Evaluation makes an inherent part of the programming cycle. Good planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning (PMEL) includes regular internal evaluation of strategies, approaches and activities. External evaluation comes in where commissioner demands an independent, third-party review of the activities, results, outcomes and impacts. This generally occurs at mid-term and at the end of programmes or projects. External evaluations generally follow the general OECD/DAC evaluation criteria: relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability.
In Mid-Term Reviews the focus is on assessing the implementation of the programme or project in its first years, as to improve implementation in the remaining period. Mid-Term Reviews also already reflect on the perspectives for follow-up after programme or project period.
End-term Evaluations or Final evaluations identify lessons learned and put emphasis on the assessment of the impacts and the sustainability of the programme or project strategies, approaches and activities. Final evaluations provide recommendations to commissioner, donor and programme or project partners on future programming and on any follow-up to the finished phase of the programme or project.
Fair & Sustainable is experienced in external evaluation of complex programmes and projects. Our focus is on qualitative evaluations which are practice-based, participatory, context-sensitive and policy-oriented. Our evaluations aim to contribute to learning by the commissioner, project partners and relevant third parties.
Recent Projects
‘Building Bridges for Women’s Economic Empowerment’ Mid-Term Evaluation, Kenya – Women-Win, 2022
Consultants: Emmy Mugasia and Els Rijke
Employable Youth In Ethiopia – Woord & Daad, 2021-2022
Final Evaluation of the “Employable Youth in Ethiopia” project -youth employment and entrepreneurship.
Consultant: Peter Ton
Improving Market Opportunities for Women Agricultural Producers (IMOW) – MEDA, 2021-2022
Final valuation and gender assessment of the Improving Market Opportunities for Women (IMOW) program in Shan and Kayin States.
Consultants: Angelica Senders, Peter Ton
Mid-Term Review of the LIWAY project – SNV Ethiopia, 2021
Review of the LI-WAY project, a MSD project aiming to create job opportunities for people in Addis Ababa.
Consultants: Annelien Meerts, Ben Haagsma, Inge Baaijens
Biodigester Market Systems Development in Africa – DGIS (2019) and SNV (2020)
Mid-Term Review of the federal and EU-co-funded Ethiopian Biogas Dissemination Scale-Up Programme (NBPE+) for biodigester market development.
Consultant: Peter Ton
Final Evaluation of the DGIS-funded African Biogas Partnership Program – Phase 2 (ABPP-2)
Consultants: Peter Ton & Els Rijke (associate)
External evaluation of the Greater Virunga Landscape Project – Netherlands Embassy Rwanda, 2019
Evaluation of the GVL Project and the Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration in Uganda, and DRC.
Consultant: Paul Sijssens
Greening Agricultural Transformation in Ethiopia (GATE) – ATA, 2019
Lesson Learning with the Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) and Danida on greening of the agricultural transformation agenda.
Consultants: Mona Dhamankar (KIT) and Peter Ton.
Projet d’Appui à la Productivité Agricole au Burundi (PAPAB-C2) – IFDC, 2018
Mid-Term Review of the Dutch-funded Agricultural Productivity Support Project in Burundi on the integrated household approach (Plan Intégré Paysan – PIP).
Consultant: Peter Ton
