The evaluation’s main objectives were to present:
- an independent overall assessment of the results of the NFD intervention, focusing particularly on the results of the project in relation to its objectives
- the main findings of the intervention and recommendations to improve the current measures and future actions and future strategic choices, also with a view to a possible rider to the project.
The main beneficiaries of this evaluation were the European Union Delegation and the Republic of Madagascar, the Government of Madagascar PREA (Programme of Strengthening the efficiency of the Administration), the contractors and the technical assistance team of the NFD project.
The evaluation was also of interest to the technical and financial partners and to civil society in general.
The specific objective was to provide an independent mid-term evaluation of the NFD project. The mid-term evaluation, as planned in the technical and administrative capacities of the financing agreement of the project, provided answers to the identified evaluation questions, also through an analysis of the country context and in particular through the application of a political economy analysis (PEA).
It was a question of determining the important factors to proceed with ambitious activities around governance such as public finance, reforms of human resources and service delivery of NFD.
This analysis is particularly important in countries with weak governance systems, where it is necessary to verify, at a certain point in the project, the probability that the envisaged reform will achieve results.
The financing agreement signed by the European Union, the technical assistance contract with GOPA, the technical assistance ToR, had to be taken into account. The administrative, accounting and financial procedures manual was consulted for the management aspects of the project.
The first mid-term evaluation of the NFD project covered the implementation period from April 2015 to May 2017.
The thematic aspect focused on the interaction between public finance, human resources and justice.