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Evaluation of support to the civil society in the Western Balkans (with InDevelop IPM) PDF Print E-mail

The evaluation provided Sida with an overall summative judgment as a basis for a discussion about future support to the civil society to respective countries in the Western Balkans in regards to methods, organization, cooperation partners and regulatory framework.  On a principal level the question “to what extent the Framework Organizations bring an added value as compared to other possible forms of support.” The evaluation is also expected “to test the thesis that ‘support to civil society is most fruitful when channeled through other civil society organizations’”.

Client: InDevelop IPM - Sweden
Origin of funding: SIDA
Date: March – June 2010
Partners: None
Types of Services Provided:

Consultancy support for the evaluation in Macedonia included:
   1. Evaluation of the outcome and impact, relevance, effectiveness, cost efficiency, and sustainability of the support.
   2. Providing recommendations as well as a basis for discussion on Sida’s future support to the civil society in the region. This included selection of modality and cooperation partners.

The assessment covered the support through the Framework Organization’s (FO) financed via Sida Europe during the period 2005-2009 with a focus on finalized projects. The evaluation encompassed FO’s work in Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo.