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Ministry of Environment and Energy United Nations Development Program (UNDP) National Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA) Project Strengthening the Capacities of Rural Water Supply Associations (ASADAS) to face climate change risks in communities with water stress in Northern Costa Rica #00092255 Product 3 Final report Midterm evaluation (MTR) Evaluating team Ronny Ricardo Muñoz Calvo International Evaluator San Jose of Costa Rica October 4, 2018 Mid-Term Review Report of the Project Rural Aqueducts i. Basic information Name of the Project: Project Strengthening the Capacities of Rural Aqueduct Associations (ASADAS) to face climate change risks in communities with water stress in Northern Costa Rica UNDP ID (PIMS #): 5140 GEF ID (PIMS #): 6945 Execution period of the RMT: July 30, 2018 - September 24, 2018. Report date : September 06, 2018 Territorial framework covered by the Project: Chorotega Region and Huetar Norte Region (border cantons Guatuso, Los Chiles and Upala) Operational Focal Area GEF / Strategic Program: Climate Change Executing agency / Implementing partner and other partners of the Project: Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA) . National Meteorological Institute (IMN) Name of the Individual Contractor : Ronny Muñoz, International Evaluator (Leader). Thanks: The evaluator expresses his gratitude to the institutions, staff and other people consulted , for their collaboration and contributions made . Program staff of the United Nations Costa Rica, Costa Rican and l aqueducts and Sewers and Systems Administrators Association of Aqueducts and Sewers. E specialmente to Yamileth Astorga, President of ecutiv to AyA; Alice H. Shackelford , Resident of UNDP ; Cecilia Martínez Artavia , Deputy Manager of Communal Systems of AyA ; Krissia Rojas Quirós , Assistant Representative of UNDP ; Rodolfo Ramírez , Director of the UEM of management of ASADAS AyA ; Kifah Sasa Marín , Program Officer of Environment of UNDPand Gerardo Quir or s , Coordinator of the Project Team ( UNDP ). Liany Alfaro Garro, Head Office Acueductos Communal O FA Regional Chorotegan (O _ CH - AyA RA) and Vilma Castle, Chief Regional Office Acueductos Huetar Comunales North (ORA _ HN - AYA). As well as the staff of the Project Management Unit: Ingrid Hernández , Communication, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer ; Jairo Serna , Field Officer Huetar Norte Region ; Marcela Vargas , Financial Administrative Assistant ; Natalia Meza , Field Officer of the Chorotega Region and Rafaella Sánchez Mora , a sesora Gender Specialist . 2 Mid-Term Review Report of the Project Rural Aqueducts ii.Index i. Basic information ...................................................................................................................................... 2 ii.Index .............................................................................................................................................................. 3 iii. Acronyms and Abbreviations ........................................................................................................................ 6 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................. 8 1.1. Project Table ..................................................................................................................................... 8 1.2. Project description Summary ............................................................................................................ 9 1.3. Project Progress Summary ................................................................................................................ 9 1.4. Summary table of assessments and achievements of the RMT ........................................................ 9 1.5. Summary of conclusions.................................................................................................................. 15 1.6. Summary of Recommendations ...................................................................................................... 16 2. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 17 2.1 Purposes and objectives of the RMT ............................................................................................... 17 2.2 Scope and Methodology ................................................................................................................. 18 2.2.1 Principles of design and execution of the RMT........................................................................ 18 2.2.2 RMT approach and data collection methods ........................................................................... 18 2.2.3 Limitations of the RMT ............................................................................................................ 19 2.2.4 Structure of the MTR report .................................................................................................... 19 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT AND CONTEXT ....................................................................................... 20 3.1 Development context: environmental, socio-economic, institutional and political factors relevant to the objective and scope of the Project ................................................................................................... 20 3.2 Problems that the Project intended to address: threats and barriers ............................................. 21 3.2.1 Threats .................................................................................................................................... 21 3.2.2 Barriers .................................................................................................................................... 21 3.3 Project strategy and description ..................................................................................................... 21 3.4 Project Execution Mechanisms ....................................................................................................... 22 3.5 Project execution deadlines and milestones to be met during its development............................. 23 3.6 Main stakeholders: List of key stakeholders.................................................................................... 24 4 FINDINGS ................................................................................................................................................ 27 4.1 Project Strategy ............................................................................................................................... 27 4.1.1 Design of the Project ............................................................................................................... 27 4.1.2 Results Framework / Logical Framework ................................................................................. 32 3 Mid-Term Review Report of the Project Rural Aqueducts 4.2 Progress in achieving results ........................................................................................................... 32 4.2.1 Progress in achieving results ................................................................................................... 32 4.2.2 Objective of the project , results and products / activities .................................................... 32 4.2.3 Analysis of the progress in the results ..................................................................................... 51 4.2.4 Barriers that still exist for the achievement of the Project's objectives ................................ 54 4.3 Project Execution and Adaptive Management ................................................................................ 54 4.3.1 Management mechanisms ...................................................................................................... 54 4.3.2 Work planning ......................................................................................................................... 58 4.3.3 Financing and co-financing ...................................................................................................... 58 4.3.4 Project monitoring and evaluation systems ............................................................................ 60 4.3.5 Involvement of interested parties ........................................................................................... 60 4.3.6 Information ............................................................................................................................. 61 4.3.7 Communication ....................................................................................................................... 61 4.3.8 Assessment of project execution and adaptive management ................................................. 62 4.4 Sustainability ................................................................................................................................... 62 4.4.1 Socioeconomic risks for sustainability ..................................................................................... 63 4.4.2 Risks to sustainability related to the institutional framework and governance....................... 63 4.4.3 Environmental risks for sustainability...................................................................................... 63 5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................ 63 5.1 Conclusions ....................................................................................................................................