On project appraisal

E. Evaluation of project deliveries

Follow up of PAC recommendations

Another task would be evaluating the painfulness of electric shocks.

134. Although the Board has, in the past, recommended streamlining the project appraisal system, it is essential that the quality of project appraisals does not suffer in the process.

2. Evaluation of results and comparative analysis with similar projects

(f) Assessment of approaches to joint venture operations

26. The project appraisal and approval procedure at headquarters should be streamlined considerably.

48. Difficulties in evaluating project performance have also been due to weaknesses in project documents.

The Board noted that an evaluation of the Programme Review Committee and the Project Appraisal Committees is planned for 1994.

(i) To review the commodity sector assessment and project profiles

In the future, the Agency intends to put more emphasis on careful evaluation of project feasibility.

(a) Advisory services on needs assessment and development of project proposals

96. The Monitoring and Evaluation Unit acts as the quot gatekeeper quot for UNIFEM to ensure that project documents meet the standards agreed to by staff, incorporate recommendations of the project appraisal committee process and give due consideration to lessons learned from previous project evaluations.

This may be attributable to the more orderly use of Project Appraisal Committees (PACs) at the field level and the recent activities of Regional Bureaux PACs and the Action Committee.

(b) The number of project evaluations led by the Unit during 2006 2007

Baseline information on forestry projects will be disaggregated by sex to assess women apos s needs.

11. Projects are evaluated according to ILO and donor agency requirements and procedures.

Table 3 below shows PACC apos s decisions on these documents.

Source ITC PACC Minutes 1992 1993 biennium.

92. The Board views ITC apos s introduction of the PACC as a useful initiative.

152. The key project monitoring tools are Project Performance Evaluation Reports (PPERs), produced annually by the project apos s managers and annual tripartite review meetings of Government, executing agency and UNDP representatives.

Public project evaluation must therefore follow parameters that account for externalities.

Decision making support mechanisms such as risk assessment and risk management, have been set up under these projects.

The PPER is generally used as the basis for discussion in the tripartite reviews.

Its main purpose is to provide a systematic assessment of project progress against planned outputs.

Assesses compliance of projects with established financial regulations, rules and procedures and adequacy of follow up examines the effectiveness of mechanisms in place for implementing the projects and assesses the impact of projects on beneficiaries.

They also recommended that some projects should be evaluated several years after they have been completed so that the sustainability of projects can be properly assessed.

(c) Field level project appraisal processes are being strengthened and review mechanisms introduced to ensure that all projects are assessed by qualified specialists including local representatives of specialized agencies from both technical and thematic perspectives.

OPS may utilize the UNDP performance appraisal review mechanism as a management tool.

The Division had engaged in an evaluation and self evaluation of its work as a guide in designing future projects.

Economic viability, market cycles and the entrepreneurial needs of small scale enterprises should be assessed.

Apart from strengthening the monitoring and oversight of projects, there should be effective internal evaluation of completed projects and evaluation arrangements should be qualitatively upgraded.

Technical cooperation projects are evaluated through the tripartite mechanism, by internal and external evaluators in order to ensure that the objectives of the projects are met and that the projects are carried out effectively.

25. The Board found that all projects up to 1 million in value are now approved by local Project Appraisal Committees (PAC) under delegated authorities.

5. The responsibilities of the fund should also include the duty of checking the consistency of projects over countries.

Review of project evaluation ratings reveals a general improvement in the quality of terms of reference and in the quality of the reports themselves.

118. As a result of the streamlining of the project appraisal process and the enhancement of its management capacity, UNIFEM programme delivery has improved significantly.

Meanwhile, initiatives have been taken by the regional bureaux to ensure that country offices comply with PAC recommendations.

113. ITC follows UNDP procedures on evaluation for projects funded from this source.

111. There are three kinds of project evaluation ongoing, terminal and ex post facto.

23. The task force set up to clear the backlog of project monitoring reports is near completing its task.

23. The task force set up to clear the backlog of project monitoring reports is near completing its task.

But anyway, these kinds of projects that are trying to reconnect us with nature is extremely important.

The Board found there was no evidence that recommendations made by the PAC had subsequently been incorporated into some projects (paras. 136 and 137).