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Promoting micro- and small enterprises through improved entrepreneurs' access to financial services - Final Evaluation

eval_number:

2459

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2459

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Planning and programme design

category:

Organizational issues

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comments:

ILO and the Project team, FSPs and the eventual beneficiaries/MSE clients

challenges:

Risk of 3-year timeframe for PROMISE IMPACT projects is that it takes initial few months reaching out and finding right partners. A few more months go before the Project is able to decide on implementation modalities and preparations. Last few months usually go towards accumulating and sharing learnings. Therefore, not much time remains for implementation. An extended implementation in PROMISE IMPACT would have shown even greater impacts.

success:

-

context:

The PROMISE IMPACT project was a few months short of 4 years. Therefore, it actually ended up becoming a 4-year project. A 4-year project may accommodate risks such as not finding a project anchor in time – something that the Project faced. In addition, a longer timeframe affords opportunity to revise targets, indicators, allows for trying out innovations based on learnings within the project timeframe and keeps the Project focused on implementation for a longer period

description:

Plan at least a 4-year long project with 3 years of key implementation activities. This could allow flexibility in the project in terms of modification of the measures and targets in the log frame as new information comes in and practicability of achieving targets in the given timeframe is known.

administrative_issues:

The ILO may consider 4-year or longer projects at the design stage

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/213194

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location:

country:

Indonesia

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Promoting micro- and small enterprises through improved entrepreneurs' access to financial services - Final Evaluation