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- Project beneficiary selection, need, coverage: visit
project sites, physical accomplishment.
- Check infrastructure with project holders/consignees,
e.g. storage, staff and transportation.
* PromotioLn
- Assist consignees and project holders in selection of
project sites, beneficiaries, overall planning and
monitoring.
- Promote need-based planning in relation to integrating
FFW with funded projects and MCH.
* Evaluation
- Post evaluate certain number of completed projects, and
discuss the observations with project holders and
consignees.
When challenged as to how realistic this list of expectations
was, the small group acknowledged that it was not possible to carry
out all of these responsibilities well, given the geographical
coverage, and the fact that at best field reviewers can only visit 25%
of project holders. It was very strongly held, however, that all
those functional areas - audit and review, promotion, and evaluation ­
must be covered somehow.
The small group presented the following options for strengthening
the above functional areas:
* Additional Field reviewers at CRS zonal offices.
* Strengthen review staff at consignee level, and provide them
with training.
* Reduce the requirement of geographical coverage in a fixed
period of time.
* Concentrate a significant portion of field review functions
and time in selected geographical areas.
The evaluation team agrees that any of the above options, or
combination of options, would result in more effective field review
from the CRS zonal office - in the audit/review and evaluation
functional areas.
As for the promotion functions listed above, the team believes it
to be unrealistic and inappropriate to expect field reviewers to carry
out these functions effectively from their zonal offices. Promotion
functions, to be addressed appropriately, require frequent site visits
and thorough understanding of the issues and problems of a particular
area. Moreover, the team (and some CRS representatives) seriously