The Mid Term Evaluation (MTE) is a requirement of UNDP and GEF and thus it is principally initiated by UNDP Country Office in Jamaica. It will be conducted according to guidance, rules and procedures for such evaluations established by UNDP and the Global Environment Facility.
The overall objective of the MTE is to assess the progress that the project has made to date towards meeting its agreed objectives, as stated in the project document. This includes an in-depth analysis of the project’s performance and delivery, achievements made, identify lessons learned, and make specific recommendations to address project weaknesses and threats, as well as to capitalize on relevant opportunities. Through the use of the capacity development scorecard, this evaluation will contribute to an overall assessment of the impacts that the GEF cross-cutting capacity development are making.
The main GOJ Agencies involved in this MTE are: National Environment and Planning Agency, Planning Institute of Jamaica, and the Office of the Prime Minister.
Against the framework of the agreed objectives in the project document, the MTE will provide a comprehensive and systematic account of the performance of the project by assessing its strategy, design, implementation arrangements, deliverables (activities and outputs), and likelihood that project outcomes will be sustainable.
EVALUATION DELIVERABLES:
The evaluator is expected to deliver the following products:
Oral presentation of main findings of the evaluation: This should be presented to UNDP CO before the evaluation is concluded in order to clarify key issues.
Evaluation written report: This report will be submitted to the UNDP Country Office, the UNDP-GEF regional Coordination Unit (RCU) and project team electronically within 2 weeks after the evaluation mission has been concluded. These parties will review the document and provide feedback to the evaluation team within 2 weeks after the evaluation report draft has been submitted. The evaluator will address these comments and provide a final report within a period of 1 week. The RCU and CO will sign a formal clearance form to be submitted with the final evaluation report (see Annex 5). The format of the evaluation report should be structured using the report outline provided in7.2 of detailed TOR.Detailed TOR is available at www.jm.undp.org
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