The Rural Village Water Resources Management Project (RVWRMP) is supported by the Government of Nepal (GoN), the European Union (EU) and the Government of Finland (GoF). The core interventions of RVWRMP III provides the population of Sudur Paschim and Karnali Provinces access to water supply, energy, improved food security and improved management of their water resources.
The Mid-Term Evaluation looked at the implementation of RVWRMP III to give advice and suggestions on what changes might be needed to achieve the goals of the project.
The overall objective of the Mid-Term Evaluation was to provide an independent analysis for the decision making with regard to continued validity of the impact, outcome and outputs as set out in the project document.
The evaluation covered the RVWRMP, Phase III since the beginning of its implementation period, March 2016. The key issues and subjects were clustered as follows:

• Governance, especially the impacts and opportunities resulting from adaptation to the federal structure
• Effectiveness, sustainability and exit strategies for Water supply, Irrigation and Microhydro facilities
• Livelihoods interventions, their place in the project and the chosen approaches
• Effectiveness and added value of chosen approach to support holistic way of planning water resources and their use.

Final report available here: https://um.fi/development-cooperation-evaluation-reports-project-and-programme-evaluations/-/asset_publisher/nBPgGHSLrA13/content/valiarviointi-nepalin-maaseudun-vesivarojen-hallintahankkeesta/384998