Evaluation of ICI Projects in Afganistan, Bhutan, India, and Nepal
The evaluation presents the results for five Institutional Cooperation Instrument (ICI) projects implemented in four South Asian countries (Afghanistan, Bhutan, India and Nepal) since 2011.
The MFA commissioned this evaluation to obtain evidence-based information to demonstrate the results of these projects and to learn and inform decisions about ongoing and similar future projects. The evaluation found out that all five projects had reached their objectives. In addition, the projects also significantly increased the staff competence and strengthened systems in partner country agencies. Furthermore, as for three of the agencies, there is evidence that the agencies delivered better services, especially in performance in terms of weather forecasts, with plausible population-wide impacts..
Evaluations provide impartial information on the achievement of objectives set for development cooperation. Evaluations are conducted in order to learn from successes and setbacks, and the lessons learned are used for developing future cooperation.
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs conducts two kinds of evaluations based on the size of evaluations and on the party responsible for the implementation: decentralised (= project and programme) and centralised (= comprehensive) evaluations.
Project and programme evaluations assess individual projects and programmes. They are carried out by the units and embassies responsible for projects' implementation.
Comprehensive evaluations focus on larger entities, such as policies, strategies and instruments, and they are conducted by the Development Evaluation Unit (EVA-11).
