Development cooperation evaluation reports: Comprehensive evaluations

14.4.2016

Kehitysevaluoinnin vuosiraportti 2015: Tasa-arvo vahvistuu koulutuksessa

Tulosjohtamista pitää kehittää edelleen. Tasa-arvon edistäminen koulutuksen avulla on Suomen vahvuus. Kahdenvälinen yhteistyö on tarkoituksenmukaista ja tuottaa usein myös tuloksia – mutta tiedämmekö tarpeeksi pitkän aikavälin vaikutuksista? Nämä ovat juuri julkaistun kehitysevaluoinnin vuosiraportin 2015 keskeisiä viestejä.
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21.10.2015

Evaluation of Finland's humanitarian mine action

Evaluation of Finland's humanitarian mine action. The first part is an analysis of documents covering Finland's humanitarian mine action in 1991–2009. The actual evaluation is presented in the second part. It deals with the support granted for humanitarian mine action in 2010–2015, and case studies of Cambodia and Angola.
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18.9.2015

Evaluation of inclusive education in Finland's development cooperation in 2004–2013

The objective of the evaluation was to obtain independent and impartial information about how Finnish development cooperation has supported the rights of persons with disabilities especially in education. The evaluation also sought to find out how the rights of persons with disabilities and the human rights based approach (HRBA) have materialised in development cooperation in general.
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8.7.2015

Review of Finland's Development Cooperation
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6.5.2015

Evaluation: Meta-Evaluation of Project and Programme Evaluations in 2012–2014

The meta-evaluation assessed the quality of evaluation reports and their Terms of Reference (TORs), Finland’s development co-operation, and evaluation management and capacity development services of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFA).
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10.3.2015

Kehitysevaluoinnin raportti 2013–2014

Kuluva vuosi 2015 on julistettu evaluoinnin kansainväliseksi teemavuodeksi. Evaluoinnin teemavuoden kunniaksi ulkoasiainministeriön kehitysevaluoinnin yksikkö (EVA-11) järjestää useita evaluointia ja erityisesti evaluointikulttuuria edistäviä tilaisuuksia. Samalla paneudumme evaluointitoimen kehittämiseen entistä systemaattisemmin osana kehityspolitiikan ja -yhteistyön kokonaisuutta.
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9.3.2015

Evaluation: Finland’s Development Cooperation with Kenya in 2007-2013

Kenya is one of Finland’s long-term partner countries in development cooperation.The purpose of this evaluation is to analyse this relationship as it unfolded in 2007–2013, and to offer recommendations for its future in ways that reflect the evolution of Kenya’s and Finland’s development cooperation circumstances and policies. Findings and recommendations are based on extensive document review and interviews in both countries.
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4.3.2015

Evaluation: Finland’s Development Policy Programmes from a Results-Based Management Point of View 2003–2013

Evaluation: Finland’s Development Policy Programmes from a Results-Based Management Point of View 2003–2013. It finds that the Ministry for Foreign Affairs still lacks a comprehensive approach to Result-based Management (RBM) at the corporate level and that future policy implementation should be guided by a longterm strategic plan that is underpinned by a comprehensive Strategic Results Framework.
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21.10.2014

Evaluation report 2014:5 Peace and Development in Finland´s Development Cooperation: Synthesis
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21.10.2014

Evaluation report 2014:4 Peace and Development in Finland´s Development Cooperation: Case Study of Finland´s Regional Programme in the Western Balkans
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6.10.2014

Evaluation report 2014:3 Finland’s Support to Higher Education Institutions North-South-South and HEI ICI Programmes
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27.2.2014

Evaluation report 2014:2 Complementarity in Finland’s Development Policy and Co-operation: Synthesis
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27.2.2014

Evaluation report 2014:1 Complementarity in Finland’s Development Policy and Co-operation: The Institutional Co-operation Instrument
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27.2.2014

Evaluation report 2013:3 Complementarity in Finland’s Development Policy and Co-operation: Complementarity in the NGO instruments
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27.2.2014

Evaluation report 2013:2 Complementarity in Finland’s Development Policy and Co-operation: Finland’s Country Programme in Mozambique
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27.2.2014

Evaluation report 2013:1 Complementarity in Finland’s Development Policy and Co-operation: Finland’s Country Programme in Zambia
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6.5.2013

Evaluation report 2012:8 Meta-Evaluation of Decentralised Evaluations in 2010 and 2011

The purpose of the meta-evaluation was to draw lessons from the project evaluations to benefit development cooperation.
18.12.2012

Evaluation: Bi-Annual Report 2011-2012 of Development Evaluation

Evaluointiraportti: Bi-Annual report 2009-2010 of Development Evaluation
16.10.2012

Evaluation report 2012:7 Finland’s Contribution to Building Inclusive Peace in Nepal

Evaluation of Finland’s contribution to building inclusive peace in Nepal
16.10.2012

Evaluation report 2012:6 Nordic Influence in Multilateral Organizations: A Finnish Perspective

A Finnish perspective on Nordic influence in multilateral organizations.
24.4.2012

Evaluation report 2012:5 Finnish support to development of local governance

The evaluation assessed Finnish support to local governance and decentralisation. It examined the North-South Local Government Cooperation Programme (NSLGCP) of the Association of Regional and Local Authorities of Finland and 10 other programmes.
8.3.2012

Evaluation report 2012:4: Finnish Consessional Aid Instrument

The objective of this evaluation is to assess how the Finnish Concessional Credit Scheme has contributed in 2002-2009 to poverty alleviation, achieved sustainable concrete results and also its shortcomings. Evaluation is based on project documentation; publically available documents; internal reviews and evaluations; interviews with select stakeholders and field visit to Vietnam.
8.2.2012

Evaluation Report 2012:3: Country Programme between Finland and Tanzania

The study explores links between Finnish development policy and cooperation programming with Tanzania since 2002. Key factors were identified with reference to 14 evaluation criteria.
7.2.2012

Evaluation Report 2012:2: Country Programme between Finland and Nepal

The evaluation scores highly on most evaluation criteria, but requires a review to identify ways to address climate change adaptation in a participatory and effective way.
3.2.2012

Evaluation Report 2011:5: Junior Professional Officer Programme

Finland är en av de viktiga leverantörerna av JPOs till multilaterala organisationer och den största bland de nordiska bidragsgivarna. Programmet administreras produktivt och relativt effektivt, men den långsiktiga påverkan är mindre. Som redskap för att skapa erfarna utvecklingsutövare är programmet väldigt effektivt.
26.1.2012

Evaluation report 2012:1 (Special edition) Policy Brief. Country Programmes between Finland and Nepal, Nicaragua and Tanzania

This policy brief is based on an evaluation of Finland’s development cooperation with Nepal, Nicaragua and Tanzania over the last decade.
30.11.2011

Evaluation report 2011:3 The VERIFIN Training Programme

The subject of the evaluation is the training given by the Finnish Institute for Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention (VERIFIN) in promotion of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
31.10.2011

Pariisin julistuksen evaluointi, vaihe II

Vuonna 2005 hyväksytty Pariisin julistus avun tuloksellisuudesta on merkittävä kansainvälinen sopimus ja uudistusohjelma – siihen huipentuvat usean vuosikymmenen yritykset parantaa avun laatua ja sen vaikutuksia kehitykseen. Tämä raportti on riippumaton kokonaisvaltainen evaluaatio näistä pyrkimyksistä parantaa kansainvälisen avun tuloksellisuutta, ennen kaikkea vuodesta 2005 alkaen.
31.10.2011

Evaluation report 2011:2 Results-Based Approach in Finnish Development Cooperation

This evaluation looks at the implementation of a results-based approach in Finland’s development cooperation. Results-based management uses performance information for improved decision-making. Although widely referred to in the documents of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFA), there is no formal policy and strategy for working in this way.
6.10.2011

Evaluation: Bi-annual report 2009-2010 of Development Evaluation

Evaluation: Bi-annual report 2009-2010 of Development Evaluation
16.9.2011

Evaluation report 2011:1 Evaluation of the Sustainability Dimension in Addressing Poverty Reduction: Finnish Support to Energy Sector

This evaluation examines the results and impact of Finnish aid to the energy sector from 2000 to 2009. The findings rely on a documentation review and case studies in Kenya, Vietnam, El Salvador and Nicaragua. The projects are well in line with the development agendas of Finland and its partner countries. Finland coordinates closely with other donors and partner countries to design activities in a way that facilitate harmonisation.
16.6.2011

Evaluation report 2010:5/II Finnish Support to Forestry and Biological Resources. Country Reports.
4.4.2011

Evaluation report 2010:5/I: Finnish Support to Forestry and Biological Resources

The evaluation of Finnish Support to Forestry and Biological Resources, as part of the wider evaluation of the Sustainability Dimension in Addressing Poverty Reduction, aims to assess the performance and outcomes in terms of contribution to the three dimensions of sustainable development.
29.12.2010

Evaluation report 2010:5/III: Forestry sector. Preliminary Study

The Preliminary Study was prepared to provide summarized information and background material for the forthcoming Evaluation of Finnish Forestry Sector Development Cooperation. It was realized as a document-based desk study.
4.12.2010

Evaluation Report 2010:4: The Sustainability Dimension in Addressing Poverty Reduction: Synthesis of Evaluations

Finnish development policy calls for a balanced approach to development cooperation, in which the three dimensions of ecology, society and economy are treated as equally important. This study assesses whether and how the implementation of this policy has enabled real progress towards its goal of sustainable poverty reduction.
3.12.2010

Evaluation report 2010:3: The Finnish Development Cooperation in the Water Sector

The evaluation concluded that, in general, the Finnish cooperation in the water sector contributes directly to an improvement of the living conditions of targeted beneficiaries.
2.12.2010

Evaluation report 2010:2: Development Cooperation with Ethiopia 2000–2008

The present evaluation was commissioned by Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs, in order to obtain an assessment of the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability of Finland’s development cooperation with Ethiopia in the period 2000–2008. All elements of Finland’s aid to Ethiopia are covered: bilateral, multilateral, Finnish NGOs, support to Ethiopian civil society organizations, humanitarian assistance, and the use of other instruments.
1.12.2010

Evaluation report 2010:1: The Transition towards a New Partnership with Egypt

The Finnish Government decision to gradually discontinue development cooperation with middle income countries including Egypt resulted in a new partnership between Finland and Egypt. The objective of this evaluation was to provide professional, external views on the transition and on opportunities and possibilities for strengthening the relations between the two countries.
17.11.2010

Evaluation report 2010:6 Evaluation of Agriculture in the Finnish Development Cooperation

This evaluation examined Finland’s aid in agriculture in 1995-2008. It included desk research, interviews and field visits to Zambia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, and Vietnam, and briefly Tanzania and Kenya.
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5.3.2010

Evaluation Report 2009:9: Meta-analysis of Development Evaluations in 2007 and 2008
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4.3.2010

Evaluation Report 2009:8: Natural Disasters and Climate Change in Finnish Aid from the Perspective of Poverty Reduction
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3.3.2010

Evaluation Report 2009:7: North-South-South Higher Education Institution Network Programme
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19.11.2009

Evaluation report 2009:6: Political Parties of Finland for Democracy (DEMO Finland) Development Programme

The purpose of the evaluation is to achieve an overall picture of the development activities of DEMO Finland, which begun in 2006 after a pilot phase from 2004, and to draw lessons for the benefit of future planning. The methods used were systematic document study, interviews with 80 key actors and observers, a survey answered by 100 participants and focus groups with over 200 participants.
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18.11.2009

Evaluation Report 2009:5: Finnish Development Cooperation in Western Kenya; Impact and Lessons Learned
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18.11.2009

Evaluation Report 2009:4: Meta-Analysis of Development Cooperation on HIV/AIDS
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22.9.2009

Evaluation Report 2009:3: Support to Development Research

The current report is mainly focusing on the bilateral development research and touches only to a limited level the multilateral channels. This evaluation has much of document review and desk-study nature, although it also includes interviews by a number of important stakeholders.
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10.9.2009

Evaluation report 2009:2: Agriculture and Rural Development in the Finnish Development Cooperation – Preliminary Study

The Preliminary Study provides summarized material for the forthcoming actual evaluation of the Finnish Cooperation in the agriculture and rural development sector.
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15.4.2009

Evaluation report 2009:1: Finland’s Development Cooperation in Central Asia and South Caucasus

The evaluation is based on a review of published literature and reports, an examination of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) archival holdings, and extensive field interviews.
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14.4.2009

Evaluation report 2008:7: Kosovo Country Programme

The objective of the Kosovo country programme evaluation was to provide recommendations for future cooperation, and to analyse the achievements and weaknesses in the approach and implementation of Finnish projects in Kosovo.
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26.3.2009

Evaluation report 2008:6: The Cross-cutting Themes in the Finnish Development Cooperation

In the current evaluation, the leading principles of the Finnish Development Cooperation, the human rights, rule of law, good governnance and democracy, were taken as the starting point. All the cross-cutting issues – be it equality, rights of women and girls, rights of the vulnerable groups of the populations etc. – prerequire an enabling environment to prosper.
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