Yemen

Introduction

As decided by the Executive Board in its 98th session in December 2010, the IFAD Office of Evaluation (IOE) will undertake in 2011 a country programme evaluation (CPE) of the IFAD-Government of Jordan cooperation.  This is the first CPE undertaken by IOE in Jordan since the beginning of IFAD operations in the country in 1981.  CPEs are normally conducted prior to the preparation of a new IFAD-Government cooperation strategy for the concerned country¹.

The Jordan CPE will be conducted within the overall provisions contained in the IFAD Evaluation Policy² and follow IOE’s methodology and processes for CPEs, as stipulated in the IOE evaluation manual.³  The previous IOE evaluations of IFAD operations in Jordan ­as shown in Table 1 –will provide valuable evaluative evidence for the planned CPE.

Previous IOE Evaluations Relating to IFAD Operations in Jordan

 

IFAD-funded operations in Jordan include both loans for programmes, grants and non-lending activities, including knowledge management, policy dialogue and partnership building – which are often financed through grants.  The largest part of the operations consists of loan-funded development projects. At the time of CPE launching, IFAD had financed 7 projects in Jordan since 1981 for a total project cost of US$188.6 million. Out of this, IFAD provided US$70.5 million, which represents 3.9 per cent of regional financing and 0.6 per cent of total IFAD financing.  A total of US$46.1 million were provided by co-financiers and about US$71.9 million was the counterpart contribution (both from Government and beneficiaries).⁴   A total of US$6.8 million has been provided in the form of country grants for Jordan, out of which US$ 6.4 million correspond to a Global Environment Facility (GEF) which complements the ongoing ARMP II project Jordan also benefits from several regional grants (total US$ 20.3 million) dedicated to support inter alia knowledge sharing, capacity building and to support specific activities or component in the context of loan-funded operations.

 

Evaluation Team

The Director of IOE, Mr Luciano Lavizzari, will have the overall responsibility for the Jordan CPE.  He has designated Mr Miguel Torralba, Evaluation Officer in IOE, as the lead evaluator for the purpose.  Mr Torralba will be supported by other IOE staff, Ms Cecile Berthaud and Ms Catrina Perch, Evaluation Officers, and Ms Miriam Irías, Evaluation Assistant.

The CPE consultant’s team will be headed by a Consultant’s Team Leader who will be supported by specialists in the following fields: (i) agriculture and natural resources management; (ii) community development, social and gender issues; (iii) rural micro-finance.

Evaluation Roadmap

Date	Activity/Milestone
1 March	Fax to Government of Jordan informing about the CPE
16 March	Share draft Approach Paper with NEN
23 March	Comments from NEN on draft Approach Paper
25 March	Share draft Approach Paper with potential CLP members in Jordan
February-May	CPE desk review phase: preparation of desk review notes, consolidation of the CPE desk review report, dedicated performance assessment
10-14 April	Preparatory mission to Jordan
	Finalize Approach Paper and consultants’ contracts
20 May	Draft Desk Review Report (DRR) to NEN
03 June	Comments from NEN on DRR
10 June	DRR to Government
26 June	Start of Main CPE Mission in Jordan
14 July	CPE wrap-up meeting with IOE and NEN to discuss aide memoire with the Government and other partners in Amman. End of main mission
2 September	First draft of CPE. (Consultant’s Team Leader to IOE)
30 September	First Draft to IOE Peer Review
28 October	IOE shares draft CPE with NEN
25November	NEN provides comments to IOE on draft CPE
2 December	IOE Shares draft CPE with Government with copy to NEN (together with audit trail to NEN)
2012
15 January	Government of Jordan provides comments to IOE
January	Travel to Jordan to discuss Government comments and prepare NRTW
January	IOE to finalize evaluation report and share with all partners (prepare and share with Government audit trail on their comments)
January -February	Preparation of CPE Issues Paper & arrangements for Jordan CPE National Roundtable Workshop
February	CPE National Roundtable Workshop in Jordan*
March	Finalize CPE agreement at completion point and publish report, profile and insight

1-30 August - Ramadan
*The dates of the workshop still have to be agreed with the Government of Jordan.

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