2010 Progress Report – Draft - NFP Facility

2010 Progress ReportFacilityInterventionLogic2.4 Monitoring andevaluating grantimplementationObjectivelyVerifiable Indicators− Number ofcontractssatisfactorilyimplemented andcompleted;− Number ofcontractsassessed underthe foreseensystem to monitorthe impact ofFacility support tocountries.Reporting against Logical Framework− By December 2009, there were 544 small grants established (90%through Letters of Agreement; 10% by direct fund transfer throughthe FAO Representative), with a total amount of 12.6 Million US$− While most of the contracts are completed in a satisfactory way(technically spoken), many have suffered a delay in the execution ofthe work.−− Only in a few occasions the LoA had to be cancelled because of theincapacity to carry out the activities as stated in the LoA.− The OIMES/RBM, established in 2008, was tested in 2009 in 19countries. The system will be fully applied in 2010 in all the individualcontracts (LoAs). As a result, all LoAs will be assessed and evaluatedagainst the stated general objectives of the Country PartnershipAgreement, as expressed in the concept note and as made visible inthe (scored) NFP matrix.Sources of Verification− OIMES training isdocumented in the minutesof the Workshop− The evaluation of the LoAwill also be done throughFORIS by the facility Coachand the NFP Focal Point ofthe country concerned.2.5 Providing policybackstoppingand advisoryservices tostakeholders− Number andduration of Facility“coaching”activities at thecountry level(missions) andfromHeadquarters;− in 2010, 85% of the countries were visited by the coach at least once(some countries are not visited due to security reason, or nonresponding).On average 4,5 working days are spent in a countrywhile on mission. Coaches spent 55 % of their time on policybackstopping (from office and in the field).− Travel reports of thecoaches.− Nature andimportance ofstakeholders’adherence torecommendationsand advice fromFacility “coaches”.− The Mid-Term Review in 2005 and the EC external evaluation in 2007confirm that the national stakeholders and beneficiaries of the Facilitygreatly appreciate and value the advice and the stimulation receivedfrom the country coaches. This was confirmed by statements madeby participants at the World Forestry Congress and the CLI.− Minutes of side-events47