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COUNTRY LEVEL EVALUATION Maldives Draft Final Report VOLUME II: ANNEXES 26th November 2010 Evaluation carried out on behalf of the European Commission Framework contract for Multi-country thematic and regional/country-level strategy evaluation studies and synthesis in the area of external co-operation Italy LOT 4: Evaluation of EC geographic co-operation strategies for countries/regions in Asia, Latin America, the Aide à la Décision Economique Southern Mediterranean and Eastern Europe (the area Belgium of the New Neighbourhood Policy) Ref.: EuropeAid/122888/C/SER/Multi Particip GmbH Germany Evaluation of the European Commission‟s Co-operation with Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik Maldives Germany Country Level Evaluation Overseas Development Institute Contract n° EVA 2007/geo-non-ACP United Kingdom Draft Final Report VOLUME II: ANNEXES European Institute for Asian Studies Belgium Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales Spain A consortium of DRN, ADE, Particip, DIE, ODI, EIAS & ICEI c/o DRN, leading company: Headquarters Via Ippolito Nievo 62 November 2010 00153 Rome, Italy Tel: +39-06-581-6074 Fax: +39-06-581-6390 This report has been prepared by the consortium DRN, mail@drn•network.com ADE, Particip, DIE, ODI, EIAS & ICEI. Belgium office Square Eugène Plasky, 92 The opinions expressed in this document represent the 1030 Brussels, Belgium Tel: +32-2-732-4607 views of the authors, which are not necessarily shared Tel: +32-2-736-1663 by the European Commission or by the authorities of the Fax: +32-2-706-5442 [email protected] countries concerned. Evaluation of the European Commission‟s Co- operation with Maldives Country Level Evaluation The report consists of two volumes: VOLUME I: DRAFT FINAL REPORT VOLUME II: ANNEXES VOLUME I: DRAFT FINAL REPORT 0. Executive Summary 1. Introduction 2. Evaluation Process and Methodology 3. EC strategy and Co-operation with the Maldives 4. Responses to the Evaluation Questions 5. Conclusions 6. Recommendations VOLUME II: ANNEXES Annex 1 The Country Context Annex 2 Statistical data Annex 3 Overview of evaluation questions and judgment criteria Annex 4 Findings of the evaluation questions, judgment criteria and indicators Annex 5 List of documents Annex 6 List of persons contacted Annex 7 Itinerary Annex 8 Indicative map of EC support activities and travel route Annex 9 Guiding questions for interviews Annex 10 PowerPoint presentation Status and versions of the document Version Date Status Validation by Date of provided validation 1 26.06.2010 Draft 2 20.09.2010 2nd Draft 3 12.11.2010 3rd Draft 4 26.11.2010 Final The evaluation team was composed of: Dieter Nill (Team leader), Valerie McDonnell-Lenoach, Joseph Kuitems and Sylvia Tag, who was also the evaluation manager. The evaluation is being managed by the Joint Evaluation Unit (EuropeAid, DG DEV and DG Relex). The authors accept sole responsibility for this report, drawn up on behalf of the Commission of the European Communities. The report does not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission. COUNTRY LEVEL EVALUATION – MALDIVES DRN-ADE-Particip-DIE-ODI-EIAS-ICEI TABLE OF CONTENTS (Annex) Annex 1 The Country Context ....................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Political system ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Legislation and good governance .......................................................................................... 2 1.3 Economy and Trade ............................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Social situation ....................................................................................................................... 5 1.5 Environment ........................................................................................................................... 5 1.6 The tsunami as a major impact .............................................................................................. 6 Annex 2 Statistical data ................................................................................................................. 9 Annex 3 Overview of evaluation questions and judgment criteria ............................................... 11 Annex 4 Findings of the evaluation questions, judgment critera and indicators ......................... 13 4.1 TO WHAT EXTENT DO EC COUNTRY STRATEGIES AND INDICATIVE PROGRAMMES REFLECT THE DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MALDIVES AND THE NEEDS OF THE POPULATION? (EQ 1)........................................................................................................................................... 13 4.1.1 EC strategies and indicative programmes are aligned to national policies and strategies (JC 1.1) ........................................................................................................... 13 4.1.2 EC objectives and programmes coherently deducted from good quality contextual analysis (JC 1.2) ............................................................................................ 22 4.1.3 Local stakeholders/ „beneficiaries‟ ideas are integrated in the formulation and implementation of the strategies and programmes (JC 1.3) ........................................... 26 4.2 TO WHAT EXTENT HAS THE EC-SUPPORT CONTRIBUTED TO REPAIR LONG-TERM DAMAGE AND TO IMPROVE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SERVICES ON SUPPORTED ISLANDS? (EQ 2) ............................................................... 31 4.2.1 Food security and economic livelihoods of affected households recovered (JC 2.1) .................................................................................................................................. 31 4.2.2 Improved access to social programmes and services (i.e. health, education) on supported islands (JC 2.2) .............................................................................................. 37 4.2.3 Drug abuse has reduced with EC support (JC 2.3) ........................................................ 39 4.2.4 Gender, good governance/human rights and environment issues are reflected by EC intra-regional and community development programmes (JC 2.4) ...................... 41 4.3 TO WHAT EXTENT HAS THE EC-SUPPORT CONTRIBUTED TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS FOR THE POPULATION OF THE MALDIVES AND REDUCED THE LONG-TERM VULNERABILITY OF THE ISLANDS TO NATURAL DISASTERS? (EQ 3) .......................................................................................... 43 4.3.1 Better integration of environmental aspects (including climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction) into GoM‟s policies and planning (JC 3.1) .................................................................................................................................. 43 4.3.2 Negative environmental impacts of post-tsunami are mitigated (JC 3.2) ....................... 45 4.3.3 Gender and good governance/human rights aspects are mainstreamed into EC environment programmes (JC 3.3) ................................................................................. 52 4.4 TO WHAT EXTENT HAS THE EC-SUPPORT TOWARDS IMPROVING LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HELPED THE GOM TO BUILD A MORE DIVERSIFIED AND COMPETITIVE EXPORT SECTOR FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS? (EQ 4) ................................................................................. 54 4.4.1 Fisheries sector recovered from economic loss (JC 4.1) ................................................ 54 4.4.2 Tourism sector recovered from economic loss (JC 4.2) ................................................. 56 4.4.3 Export industries diversified with EC support (JC 4.3) .................................................... 58 4.4.4 EC support has helped to prepare Maldives for LDC graduation (JC 4.4) ..................... 59 4.4.5 Gender, human rights and environment issues are taken into consideration by EC local economic development programmes (JC 4.5) .................................................. 62 FINAL REPORT – VOLUME II i COUNTRY LEVEL EVALUATION – MALDIVES DRN-ADE-Particip-DIE-ODI-EIAS-ICEI 4.5 TO WHAT EXTENT HAS THE EC-SUPPORT TOWARDS IMPROVING TRADE CAPACITY HELPED THE GOM TO FULFILL ITS INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS? (EQ 5) .................................................................................................... 63 4.5.1 EC support has improved GoM capacities to effectively fulfill its international commitments (JC 5.1) ..................................................................................................... 63 4.5.2 Gender, human rights and environment issues are taken into consideration by EC trade programmes (JC 5.2) ...................................................................................... 65 4.6 TO WHAT EXTENT HAS THE EC SUPPORT IMPROVED THE GOVERNANCE OF LOCAL AND CENTRAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY? (EQ 6) ................................................................... 66 4.6.1 EC support has facilitated democratic elections (JC 6.1) ............................................... 66 4.6.2 Progress in EC-supported implementation of reforms related to good governance and democratisation (JC 6.2)...................................................................... 72 4.6.3 Progress in strengthening civil society/non-state actors dialoguing with GoM (JC 6.3) .................................................................................................................................