Evaluation of the UNFPA 9th Country Programme Egypt (Mid 2013-2017) Final Report – Sixth & Terminal Draft Date: 04 May 2017 Figure 1: Egypt Country Map Evaluation Team Team Leader& Population and Ms. Doha Abdelhamid Development Specialist Team Member & Youth and Dr. Amr Awad Reproductive Health Specialist Team Member & Gender Specialist Ms. Ghada El Sherif Evaluation Manager Ms. Dawlat Shaarawy I ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Evaluation Team would like to thank the UNFPA CO and all PMOs for the support given to the Team throughout the Evaluation journey. We are especially grateful to Prof. Sasha Bodiroza, UNFPA CO Representative, Ms. Germaine Haddad, Assistant Representative, and Ms. Dawlat Shaarawy, Evaluation Manager, and all for their time, support and data provided without which this endeavor would not have completed on time for the upcoming CP programming cycle. The Evaluation Team is also indebted to many key persons who were encountered through interviews with the GOE, IPs, Ministries, NGOs, beneficiaries, private sector, consultants etc. Special gratitude is extended to H.E. Dr. Maissa Shawky, Deputy Minister of Health and Population; H.E. Prof. Tarek Amin, NPC Rapporteur; H.E. Prof. Ashraf El-Araby, Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Administrative Development; H.E. Mr. Helmy El-Namnam, Minister of Culture; H.E. Gen. Abou-Bakr El-Guindy, CAPMAS President; H.E. Prof. Atef El-Shitany, Former NPC Rapporteur; Mr. Motaz Yeken, Ms Randa Hamza, and Ms Sally George, Senior Advisors at MOIC; Ms Dalia Hassan, Former Deputy Population Minister; Dr Ghada Abdallah, Dr Hoda Mostafa, and Prof. Hussein Abdelazziz of CAPMAS; RCT Management and in particular Ms. Ashgan Farid; Mr. Michael Schaadt, UNCT Head; Mr. Tor Haug, Norwegian Embassy; Ms Izabella Eriksson; Swedish Embassy; Mr. Josuke Kawamoto, Japanese Embassy, Ms. Gilian Wilcox, UNICEF Deputy Representative, Mr. Jorg Schimmel, OIC and Deputy Country Director of UNWomen; Ms. Elsa Bousquet of UNHCR; Dr. Ghada Mohsen and Dr. Fatma El-Zahraa of IDSC; Dr. Hanan Gerguis of Baseera; Ms. Nahla Hossam, CARE Egypt Field Supervisor, and their teams for extremely useful inputs, views and documents. We are very thankful to Ms. Samia Hafez, PA to UNFPA Representative, Ms. Rasha Hafez, Admin. Assistant, and Ms. Noha El-Maghraby, Research Assistant to the TL, for their valuable logistical, administrative and research support. The Evaluation Team’s grateful to the members of the ERG for their tangible support and inspiring interactions since CPE inception to date. They are, Prof. Sasha Bodiroza, UNFPA CO Representative, Ms Dawlat Shaarawy, UNFPA Evaluation Manager, Dr. Olugbemiga Adelakin, RO M&E Advisor, Prof. Mohsen Fathy, MOHP/FP, H.E. Prof. Tarek Amin, NPC Rapporteur, Mr. Motaz Yeken, Senior Advisor to the Minister of International Cooperation, Ms. Randa Hamza, M&E Senior Advisor, Ms. Sally George, M&E Senior Advisor, and Mr. Georges Nalenga, UNRC M&E Specialist. II TABLE OF CONTENT Acknowledgments ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... II Table of Content......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... III Abbreviation and Acronyms ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... V Structure of the Country Programme Evaluation Report ........................................................................................................................................................... X List of Tables .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. XI List of Figures ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... XII Key Facts Table........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ XIV Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. XV PURPOSE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. XV CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COUNTRY PROGRAMME EVALUATION ........................................................................................... 1 1.2 SCOPE OF THE EVALUATION ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.3 METHODOLOGY AND PROCESS ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 CHAPTER 2: COUNTRY CONTEXT ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 2.1 DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES AND COUNTRY STRATEGIES ..................................................................................................................................... 8 2.2ROLE OF EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 CHAPTER 3: UN / UNFPA STRATEGIC RESPONSE AND PROGRAMME. ........................................................................................................................ 11 3.1: UN AND UNFPA STRATEGIC RESPONSE .......................................................................................................................................................................... 11 3.2 UNFPA RESPONSE THROUGH THE COUNTRY PROGRAMME .................................................................................................................................... 13 CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 4.1 RELEVANCE ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 19 4.2 EFFICIENCY ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 23 4.3 EFFECTIVENESS ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 4.4 SUSTAINABILITY .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 4.5 STRATEGIC POSITIONING ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 47 4.6 COMPOSITE ASSESSMENT OF EVALUATION CRITERIA ............................................................................................................................................. 51 4.7 MONITORING AND EVALUATION AT CO DURING THE 9TH CP CYCLE ................................................................................................................... 51 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION, RECOMMENDATIONS AND LESSONS LEARNT .............................................................................................................. 54 Annex 1: Terms of Reference .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 67 Annex2: Evaluation Reference Group (ERG) ........................................................................................................................................................................... 77 Annex3: CO Organogram ........................................................................................................................................................................................................