The objective of the Dominican Republic country programme evaluation is to analyze the strategic positioning of FAO in the country, assess the results in each of the priority areas, and identify challenges, opportunities, and the lessons learned through collaborative work between FAO and the Government of the Dominican Republic. The aim is to provide relevant inputs to the Government and FAO staff to formulate the new Country Programme Framework (CPF), which will be carried out jointly with the new United Nations Cooperation Framework for Sustainable Development.
The evaluation will seek to answer the following questions:
- Has FAO’s work been relevant in addressing the country’s needs and priorities in food security, rural development, and sustainable agriculture?
- What role has FAO played compared to other development actors in the incidence and contribution to food security, rural development, and sustainable and resilient agriculture?
- What are the main intended and non-intended results in each priority area?
- How appropriate have FAO’s activities been to achieve the expected outcomes?
- How adequate has FAO’s work been for the sustainability of the interventions?
- What are the opportunities, risks, and challenges of future work and collaboration of FAO in the country?
- To what extent did the CPF consider and integrate cross-cutting issues, gender equality, and social inclusion into its design and implementation?
- To what extent has climate action been mainstreamed in the CPF?