Completed evaluations
Evaluation of the project "Sustaining peace and improving social cohesion through the promotion of rural employment"
07/08/2023
The evaluation provides an independent assessment of the extent to which planned collective objectives have been met, and the project’s contribution to its peacebuilding objectives. It also aims to draw lessons and recommendations to inform future projects. The evaluation used a consultative and participatory approach involving all project stakeholders. Mixed methods such as desk review, semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions and field observations were used to collect information.
Evaluation of the project “Promotion of peaceful transhumance in the Liptako Gourma region”
07/08/2023
The project aimed to contribute to peace and security in Liptako-Gourma, a region historically exploited by transhumant herders and farmers, which is now experiencing an increase in inter-community conflicts and armed attacks which increase poverty and the vulnerability of populations. The results of the project are generally satisfactory. (French only)
Evaluation of FAO's contribution to Nigeria 2016–2022
20/07/2023
The evaluation assessed FAO's contribution to Nigeria from 2016 to 2022, focusing on national priorities for the agriculture sector and food systems, with a special lens on gender equality, leave no one behind principles, the humanitarian–development–peace nexus and climate change mainstreaming. The evaluation recommends prioritizing flagship initiatives, engaging ministries, national actors and implementing a gender stocktaking exercise to identify those at risk of being left behind.
Terminal evaluation of the project “Dynamic conservation and sustainable use of agricultural biodiversity to ensure food security and ecosystems services and resiliency”
21/06/2023
This project supports the Government of the Philippines in efforts to conserve the country’s globally important agrobiodiversity and traditional agroecosystems. The project aligned strongly with the government, FAO and GEF priorities, and impressive progress was made on policy objectives. Recommendations focused on developing a successful exit strategy, capturing experience effectively, and carrying out a systems review for future FAO-supported agrobiodiversity projects.
Terminal evaluation of the project "Biodiversity conservation and sustainable use in five macroregions to improve human nutrition"
22/05/2023
The objectives of this project were: keeping agrobiodiversity in situ in five macro-ecoregions and improving the livelihoods of the local population; and managing and taking advantage of agrobiodiversity to sustainably improve food and nutritional security with improved access of Indigenous populations and local communities to nutritional and diversified diets. (Spanish only)
Terminal evaluation of the first cluster of FAO’s Capacity-building Initiative for Transparency projects
19/05/2023
The evaluation recommends to consider mechanisms and strategies to institutionalize individual learnings and internalize knowledge and practices within and between the ETF-responsible institutions, and to devise knowledge management plans that go beyond communication and information sharing and encompass a detailed analysis of good practices, lessons and mechanisms for institutionalization of knowledge.
Evaluation of the FAO country programme in Comoros 2018–2021
28/04/2023
FAO has implemented various projects that have strengthened the livelihoods of vulnerable populations. However, FAO interventions seem to have lost visibility in recent years due to a very small country team. In addition to strengthening its presence in the Comoros, FAO should promote greater national ownership of the CPF, review its national capacity building strategy, strengthen its partnerships with other key actors and develop projects for the integration of women and young people.
Independent review of EvalForward Community of Practice
26/04/2023
The purpose of the Independent Review is to draw lessons from the four years of operation of EvalForward (2018–2022) to evaluate its appropriateness and usefulness for its members and to identify areas where adaption is needed to improve results.
Programme Evaluation Report 2023
26/04/2023
The Programme Evaluation Report focuses on evaluations conducted by the FAO Office of Evaluation (OED) in the 2021–2022 biennium. These include project, programme, country, and thematic evaluations of development and emergency and resilience interventions.
Cluster evaluation of two projects contributing to the second phase of the FAO programme ″Supporting the Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests“
25/04/2023
The evaluation emphasized the need to invest in political economy analysis and to strengthen integration with other actors. Increased attention could be paid to identify ways to increase linkages between capacity development and multisectoral dialogue on the one hand, and decision-making processes on the other.