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EVALUATION Programme-Based Support Through Finnish Civil Society Organizations III EVALUATION Programme-based Support through Finnish Civil Society Organizations III Evaluation on Finland’s Development Policy and Cooperation 2017/5e EVALUATION 3 ON THE PROGRAMME-BASED SUPPORT THROUGH FINNISH CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND UMBRELLA ORGANIZATIONS Political Parties of Finland for Democracy – Demo Finland Pirkko Poutiainen (Team Leader) Maaria Seppänen 2017/5e This evaluation was commissioned by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland to FCG International Ltd. This report is the product of the authors, and responsibility for the accuracy of the data included in this report rests with the authors. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions presented in this report do not necessarily reflect the views of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. © Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland 2017 This report can be downloaded through the home page of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs http://formin.finland.fi/developmentpolicy/evaluations Contact: [email protected] ISBN 978-952-281-550-7 (pdf) ISSN 2342-8341 Cover design and layout: Innocorp Oy/Milla Toro CONTENTS ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................IX TIIVISTELMÄ.................................................................................................................1 REFERAT .......................................................................................................................2 ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................................3 YHTEENVETO ................................................................................................................4 SAMMANFATTNING ...................................................................................................10 SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................16 KEY FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ......................................22 1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................27 2 APPROACH, METHODOLOGY AND LIMITATIONS ...............................................29 2.1 Approach .......................................................................................................................................29 2.2 Methodology .................................................................................................................................30 2.3 Limitations .....................................................................................................................................33 3 CONTEXT ANALYSIS ............................................................................................34 3.1 Finnish policy context and programme-based approach for CSO support .............................34 3.2 Origins and mandate of Demo Finland’s Development Cooperation .......................................34 3.3 Operational principles related to Development Co-operation ................................................37 3.4 Funding profile .............................................................................................................................37 3.5 Development cooperation programme of Demo Finland .........................................................40 4 FINDINGS .............................................................................................................42 4.1 Relevance of Demo Finland’s development co-operation ........................................................42 4.1.1 Comparative advantage and strategic alignment .......................................................................42 4.1.2 Alignment with beneficiary and stakeholder needs ...................................................................44 4.1.3 Alignment with the partner country policies and strategies........................................................45 4.1.4 Alignment with development policy priorities of Finland ............................................................47 4.1.5 Alignment with the Theory of Change.........................................................................................51 4.2 Complementarity, Co-ordination and Coherence ......................................................................55 4.3 Efficiency ........................................................................................................................................63 4.3.1 Results-based management practices .........................................................................................63 4.3.2 Management of programme-based support by the MFA ............................................................72 4.4 Effectiveness..................................................................................................................................73 4.4.1 Achievement of outputs ..............................................................................................................73 4.4.2 Achievement of outcomes ...........................................................................................................75 4.4.3 Contribution to outcomes ............................................................................................................78 4.5 Impact ............................................................................................................................................80 4.6 Sustainability .................................................................................................................................82 5 CONCLUSIONS ......................................................................................................88 5.1 Validity of the Theory of Change Assumptions ..........................................................................88 5.1.1 From inputs to outputs ................................................................................................................88 5.1.2 From outputs to short-term outcomes .......................................................................................89 5.1.3 From short-term to long-term outcomes ...................................................................................90 5.2 Main Conclusions .........................................................................................................................90 5.2.1 Strategic direction and focus .......................................................................................................90 5.2.2 Self-financing requirement and fund raising ..............................................................................91 5.2.3 Result-based management ..........................................................................................................92 5.2.4 Sustainability and exit strategies ................................................................................................93 5.2.5 Capacity of Demo Finland, local partners and vibrant civil society ..............................................94 5.2.6 Coordination with CSO Unit and MFA ..........................................................................................95 6 LESSONS LEARNED ..............................................................................................96 6.1 Strategic programme-based choices ..........................................................................................96 6.2 Programme implementation and results performance ............................................................97 6.3 Cross-cutting objectives and HRBA .............................................................................................98 7 RECOMMENDATIONS ..........................................................................................99 7.1 Strategic focus ..............................................................................................................................99 7.2 Self-funding requirement and fund raising ..............................................................................99 7.3 Result-based management .......................................................................................................100 7.4 Sustainability and exit strategies .............................................................................................100 7.5 Capacity of Demo Finland, its local partners and vibrant civil society .................................101 7.6 Coordination with CSO Unit and MFA .......................................................................................101 REFERENCES .............................................................................................................102 THE EVALUATION TEAM ..........................................................................................105 Annex 1 Terms of Reference .............................................................................................. 106 Annex 2 People Interviewed .............................................................................................. 124 Annex 3 Documents Consulted .......................................................................................... 128 Annex 4 MFA’s Programme-Based Approach .................................................................. 131 Annex 5 CSO Generic Theory of Change ............................................................................ 133 Annex 6 Evaluation Matrix ...............................................................................................
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