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Shan State: Peace reconciliation and development through community empowerment - Final evaluation

eval_number:

2377

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2377

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Programme implementation

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

Implementing staff and partners would welcome strengthened programme governance and grant management to ensure the success of such intervention, in particular in a complex context.

challenges:

Programme governance should not become burdensome or subject to protectionist attitudes. Such programme should ensure that all implementing staff and partners display the willingness and capacity to work together with a common programmatic approach and M&E tools at an early stage of the intervention.

success:

Most project stakeholders expect stronger programmatic coherence rather than working independently without effective programme oversight. This does not hinder the programme adopting a participatory and empowering approach.

context:

Programme coherence and synergies among Consortium partners requires good programme governance. Clearly defining roles and responsibilities and effective use of quality programme management tools would be key to ensure programmatic success in any intervention in general. Enough time, capacity and resources should be allocated to conduct systematic and consistent monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and budget monitoring. The programme should also ensure that project staff and key stakeholders display a common approach and understanding of the programme strategy, operating processes and quality management.

description:

Despite facing major contextual challenges, in particular due to the faltering peace process and intensified fighting in Shan State, the project team was able to achieve most of output targets. However, better and more sustainable qualitative and quantitative results could have been achieved, notably at the outcome level, through strengthened quality project management. Robust monitoring and evaluation, grant management, joint planning, stronger coordination and consistent communication across the project, and among Consortium partners would have contributed to a more successful and coherent programme supporting peacebuilding. This would have allowed to manage change and complexity in a more strategic/systematic way and to ultimately better serve end beneficiaries of the intervention.

administrative_issues:

The Consortium structure design would need to be revised as well as allocation of staff and resources.

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/201465

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location:

country:

Myanmar

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Shan State: Peace reconciliation and development through community empowerment - Final evaluation