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Increased progress in attaining SDGs though the promotion of Decent Work and inclusive economic growth in rural and urban areas in Azerbaijan - RBSA independent evaluation

eval_number:

3080

eval_title:

Increased progress in attaining SDGs though the promotion of Decent Work and inclusive economic growth in rural and urban areas in Azerbaijan - RBSA independent evaluation

location:

region:

Europe and Central Asia

country:

Azerbaijan

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eval_url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3080

lessons_learned:

description:

RBSA is a flexible funding mechanism that is well suited to fund activities that contribute to ILO’s ongoing technical support in the country. The level of planning documentation of an RBSA intervention is quite light compared to a regular development cooperation intervention. To improve the evaluability of future RBSA interventions, it would help to have a clearly articulated theory of change with a specific set of progress indicators.

context:

It is important to find a balance in terms of efficiency and effectiveness when it comes to RBSA project documentation. RBSA projects do not require as much documenting as other development cooperation interventions which makes the project management lighter touch. However, this can be detrimental to the project’s evaluability. RBSA project’s should include key planning elements like a TOC and an M&E framework.

success:

The reconstruction of a TOC based on the project documentation, facilitates the assessment of the project’s achievements. It helps illustrate the relationships between results and build a coherent picture of the project’s contribution to SDG progress and linkages to DWCP and P&B.

challenges:

The RBSA proposal terminology used does not fully aligned to the results-based management framework (objectives, milestones and outputs versus outcomes, outputs and indicators of change).

administrative_issues:

RBSA project design should align to the results-based management framework to ensure project evaluability. At the design stage, consider conducting the final evaluation as a part of a wider the DWCP independent evaluation, not separate from it.

comments:

EVAL, DWT/CO Moscow, RO EUROPE

url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/250300

themes:

theme:

Results-based management

category:

Organizational issues

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