GOVERNMENT OF UGANDA / UNFPA 8TH COUNTRY PROGRAMME 2016 – 2020 EVALUATION REPORT January 2020 MAP OF UGANDA SHOWING UNFPA INTERVENTION DISTRICTS Country Programme Evaluation Team Role Names Team Leader/ Consultant - Population Dynamics Dr. Joshua Kembo Consultant - Gender Equality and Women Empowerment Dr. Paul Bukuluki Consultant - Sexual Reproductive Health Dr. John Mark Mwesigwa i Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................................................................... TABLE OF CONTENTS........................................................................................................................................II LIST OF TABLES .............................................................................................................................................. IV LIST OF FIGURES............................................................................................................................................. IV ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS .................................................................................................................. V KEY FACTS TABLE - UGANDA ......................................................................................................................... VII STRUCTURE OF THE COUNTRY PROGRAMME EVALUATION REPORT .............................................................. X ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................................................................. XI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................. XII 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 1.3.1 EVALUATION CRITERIA AND EVALUATION QUESTIONS ........................................................................................ 1 1.3.2 METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION .................................................................................................................. 2 1.3.3 ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS .......................................................................................................................... 5 1.3.4 DATA COLLECTION TOOLS ........................................................................................................................... 5 1.3.5 SELECTION OF DISTRICTS AND STAKEHOLDERS .................................................................................................. 5 1.3.6 DATA ANALYSIS........................................................................................................................................ 5 1.3.7 DATA QUALITY ASSURANCE ........................................................................................................................ 6 CHAPTER 2: COUNTRY CONTEXT ...................................................................................................................... 8 2.1 DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES AND NATIONAL STRATEGIES .................................................................................... 8 2.1.1 POPULATION DYNAMICS ............................................................................................................................ 8 2.1.2 SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH........................................................................................................... 10 2.1.3 GENDER EQUALITY, SEXUAL AND GENDER BASED VIOLENCE AND SOCIAL INCLUSION ............................................... 12 2.2 THE ROLE OF EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE ............................................................................................................ 13 CHAPTER 3: UNFPA RESPONSE AND PROGRAMME STRATEGIES .................................................................... 14 3.1 UNITED NATIONS AND UNFPA STRATEGIC RESPONSE ....................................................................................... 14 3.2 UNFPA RESPONSE THROUGH THE COUNTRY PROGRAMME ................................................................................. 15 3.2.1 UNFPA PREVIOUS CYCLE STRATEGY, GOAL AND ACHIEVEMENTS ....................................................................... 15 3.2.2 CURRENT UNFPA COUNTRY PROGRAMME ................................................................................................... 15 3.2.3 COUNTRY PROGRAMME FINANCIAL STRUCTURE ............................................................................................. 18 CHAPTER 4: EVALUATION FINDINGS .............................................................................................................. 22 4.1 RELEVANCE: EVALUATION QUESTIONS 1, 2 AND 3 ............................................................................................ 22 4.1.1 SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH........................................................................................................... 22 4.1.2 ADOLESCENTS AND YOUTH........................................................................................................................ 23 4.1.3 GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT ....................................................................................... 23 4.1.4 POPULATION DYNAMICS .......................................................................................................................... 27 4.2 EFFECTIVENESS: EVALUATION QUESTIONS 4 AND 5 ........................................................................................... 28 4.2.1 SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH........................................................................................................... 28 4.2.2 ADOLESCENTS AND YOUTH........................................................................................................................ 41 4.2.3 GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT ....................................................................................... 45 4.2.4 POPULATION DYNAMICS .......................................................................................................................... 54 ii 4.2.5 LEAVING NO ONE BEHIND ........................................................................................................................ 58 4.2.6 UNINTENDED RESULTS ............................................................................................................................. 61 4.2.7 LESSONS LEARNT .................................................................................................................................... 61 4.3 EFFICIENCY: EVALUATION QUESTIONS 6 AND 7 ................................................................................................. 61 4.3.1 FUNDING MODALITIES, REPORTING AND ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS ......................................................... 61 4.3.2 UTILISATION OF FUNDS ............................................................................................................................ 62 4.3.3 PERSONNEL ........................................................................................................................................... 63 4.3.4 PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY, IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS AND JOINT PROGRAMMING ........................................ 63 4.3.5 COVERAGE ............................................................................................................................................ 64 4.3.6 DECENTRALISED OFFICES .......................................................................................................................... 64 4.4 SUSTAINABILITY: EVALUATION QUESTIONS 8 AND 9 ........................................................................................... 64 4.4.1 OWNERSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY OF INTERVENTIONS ...................................................................................... 65 4.4.2 STRATEGIC POSITIONING OF UNFPA FOR FUTURE CP DEVELOPMENT ................................................................. 66 4.5 COORDINATION: EVALUATION QUESTION 10 ..................................................................................................... 66 4.5.1 COORDINATION WITHIN UNCT .................................................................................................................. 66 4.5.2 COORDINATION AT NATIONAL LEVEL ........................................................................................................... 67 4.5.3 COORDINATION AT DISTRICT LEVEL ............................................................................................................. 68 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................................................ 69 5.1 STRATEGIC LEVEL ..................................................................................................................................... 69 5.2 PROGRAMMATIC LEVEL ..............................................................................................................................