The global objective of this evaluation is twofold. First, it aims to provide the relevant services of the European Union and interested stakeholders with an independent overall assessment of the performance of the "Investment Support to the Wadi Al Arab Water System II Project and EU support to the Water sector in Jordan," with a particular focus on the different levels of results measured against the expected objectives and the reasons behind these results. Second, the evaluation seeks to identify key lessons learned, draw conclusions, and offer related recommendations to inform decision makers on how to improve current and future interventions.
The specific objective for this evaluation are:
- To serve the EU Delegation to Jordan and the relevant services in HQ in order to conclude the Wadi
Al-Arab System II programme, and align results in existing and future support programmes.
- To draw lessons that can be replicated in other EU interventions in the water sector.
The evaluation will assess the intervention(s) using the six standard DAC evaluation criteria, namely:
relevance, coherence, efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability and impact. In addition, the evaluation will
assess the intervention(s) through an EU specific evaluation criterion, which is the EU added value.
Furthermore, the evaluation team should consider whether gender equality and women’s empowerment, environment and adaptation to climate change were mainstreamed (when relevant); the relevant SDGs (SDG 6,13) and their interlinkages were identified; the principle of Leave No One Behind (this includes persons with disability, indigenous peoples, children, and the elderly) and the Human Rights Based Approach was followed during design, and the extent to which they have been reflected in the implementation of the intervention, its governance and monitoring.