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GPPS III Evaluation Report FINAL 07 June 2011 %282%29.Pdf Global Programme for Parliamentary Strengthening III Evaluation Report Prepared by: Tim Baker May 2011 The views expressed in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of UNDP or its implementing partners Contents Executive summary .................................................................................1 Introduction ...................................................................................... 8 Section One: Country reports ...................................................... 12 1. Algeria ........................................................................ 15 2. Lebanon ...................................................................... 25 3. Mauritania ................................................................... 32 4. Niger ........................................................................... 41 Section Two: Regional Activities ................................................... 49 5. Arab States Region: PDIAR and BCPR ..................... 51 6. West Africa ................................................................. 60 Section Three: Global Activities .................................................... 63 Section Four: General GPPS III Programme, Administration, Operational Issues & Overall Recommendations ....................... 73 Appendix One: Evaluation Considerations & Constraints ........ 84 Appendix Two: Terms of Reference for the Evaluation ............. 87 Appendix Three: Evaluation Matrix & Questions ...................... 95 Appendix Four: Evaluation Interlocutors.................................. 102 Executive Summary Introduction The Global Programme for Parliamentary Strengthening (GPPS) is a three-phase programme of development assistance to parliaments at the national, regional, and global levels. The first two phases of the GPPS programme were designed to respond to the needs of parliamentary bodies with a focus on providing pilot funding for UNDP Country Offices and in support of a longer-term initiative to identify and implement programmes of parliamentary development assistance on a demand-driven basis. The programme expanded to include seven national- level Country Office programmes, two Regional Service Centres (RSC), and a global component comprised of several unique and somewhat distinct projects currently in the primary or secondary implementation phase under the GPPS III programme umbrella. An evaluator was contracted in February 2011 to conduct an evaluation of the GPPS III programme to date, inclusive of web-based interviews with available Country Office and Regional service centre field staff, a series of on-site interviews in UNDP New York office, and a series of on-site interviews with internal and external interlocutors in UNDP Brussels office. Project documentation and prior evaluation reports were reviewed in conjunction with interviews with relevant implementing partners and donors as was possible within the time and resource constraints of the project. Despite a drastic reduction in available GPPS funds due to donor reprogramming in 2009, GPPS III²through the staff and partners working at the national, regional, and global levels of the programme²has accomplished a number of key programmatic goals within the overall project parameters and programme mandate. In all cases, the GPPS programme is recognized for operating at its best when programmes are: x Demand driven. CO and regional programming operate in a coordinated fashion, and when a participating CO identifies programming needs through direct consultation with local partners, those needs are then translated into CO and regional level activities with post-project follow-up. x Tested pilot projects through a seed funding mechanism are implemented which then lead to field-based fundraising toward longer-term programme implementation with a thematic, relevant, and timely implementation strategy (for example, COs participating in conflict prevention and recovery efforts, regional MPs attending a conference on a given topic which then results in ongoing working groups) x Time limited. Programme participation by those national, regional, and global parliamentary practitioners who have identified development needs, expressed interest in working with UNDP, and are then willing and able to maintain programme implementation momentum after the pilot project has been implemented As is the case with other international organizations implementing comprehensive programmes of technical assistance in close cooperation with local, regional, and global partners, there is room for implementation modification and for a more refined approach to the development work UNDP is currently conducting under the auspices of the GPPS III programme and in accordance with UNDP-mandated programme of human development to follow in the years ahead. 1 A. Overall assessment x Overall, the Global Programme for Parliamentary Strengthening (GPPS) has successfully leveraged limited resources to accomplish continued and incremental parliamentary process development at the national, regional, and global levels. Program success is notable for accomplishment of pilot projects through limited seed funding and despite significant sole-source donor fund reallocation. x At the national level, the four participating Country Offices in Algeria, Lebanon, Mauritania and Niger1 have remained committed to accomplishing the goals of parliamentary strengthening through independent fundraising and alternative funding mechanisms directed toward creative programme implementation strategies. x At the regional level, the transition from PDIAR to the successor Arab Regional Parliamentary Project (ARPP) is underway, inclusive of independent financial and operational mechanisms. The nascent Conflict Prevention & Recovery project in the Arab States has exhibited identified implementation and regional success, whilst the West Africa Regional service centre is seeking to identify opportunities for greater regional cohesion and programme implementation funding moving forward. In all cases, it is noteworthy that these regional initiatives best serve CO pilot project needs when part of a coordinated, demand-driven, internally cooperative and thematic approach which is responsive to identified national-level partner development needs. x Global programme initiatives remain active and well-received internally and externally, with the caveat that sustainable funding is needed to ensure that momentum is maintained so that AGORA, iKNOW Politics, the Parliamentary Benchmarking initiative, and the Global Parliamentary Report are maintained, enhanced and fully realized not only through 2011 but also in the years ahead. B. Implementation strategies x The ability to engage numerous partners at multiple programme levels is noted, with the commitment of internal and external partners evident not only during this third phase of GPPS assistance but also over the course of parliamentary assistance design and implementation and as noted by a number of external interlocutors. x While flexibility and innovation were the hallmarks of programme design and implementation as reported in previous GPPS evaluations, the current programme would benefit from a return to that nimble and responsive strategy. This is of course contingent upon identification of multiple-source donors willing to provide flexibility in fund allocation and potential project fund diversion in response to emerging programme needs²particularly in light of recent political and social change in the current GPPS operational theatre of North Africa and the Arab States region. 1 Of the four extant CO programmes addressed in this report, the Niger office was unavailable for primary source content input during the duration of the reporting period. As such, content and programmatic references are based on information gleaned from extant reports and secondary information as provided by affiliated UNDP staff. 2 x As noted in previous evaluations, the regional programme is at its best when engaged in addressing potentially controversial and politically sensitive issues in an open and neutral way. This is noted through the use of venues sponsored by a recognized neutral international organization (e.g. UNDP) and within the context of a broad-based group of participants from various countries and representing a wide spectrum of political, cultural and religious backgrounds. For example, the effort to engage women MPs in regional conflict prevention and recovery or engaging parliamentary representatives toward improved legislative, representative, and oversight capacity without specific reference to the national level governments who are oftentimes seeking to maintain the status quo. This has become particularly apparent in the participating CO programmes and within the North Africa and Arab States regions to date in 2011. C. Programme highlights National-level Country Office Programmes Algeria x Participation by the Algeria National Council to the First Coordinators Council and Plenary session of the Pan African Parliament, organized in South Africa, with the sponsorship of UNDESA x Participation by members of Parliament to a regional sHPLQDURQ³6WUHQJWKHQLQJWKH 5ROHRI3DUOLDPHQWVLQ&ULVLV3UHYHQWLRQDQG5HFRYHU\´LQWKH$UDE States Region. The seminar was jointly organized by the GPPS and the Arab Inter Parliamentary Union x In 2010, the Algeria CO continued to work with the Parliament to enhance IT capabilities, including conducting a consultant-based IT assessment, with subsequent training
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