Type of service provide :

Developing a monitoring and evaluation and lesson-learning mechanism to cover a period of 3 years. The 3 projects will be jointly evaluated and reviewed to share lessons learned and disseminate innovative ideas beyond the scope of the projects. The lesson learning component includes producing a film to reach a larger audience. The organisation programme Solidarité-Eau (pS-Eau) is also involved in the project, raising awareness within the WASH sector.

• Collecting and reviewing project documents, meeting stakeholders, developing a peer-reviewed monitoring and evaluation methodology and developing a cross-project lesson-learning methodology;
• Conducting a peer-reviewed monitoring and evaluation using OECD/CAD criteria, and regular monitoring by project leaders, and updating a website set up for use by project partners;
• Organising capacity-building and knowledge-sharing meetings with project leaders, WASH practitioners and the AFD operational team;
• Producing two films and a « capitalization report » to demonstrate the lessons learned;
• Developing a plan to disseminate the monitoring & evaluation and lesson-learning findings through a workshop and lesson-learning conference at AFD head office.

Type of service provide :

The aim of the project is to evaluate and reflect on lessons learnt from the previous strategy in order to inform UNICEF’s current and future work to improve water supply for children and their communities around the world.

• Developing a specific methodology for the evaluation, taking change theory into account, through an extensive literature review and initial assessment of key stakeholders’ views;
• Conducting an in-depth analysis of the RWS strategy in eight countries, focusing on six evaluation areas: relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, equity, sustainability and innovation/upscaling and this through field visits and interviews with national and
• Using tools (online survey, qualitative interviews) to gain a more in-depth understanding of the way the RWS strategy has been designed, implemented, monitored and evaluated, particularly from the point of view of external partners;
• Producing a comprehensive evaluation report to build on the lessons learned from the first few years of RWS strategy implementation;
• Facilitating a workshop to discuss the main evaluation findings.

Type of service provide :

Mid-term evaluation of the Lazos de Agua multi-country water, hygiene and sanitation programme to inform strategic decisions for the second phase of the programme (identification of strengths and weaknesses, evaluation of relevance, effectiveness and efficiency, and formulation of recommendations).

• Developing the evaluation methodology and data collection tools, and preparing ethical protocols;
• Presenting the preliminary results at a meeting in Guanajuato (Mexico) attended by all programme stakeholders;
• Preparing the mid-term evaluation report;
  
• Collecting and analysing data in the 5 programme countries;
• Facilitating a feedback workshop, including presenting the report and strategic recommendations to stakeholders.
  

Type of service provide :

We were appointed to conduct the external evaluation of the 15 flagship initiatives conducted by the International Hydrological Programme in order to identify which initiatives should be further developed, modified or terminated. Our evaluation work includes:

• Developing the evaluation matrix and data collection tools;
• Conducting an in-depth document review and bibliometric analysis;
• Conducting qualitative interviews;
• Administering an online survey;
• Producing findings and recommendations;
• Presenting and discussing the results at a meeting with the IHP executive committee;
• Providing recommendations for improving the monitoring and impact of the flagship initiatives.

Type of service provide :

• Conducting a qualitative analysis from interviews carried out with AFD project teams and technical departments, external service providers and national stakeholders;
• Analysing the facility’s objectives, the studies funded and their impacts on national strategies and projects for urban development;
• Assessing the impact of the studies funded on AFD capacities to set up urban projects and incorporate climate issues into the funded projects;
• Evaluating the facility’s instrumental aspect: mobilisation process, quality monitoring, communication, funding allocations;
• Producing operational recommendations for optimising facility implementation and exploring the option of extending the use of the funding instrument;
• Delivering a final evaluation/lessons learned report of the facility, presenting the evaluation findings, evaluation summary and information on the case studies used.

Type of service provide :

The work is carried out in three phases:

• A classic evaluation providing an independent assessment of AFD’s intervention in 8 projects, paying particular attention to the relevance and coherence of AFD’s strategic orientations and operational choices, as well as the effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact of the projects supported (OECD criteria). Four deliverables were prepared (one per country).
• A critical analysis of AFD’s positioning in the sector, through the analysis of a wider range of projects, which draws conclusions and makes strategic and operational recommendations on future approaches to be adopted by AFD in the urban flood prevention sector. A prospective capitalisation deliverable was presented.

Type of service provide :

• Developing the evaluation framework and related tools;
• Analysing available documentation on the 7 projects;
• Conducting semi-structured interviews with companies, DG Trésor and partners;
• Setting up and administering an online questionnaire;
• Conducting a field visit in the RCI : to the « 1000 pumps » project (Vergnet Hydro) and « Sinfra-Gagnoa water supply scheme » project (Sade – Razel – Egis);
• Producing a full evaluation report + 1 summary sheet per project + 1 executive summary.

Type of service provide :

The main objectives of retrospective evaluation are operational learning and strategic reflection. The evaluation aims to trace the changes in AFD’s interventions in the irrigation sector between 1983 and 2017, on the basis of a sample of 103 projects in some 20 countries.
The evaluation is organized around the OECD/DAC evaluation criteria: relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact. The conduct of the evaluation, under the supervision of a Reference Group, was as follows;

• Inception: development of tools, including the evaluation matrix based on documents and interviews with key people
• Documentary phase: based on the analysis of project documents and strategic elements produced by AFD, preparation of a documentary evaluation report, with identification of hypotheses to be validated and information to be collected subsequently
• Data collection phase: 3 country case studies in Morocco, Senegal, and Cambodia; 2 tabletop case studies on the issue of water commons and public policies
• Conducting about 100 qualitative interviews with people in the sector
• Analysis phase: elaboration of evaluation findings and co-construction of recommendations in the context of an internal AFD workshop
• Participation in the public session to present the evaluation report
• Dissemination and publication of the evaluation report, case studies and synthesis