FEMCIDIProject Evaluations:

Summary of Seventh Cycle Results

Background• Evaluations are a standard in the Development Community.

– Increase in popularity in mid 90’s. – Are standard practice for OECD, IADB, WB, CIDA, UNDP, ADB, USAID, etc.

• Approved by IACD in 2002, Res 163/03.

• Follows evaluation guidelines published by the OECD – DAC: relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability.

• Follow the principles of recent Int’l Agreements on Aid Effectiveness:– Declaration of Paris on Aid Effectiveness, 2005– Accra Agenda for Action, 2008

• Benefits:– Improve project design, execution, and results.– Provide objective information to member countries regarding use of funds.– Facilitate future replication of successful practices – Facilitate future funding partnerships through increased transparency– Provides track record of results. – Strengthen development cooperation in FEMCIDI

Results: Cycles 1 to 7

• To date: 167 reports, $30.6M executed• Represent all regions and sectors• Evaluation cost: US ~$1.3M, ~4.5% of project amount• Evaluation consultants: ~150 in roster• Results

– Relevance: 97% good or excellent– Efficiency: 85% good or excellent– Effectiveness: 80% good or excellent– Sustainability: 65% good or excellent

• All completed reports available online

Relevance

Good28

17%

Fair2

1%

Excellent131

81%

Poor1

1%

Effectiveness

Fair27

17%

Good78

48%

Excellent51

32%

Poor5

3%

Efficiency

Fair18

11%

Good84

52%

Excellent54

33%

Poor7

4%

Sustainability

Fair39

24% Good64

39%

Excellent40

25%

Poor19

12%

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Relevance Effectiveness Efficiency Sustainability

Summary of Project Results, '03 - '10

Excellent Good Fair Poor

Año de evaluación 2003 2004 2005 – 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

TotalCiclo de evaluación 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Numero de Proyectos Evaluados 36 38 27 23 20 13 10 167

Monto desembolsado por FEMCIDI (millones de USD) $4.3 $4.4 $5.5 $5.0 $5.3 $4.4 $1.7 $30.60

Costo de las evaluaciones (miles de USD) $251 $238 $236 $162 $195 $178 $137 $1,322.00

Results: Cycle 7

• Ten projects evaluated• Represent $1.7 Million executed• Cost: $137,000• All evaluations completed in time• All reports available online• Results:

– Relevance: All were good or excellent– Effectiveness: 90% good or excellent– Efficiency: 80% good or excellent– Sustainability: 90% good or excellent– Design: 80% good or excellent

Seventh Cycle Evaluation Results

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Conclusions

• Evaluations:– FEMCIDI track record of transparency– Standard in the Development Community– Objective feedback– Facilitate external partnerships

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• Please visit the FEMCIDI Evaluation webpage for more information and all the completed evaluation reports:– English: www.oas.org/en/sedi/femcidi/eval – Español: www.oas.org/es/sedi/femcidi/eval

List of Project Evaluations, Seventh Cycle

Country SectorAmount

(thousands USD) Project Name Proj. ID

AR EDU $124Memoria y Derechos Humanos en el MERCOSUR, Biblioteca y Materiales Didácticos 0270

BS S&T $145 Go Creative 0229

BS EDU $357

Establish Resiliency in Students at Risk so as to Facilitate Retention and Successful Matriculation During Their Final Year in High School and First Year in College 0010

ES ENV $100

Formulación de una Guía Metodológica Estandarizada para Determinar la Calidad Ambiental de las Aguas de los Ríos de El Salvador Utilizando Insectos Acuáticos. 0328

ES SOC $124Promoción de Capacidades Emprendedoras para Grupos de Mayor Vulnerabilidad Social 0285

ES ENV $83Programa de Asistencia Técnica en Eficiencia Energética para Medianas y Pequeñas Empresas (MYPES) 0329

ME EDU $90Centros de Recursos de Enlace, Comunicación y Capacitación para las Escuelas - CRECE 0299

ME EDU $126

Respuestas al Desafío de Mejorar la Calidad de la Formación Inicial, el Desarrollo Profesional y la Evaluación Docente en los Países del Hemisferio (componente proyecto hemisférico presentado por TT) 0199

PY COM $313Evaluación Regional del Impacto de Sustenibilidad de la Cadena Productiva de Soja 0258

UR S&T $253Programa de Fomento al Uso de Redes Avanzadas en Latinoamérica para el Desarrollo de la Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación 0319