Evaluations completed during 2004

Note: The present document is to be read in conjunction with document DP/2005/25. It tabulates every evaluation conducted by UNDP and its associated funds and programmes during 2004, organized by indicator, type, agency, region and title.

A.Centrally managed evaluations

(a)UNDP

Asia-Pacific / Assessment of micro-macro linkages in poverty alleviation: South Asia
Asia-Pacific / Country evaluation: China
LAC / Country evaluation: Jamaica
Africa / Country evaluation: Mozambique

(b)UNCDF

Africa / Uganda district development project: Pilot phase II
Africa / Support to decentralized planning and financing in the provinces of Nampula and Cabo Delgado
Africa / Malawi decentralized governance programme
Africa / Programme Sahel Bukinabé
Africa / MicroStart II: Transformation of the microfinance sector in Yemen

(c)UNIFEM

Global / Organizational assessment: UNIFEM Past, present and future
Cross-regional / From global to local: A convention monitoring and implementation project

(d)UNV

Global / GIPA comparative analysis
Asia-Pacific / Mongolia country review

(e)GEF

Global / GEF biodiversity programme study
Global / GEF climate change programme study
Global / GEF international waters programme study

(f)Multilateral Fund

Cross-regional / Final evaluation on Halon Banking projects for countries with low volumes of installed capacities
Cross-regional / Desk study and on methyl-bromide projects

B.Decentralized global and regional evaluations

(a)UNDP

Arab States / Evaluation report on ICT for development in the Arab region ICTDAR – rab/02/003
Arab States / Evaluation report on regional programme on governance in the Arab region
Arab States / Evaluation of the center of Arab women for training and research
Arab States / Quality assessment of primary and middle education in mathematics and science
Europe and the CIS / Mid-term evaluation of the second regional cooperation framework for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States

(b)UNIFEM

Asia-Pacific / Promotion of women’s human rights through the elimination of violence against women
Europe and the CIS / Gender and economic justice in European accession and integration
Asia-Pacific / Strengthening the network of home-based workers
Europe and the CIS / Southeastern European women’s legal initiative

(c)UNV

LAC / Red de Voluntarios de las Naciones Unidas por los derechos de la niñez y de la adolescencia en Centroamérica y la República Dominicana

(d)GEF

Global / Ballast Water Control and Management Measures in Developing Countries
Arab States / Regional- Implementation of the SAP for the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
Europe and the CIS / Strengthening the implementation capacities for nutrient reduction and transboundary cooperation in the DanubeRiver Basin
LAC / TVE electronic media

C.Decentralized outcome evaluations

(a)UNDP

Africa / BEN / Increased access of the poor to finance system (formal, informal and microfinance)
Africa / CAM / Évaluation prospective du programme national de gouvernance du Cameroun
Africa / TOG / Analysis of the microfinance sector. Elements of the national structure of microfinance
Africa / ZIM / Institutional capacity built to plan and implement multi-sector strategies to limit the spread of HIV/AIDS/AIDS and mitigate its social and economic impact
Asia-Pacific / BHU / Global environment concerns and commitments integrated in national development planning and policy
Asia-Pacific / IND / Outcome evaluation for enhanced rural non-farm employment and productivity and income
Asia-Pacific / INS / Increased capacity to formulate a comprehensive and integrated set of policies and legal framework for environmentally sustainable development in the context of regional autonomy, with emphasis on good environmental governance
Asia-Pacific / IRN / Outcome evaluation of Environment
Asia-Pacific / LAO / Implementation of the Rule of Law in Lao PDR, 1997-2003 – lessons and challenges
Asia-Pacific / NEP / Energy, environment and disaster management
Asia-Pacific / NEP / Poor communities exercise their right to self-organization and to build alliances
Asia-Pacific / NEP / Responsiveness of national and local politics and plans to gender issues
Asia-Pacific / SRI / Increased access of the poor to improved housing, finance, markets, technology and information
Asia-Pacific / VIE / Capacity building for disaster reduction
Arab States / LEB / UNDP support to governance reform in Lebanon
Arab States / LIB / Financial and human resources mobilized and allocated in support of decentralization and local governments in rural and urban areas
Arab States / LIB / Improved work skills and new economic opportunities, especially for young entrants to the work force and women
Europe and the CIS / ALB / Global environment concerns and commitments integrated in national development planning and policy
Europe and the CIS / AZE / Transparency and accountability of government functions to civil society and development increased
Europe and the CIS / KAZ / Final evaluation of Semipalatinsk programme outcomes
Europe and the CIS / KOS / Early warning report performance – user’s evaluation
Europe and the CIS / KOS / Comprehensive evaluation of the UNDP’s returns programme in Kosovo including the ‘Government to Assistance’ project and the rapid returns facility project
Europe and the CIS / KYR / External evaluation of the poverty reduction programme (1998-2004) and recommendations for the 2005-2010 cycle
Europe and the CIS / LAT / Environment and energy outcome evaluation in Latvia.
Europe and the CIS / MOL / Report of the outcome evaluation mission on capacity building for poverty monitoring
Europe and the CIS / RUS / Policy development and human rights awareness
Europe and the CIS / SER & MON / Programme evaluation – municipal improvement and recovery programme
Europe and the CIS / SER & MON / Improvement in efficiency of and access to justice (2000-2003)
Europe and the CIS / SER & MON / Programme evaluation: Programme on institutional development and public administration reform (Former Capacity Building Fund) 2003-2004
Europe and the CIS / TAJ / Finance for the poor people in the rural areas of the Republic of Tajikistan
Europe and the CIS / TAJ / Sustainable disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of ex-combatants and conversion of military assets to civilian use
Europe and the CIS / UKR / Promotion of peer education on healthy lifestyle for young people in Ukraine
LAC / BOL / Evaluación de resultados del área de medio ambiente
LAC / ECU / Strengthening of management capacity of local governments
LAC / NIC / Strengthened national capacity for implementing comprehensive actions based on democratic principles and practices and the respect of human rights.
LAC / VEN / Outcome Evaluation: Strengthened national mechanisms for peaceful arbitration of dispute
LAC / VEN / Outcome Evaluation: Increased public debate on sustainable human development

D.Decentralized project evaluations

(a)UNDP

Africa / BDI / Rapport d’évaluation du projet d’appui à la sécurité alimentaire et gestion de l’environnement
Africa / BDI / Rapport d’évaluation du projet d’appui aux communautés
Africa / BDI / Rapport d’évaluation du projet de gouvernance économique
Africa / BDI / Rapport d’évaluation du projet de planification locale
Africa / BDI / Rapport d’évaluation du projet de genre
Africa / BDI / Projet de gouvernance démocratique
Africa / BDI / Rapport d’évaluation du projet AP-SIDA
Africa / BOT / Evaluation of the South-to-South teacher capacity building programme on HIV/AIDS Presentation
Africa / BKF / Projet d’appui au programme sahel burkinabé
Africa / BKF / Appui a la réduction de la pauvreté des jeunes défavorisés ou marginalisés dans le Houet et le Tuy Burkina Faso
Africa / CAM / Support to gender project
Africa / CAM / Gender mainstreaming in Cameroon
Africa / CAM / Support to micro-schemes project
Africa / CVI / Review of the human rights programme
Africa / DRC / Projet de renforcement des stratégies communautaires
Africa / DRC / Rapport d’évaluation du projet Apnurc
Africa / GHA / Mid-term evaluation report of the biodiversity conservation of the LakeBosumtwe watershed
Africa / GHA / Mid-term evaluation of the environmental resource management project
Africa / GHA / Leadership Development Program (LDP) – Ghana country assessment of the LDP training and outcomes
Africa / GHA / Terminal evaluation - capacity building of microfinance institutions- project closeout evaluation
Africa / LES / Mid-term evaluation – Conserving mountain biodiversity in Southern Lesotho – Energy and Environment Unit
Africa / MAL / Exchanging weapons for development in Mali,
Africa / NIG / Projet pilote de collecte d’armes illicites et d’appui au développement
Africa / SAF / GIPA workplace model - review and adaptation
Africa / SAF / Enhancing an integrated response to HIV/AIDS and poverty to reduce the impact on human development in Kwa Zulu Natal, the Eastern Cape and the Northern Province
Africa / SAF / Terminal evaluation – Assessment on sustainability and pertinence (of the SEHD programme, outcome and expected outputs)
Africa / SAF / Sustainable human development facility for programme development and management in South Africa, for the period July 2001-October 2004
Africa / SAM / On the Structural Adjustment Facility
Africa / SAM / Evaluation of the NBSAP project and add-on phase
Africa / SAM / South Pacific biodiversity conservation programme
Africa / ZIM / Terminal evaluation for the ‘Strengthening Government Capacity for Reforms’ project
Africa / ZIM / UNDP terminal evaluation of Empretec Zimbabwe for the project period 2001-2003
Africa / ZIM / Terminal evaluation for the technical support to indigenization project
Asia-Pacific / AFG / ICT capacity development project:
Asia-Pacific / AFG / Support to human right project
Asia-Pacific / AFG / Independent evaluation of national area-based development programme
Asia-Pacific / BGD / Formulation/evaluation project – second phase
Asia-Pacific / BGD / Formulation/capacity building of socially disadvantaged women and children
Asia-Pacific / BGD / Evaluation and formulation for sustainable human development
Asia-Pacific / BGD / Formulation for project ‘Strengthening of the Election Commission for Improvement of the Electoral Process’
Asia-Pacific / CMB / Phnom Penh Urban poverty reduction project
Asia-Pacific / CMB / Poverty monitoring and analyses
Asia-Pacific / CMB / Partnership for gender equity
Asia-Pacific / CMB / Partnership for local governance: Support to the SEILA programme
Asia-Pacific / CMB / Strengthening economic and financial management
Asia-Pacific / CMB / Management of the Cardamom mountains protected forest and wildlife sanctuaries
Asia-Pacific / CMB / Greater involvement of people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS (GIPA) in Cambodia
Asia-Pacific / IND / Optimizing development of small hydroelectric resources in hilly regions of India.
Asia-Pacific / IND / Small grants facility for water sector.
Asia-Pacific / IND / UNDP/GEF project for preparation of India’s initial national communication to the UNFCCC
Asia-Pacific / IND / Education – Janashala programme
Asia-Pacific / IND / Promotion of alternative livelihoods for the poor in the biosphere of gulf of Mannar
Asia-Pacific / IND / People’s science for rural development
Asia-Pacific / IND / Final evaluation of academy for development sciences
Asia-Pacific / IND / Sub-programme on promoting sustainable livelihoods in South Bihar by organizing women for self-employment
Asia-Pacific / IND / People’s empowerment at the grass-roots level Lokshakti, Raigarh district, Chattisgarh
Asia-Pacific / IND / Peoples’ empowerment for sustainable development
Asia-Pacific / IND / Terminal evaluation: Strengthening livelihoods for women’s empowerment
Asia-Pacific / IND / Community-led evaluation of CBPPI programme in India
Asia-Pacific / INS / The Royal Netherlands Embassy of Indonesia assessment of the UNDP NorthMaluku and Maluku recovery programme
Asia-Pacific / INS / United Nations Development Programme election 2004 support programme
Asia-Pacific / IRN / Project evaluation for the United Nations joint project in Sistan/Baluchistan
Asia-Pacific / IRN / Mid-term evaluation of the Asiatic Cheetah project
Asia-Pacific / LAO / Rural development, northern Xayaboury
Asia-Pacific / LAO / Gender resource information and development project – mid-term evaluation
Asia-Pacific / LAO / Gender resources information and development centre
Asia-Pacific / LAO / Integrated solid waste management
Asia-Pacific / LAO / Strengthening the process of signing, ratifying, implementing and monitoring international legal instruments in Lao PDR
Asia-Pacific / LAO / National biodiversity strategy and action plan
Asia-Pacific / MAL / Biomass-based power generation and cogeneration in the OP industry
Asia-Pacific / MYA / Microfinance – Mid-term project technical evaluation
Asia-Pacific / NEP / ‘Beyond Trafficking’ – a joint initiative in the Millennium against trafficking in girls and women
Asia-Pacific / PAK / NWFP – Essential institutional reforms operationalization programme
Asia-Pacific / PAK / Evaluation mission report – Area development programme Baluchistan
Asia-Pacific / PAK / Support to devolution reforms in Baluchistan
Asia-Pacific / PAK / Women’s political participation project
Asia-Pacific / PNG / Support to national HIV/AIDS prevention
Asia-Pacific / PHI / Microfinance sector strengthening project
Asia-Pacific / PHI / Strengthening institutional mechanisms for the convergence of poverty alleviation efforts
Asia-Pacific / PHI / Multi-donor programme in Mindanao III
Asia-Pacific / PHI / Regional programme on tropical forestry
Asia-Pacific / PRC / Promotion of Agenda 21, sustainable human development in Qomolongma nature preserve
Asia-Pacific / PRC / Seabuckthorn development in China (rehabilitate desertified land and promote social and economic development)
Asia-Pacific / SAM / Structural adjustment facility
Asia-Pacific / SRI / Ruk coastal project (mid-term evaluation)
Asia-Pacific / SRI / Assessment of the TCDC programme in Sri Lanka
Asia-Pacific / VIE / Implementation of the public administration reform master programme for the 2001-2010 period, and recommendations for future implementation
Asia-Pacific / VIE / Impact evaluation of environmental education in Viet Nam
Asia-Pacific / VIE / Mid-term evaluation of small grants programme for operations to promote tropical forests implementation in Vietnam and other countries
Asia-Pacific / VIE / Mid-term evaluation – In-situ conservation of native landraces (pigs) and their wild relatives in Vietnam (agro-biodiversity)
Asia-Pacific / VIE / Creating protected areas for resource conservation using landscape ecology (PARC)
Arab States / EGY / Strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of Economy for economic management
Arab States / EGY / Comprehensive development for the city of Luxor
Arab States / EGY / Strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of Foreign Trade for economic management
Arab States / EGY / Business enterprise support tools: External review
Arab States / EGY / ICT trust fund considerations for present and possible future projects
Arab States / EGY / Expanded job opportunities across the country
Arab States / EGY / ICT trust fund considerations for present and possible future projects
Arab States / JOR / Knowledge stations financial sustainability assessment
Arab States / RBS / Final evaluation of Red Sea project
Arab States / SOM / Evaluation on the UNDP DDR pilot project
Arab States / SOM / Evaluation of the rule of law and security programme
Arab States / SOM / Evaluation of the Somalia watching brief (a project cost-shared by UNDP and the World Bank
Arab States / SYR / Support to national programme to combat poverty and the activities of the agency for combating unemployment
Arab States / UAE / Final evaluation of phase i of the date palm research and development programme
Arab States / YEM / Implementation of ASYCUDA in Yemen, phase II
Europe and the CIS / ALB / Support to the Institute for Public Administration in Albania
Europe and the CIS / ALB / From exchanging weapons for development to security sector reform in Albania
Europe and the CIS / BUL / External assessment of the JOBS project, strategy and support for 2004-2005
Europe and the CIS / BUL / Social assistance against new employment – Mid term evaluation
Europe and the CIS / BUL / Sustainable development of rural areas – Mid-term evaluation
Europe and the CIS / CRO / Evaluation of the preparation phase of the regional operational programme
Europe and the CIS / KOS / Value-based leadership project
Europe and the CIS / KOS / Kosovo police service institutional capacity building project report and evaluation
Europe and the CIS / KOS / Kosovo capacity building facility: Mid-term project progress assessment
Europe and the CIS / KYR / Local self-governance programme
Europe and the CIS / KYR / SIDA evaluation of gender project implemented by Sprangbradan
Europe and the CIS / LAT / Intervention to prevent HIV/AIDS/STI spread in the national armed forces.
Europe and the CIS / LAT / Coordinated support to young people’s health and development in Latvia
Europe and the CIS / LAT / Coordinated support to young people’s health and development in Latvia: Strengthening capacity and support for integration of life-skills education
Europe and the CIS / LAT / Coordinated support to young people’s health and development in Latvia: Support to improvement of youth-friendly health service provision
Europe and the CIS / LAT / Public awareness and promotion campaign for Latvian citizenship
Europe and the CIS / LAT / Promotion of social integration: Support to the implementation of the national programme for Latvian language training
Europe and the CIS / LAT / Fostering rural development: Linking education with business
Europe and the CIS / LAT / Support to the judiciary in Latvia, a Ministry of Justice and UNDP Latvia project
Europe and the CIS / LIT / External evaluation report on UNDP juvenile justice programme
Europe and the CIS / LIT / ‘Wanted: Women in Business’
Europe and the CIS / POL / Support to local governments and public administration 2001-2004, final evaluation of the umbrella project
Europe and the CIS / ROM / Strengthening the institutional capacity of the presidential administration of Romania
Europe and the CIS / RUS / Development and implementation of the lake Peipsi/Chudskoe basin management programme, mid-term evaluation
Europe and the CIS / SER & MON / Capacity-building fund-Ministry of Labour and Employment project, final evaluation
Europe and the CIS / SER & MON / Capacity building fund programme, final evaluation
Europe and the CIS / SER & MON / ‘Beautiful Serbia’, mid-term strategic review
Europe and the CIS / UKR / ‘Innovation Springboard: Leveraging Information and Communication Technologies for Ukraine’s Prosperity’
Europe and the CIS / UKR / Crimea integration and development programme, report on mid-term evaluation
Europe and the CIS / UKR / Climate change mitigation in Ukraine through energy efficiency in municipal district, terminal evaluation
Europe and the CIS / UZB / NGO capacity building for provision of access to justice by the poor
Europe and the CIS / UZB / Aid coordination and management component exit and transition strategy: development support services programme
Europe and the CIS / UZB / Development support services programme
LAC / ARG / El diálogo argentino
LAC / ARG / Programa auditoría ciudadana de las prácticas democráticas
LAC / ARG / Proyecto de modernización de la Provincia de Córdoba
LAC / BOL / Municipios de Tomave, Puna y Chaqui del Departamento de Potosí, evaluación final
LAC / BRA / Implementation of TCDC programmes and projects
LAC / BRA / Mid-term project progress evaluation
LAC / COS / Informe sobre el seminario de evaluación de avance y revisión de la planificación del proyecto
LAC / CUB / Informe de evaluación externa del proyecto UNIFEM/PNUD/PDL – Cuba, Nov-Dic. 2003
LAC / ECU / Programa de alimentación escolar
LAC / ELS / Assessing and reviewing the impact of small arms
LAC / ELS / Promoción y protección de los derechos humanos en El Salvador, Oficina del Alto Comisionado de los Derechos Humanos – Informe final:
LAC / ELS / Assessing and reviewing the impact of small arms projects on arms availability and poverty
LAC / ELS / VIH o TB, Fondo Global, Evaluación semestral
LAC / GUA / Bilingual education in the Departments of Huehuetenango and San Marcos
LAC / GUA / Institutional strengthening of the presidential secretariat for the advancement of women
LAC / URU / Sistematización de la experiencia veedurías comunitarias en el Magdalena Medio
LAC / URU / Finca campesina de clima frio agroecológica con cultivos de mora como producto líder en la subregión de Vélez

(b)UNIFEM