The evaluation focused on the "learning" and "accountability" dimensions with a focus on the former. The first required particular attention in order to draw useful lessons for other interventions or for new policies, strategies and programmes.
The review used the "Performance" evaluation grid to carry out the analyses relating to the traditional evaluation criteria which are "effectiveness", "impact" and "sustainability".
The specific evaluation questions used in this review focus on:

• The improvement of communal governance and its contribution to the sustainable improvement food security as well as the options for ensuring the sustainability of the structures put in place;
• Capacity building of local development to
• Lessons and practices learned that could be used as a basis for future interventions, particularly in sectors benefiting from the transfer of skills and resources to local authorities;
• The sustainability risks of investments made under PAMED II and how to miate the
• The conditions for success in terms of utility and sustainability of infrastructure management in public-private partnerships (PPP).

The team followed the methodology proposed in the TOR. Thus, the evaluation questions identified by the TOR guided the data collection in four communes. At least one commune was chosen in each of the four intervention departments, all representing the different levels of performance defined on the basis of the criteria established by the programme. In consultation with the UGAT team and other informants, the mission team selected the communes of Douméga (with the highest score of 91%), Fabidji (86%), Kiéché (74%) and Sokorbé (64%).