the objectives of Development Account

 Correlation between the selected activities and the objectives of Development

 Were the actual activities and outputs of the project consistent with the overall goals and the intended outcomes?

 Correlation between the activities and outputs and intended outcomes

 Correlation between assumptions made during the design phase and the actual operating environment of the project

 Have the activities achieved or are they likely to achieve planned objectives as enunciated in the

 Number of meetings and seminars on trade strategy issues (trade options, trade strategies, trade strategy

 Document review  Progress reports

 Project document

 Trade strategy and implementation plan

33 If considered relevant and if they are available during the Geneva mission.

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project’s logframe and produced the formulation of a trade policy / strategy conducive to poverty reduction with an implementation plan

 Existence of draft national trade policy / strategy conducive to poverty reduction, with an implementation plan for each of the concerned Governments (for consideration and possible endorsement)

 Nb. of beneficiaries reporting having sufficient capacities to develop trade

 Report on submission of national trade policy

 Evidence that national development and poverty reduction plans are reflecting priorities of trade strategies

 Number of assistance needs and operations identified in the trade

 Number of trade strategies build on the diagnostic trade integration study or the

 Proposals and requests submitted

 Workshops’ summary evaluation

 To what extent are project stakeholders

satisfied with the activities delivered and  Level of satisfaction of the

stakeholders with the activities  Document review  Workshops’ summary evaluation responses

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the quality of the outputs? delivered and the quality of the

outputs?  Interviews

 Survey

 Beneficiaries

 Consultants

 Project managers

 What were the main factors influencing the outcomes of this project?

 Lessons learned for replication of the project to other locations

 Degree of replicability of the project in other locations

 Document review  National policy documents

 Trade strategies and have the activities been carried out within the planned timeframe?

 Existence of a monitoring strategy

 Adequacy of monitoring tools to measure results achieved

 Level of satisfaction of relevant stakeholders concerning reporting

 Level of satisfaction of beneficiaries with UNCTAD’s communication procedures

 Have resources and funds been used efficiently, leveraging in-house expertise, previous research and technical cooperation outcomes, existing databases, and other in-house resources of UNCTAD?

 Has the project strategy of leveraging partnerships contributed towards the outcomes of the project? How?

 Correlation between costs and results

 Percentage and cost of personnel time allocated to programme management³⁴

 Adequacy of management expenses vs.

operational expenses

 Have the project activities been carried out within the planned timeframe?

 Correlation between issues dealt with through the project and issues

34 Management expenses: logistics & administration, contractual services, etc.

Operational expenses: Paying for the workshops, paying speakers during the workshops, paying the consultants, etc.

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two years

 Level of satisfaction of beneficiaries

 Level of timely completion of planned activities in the beneficiary countries.

 Trade strategies

 Diagnostic trade integration study

 Progress reports

 Workshops’ summary evaluation responses

 What is the likelihood that the benefits from the project will be sustained following the completion of the project?

 Have efforts been made to sustain the knowledge and research result gained in the project for future similar

interventions to be carried out by UNCTAD?

 Perception of beneficiaries and managers

 Existence and quality of an exit strategy

 Level of institutional development through the Project

 Level of individual development the Project facilitated

 Level of engagement of beneficiaries in the design of activities and

implementation

 Level of cooperation with other int'l organization or local implementation

 Workshops’ summary evaluation responses

 Is the project supported by the national government? Do the government counterparts demonstrate leadership commitment and technical capacity to continue the work initiated by the project?

 Number of occasions during which the beneficiaries were able to get involved in project implementation (e.g.: workshops)

 Level of participation of the beneficiaries

 Document review  Project document

 Level of satisfaction of the beneficiaries with their involvement in the Project’s initiation and design

 Level of senior level beneficiaries/

decision makers involvement in the project (ownership issue)

 Level of satisfaction of the beneficiaries with their involvement in the Project’s

 Evidence that measures were undertaken to increase participation of women in the Project’s activities

 Evidence that gender issues are

 Document review  Project document

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integrated in the trade policies /

strategies  Workshops’ summary evaluation

responses

 Interviews

 Surveys

 Beneficiaries

 Consultants

 Project managers

 How have the policy makers been sensitized on the gender impact of trade and trade policies? For instance, are they better informed of policy options to promote gender equity?

 Perception of policy makers, beneficiaries and managers of the importance in mainstreaming gender equality in their policies and strategies

 Document review  Project document

 Progress reports

 Events participants lists

 National policy documents

 Trade strategies

 Diagnostic trade integration study

 Workshops’ summary evaluation responses

 Interviews

 Surveys

 Beneficiaries

 Consultants

 Project managers

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