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Evaluation Methodology & Baseline Study of European Commission Technical Cooperation support : Final Report

This evaluation is being commissioned within the framework contract for Evaluation of the EC’s main policies and strategies which was signed on 10 April 2007 between the EC and a consortium led by Particip (Germany) and composed of ADE-Aide à la Décision Économique (Belgium), DIE-Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (Germany), DRN-Development Researchers Network (Italy), ECDPM-European Centre for Development Policy Management (Belgium), and ODI-Overseas Development Institute (United Kingdom). DRN is in charge of the study. This evaluation study aims to: develop a detailed results-orientated methodology for the assessment of capacity development in the Technical Cooperation (TC) programmes; and test it in a number of case studies reflecting a variety of EC intervention regions and modalities. In line with what is specified in the ToR, the scope of the study covers the following four typologies of TC as defined in the EC Backbone Strategy: Capacity Development of organisations and individuals; Provision of policy and/or expert advice; Strengthening of implementation (of services, investments and regulatory activities); and Preparation/facilitation of EC cooperation (or broader donor cooperation). Nevertheless, as agreed in the Reference Group meeting held on 9 March, Capacity Development (first type of TC according to the Guidelines n° 3 of March 2009) is the focus of the evaluation, although other typologies are considered when relevant to achievement of capacity development (second and third types of the Guidelines).
Year of publication:
2012-09
Institutions: Development Researchers' Network ; Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit - EuropeAid (contributor) ; PARTICIP GmbH Consultants für Entwicklung und Umwelt, Freiburg im Breisgau (contributor) ; Aide à la Décision Economique, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (contributor) ; Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, Berlin (contributor) ; European Centre for Development Policy Management (contributor) ; Overseas Development Institute, London (contributor)
Subject: Bewertung | evaluation | Entwicklungshilfe | development aid | EU | Kooperation | cooperation | Planung | planning | technische Entwicklung | technical development
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  • 1 INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1 Objectives and scope of the exercise
  • 1.2 Definition of CD
  • 1.3 The present report
  • SECTION 1: OVERVIEW OF EC TECHNICAL COOPERATION RELATED SUPPORT WORLDWIDE
  • 2 METHODOLOGY APPLIED FOR THE ELABORATION OF THE INVENTORY OF EC TECHNICAL COOPERATION INTERVENTIONS
  • 2.1 Step 1: Data extraction
  • 2.2 Step 2: Data Selection
  • 3 OVERVIEW OF EC TECHNICAL-COOPERATION-RELATED SUPPORT WORLDWIDE
  • SECTION 2: SUMMARY OF THE LITERATURE ON CD ASSESSMENT IN THE LAST DECADE: KEY EVALUATION ISSUES
  • 4 THE LITERATURE REVIEW: CONCLUSIONS, LESSONS LEARNED AND PROPOSED COURSES OF ACTION
  • 4.1 Purpose of the review
  • 4.1.1 HOW WAS THE REVIEW DONE?
  • 4.1.2 OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING THE SCOPE OF THE EXISTING LITERATURE
  • 4.2 Findings concerning CD as an iterative process
  • 4.2.1 THE ‘BLACK BOX’ ISSUE
  • 4.2.2 PULL VS. PUSH APPROACH
  • 4.2.3 BUILT-IN FLEXIBILITY AND INTERACTION WITH THE CONTEXT
  • 4.2.4 CAPACITY AND PERFORMANCE
  • 4.2.5 FINDINGS CONCERNING CD AS A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL AND POLITICAL CONCEPT 104.2.6 THE INDIVIDUAL, ORGANISATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL LAYERS OF CD
  • 4.3 Findings concerning the definition of the end state of CD effort and how to achieve it
  • 4.4 Findings concerning the evaluation of CD and other measuring issues
  • 4.5 Key synthetic conclusions on the literature review
  • 5 RECENT WORKS ON CD ASSESSMENT AND DIRECT REFERENCES OF THE PROPOSED METHODOLOGY
  • 5.1 ROACH
  • 5.2 5Cs
  • 5.3 World Bank Capacity Development Results Framework (CDRF)
  • 5.4 UNDP: Measuring Capacity
  • 5.5 The Proposed Methodology
  • SECTION 3: PROPOSED METHODOLOGY
  • 6 THE CD PROCESS
  • 6.1 The narrative
  • 6.2 The intervention logic
  • 6.3 Level 1of the IL: enabling factors and CD inputs
  • 6.4 Level 2 of the IL: capacity outputs
  • 6.5 Level 3 of the IL: Capacity Outcomes
  • 6.6 The interaction of the key components of the IL
  • SECTION 4: THE STANDARD EVALUATION STEPS AND THE EVALUATION QUESTIONS ACCORDING TO THE LEVELS OF THE IL
  • 7 THE KEY STEPS OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS
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