PARIS21 Light Evaluation
Report to the Steering Committee meeting in April
2006 on the evaluation and with recommendations on
the future of PARIS21, including its orientation,
objectives, and priority activities
PARIS21 Light Evaluation :
Background
A sub-group of Steering Committee members (Review SubGroup) carry out a review of PARIS21 for the years 2004-2005
provide recommendations on the future of PARIS21, its
orientation, objectives, and priority activities
report back to the Steering Committee meeting in April 2006 on
the evaluation and with recommendations on the future of
PARIS21
PARIS21 Light Evaluation :
Methodology
• Main steps in procedure followed by the Review Sub-Group
• Propose evaluation questions to facilitator
• Evaluator/Facilitator to submit an inception report
• Answer the evaluation questions
• Approve the report analysis of answers on evaluation questions
• Report back to the Steering Committee
• Recommendations on the future of PARIS21
PARIS21 Light Evaluation
Conclusions 1
A desk research oriented analysis of the outputs and inputs 20042006 of PARIS21
1. The NSDS approach can be considered as successful.
2
a. The funding of the priorities for the PARIS21 secretariat appear
to be consistent with the Consortium.
b. PARIS21 secretariat has also built on network synergies with
specific partner /consortium agencies.
PARIS21 Light Evaluation
Conclusions 2
PARIS21 Relevance and Effectiveness in general satisfactory, some
nuances.
The activities and work programme of PARIS21 are appropriate to the
purpose of PARIS21.
The programme has met stakeholders’ requests however to the extent
possible given the number and diversity of the requests, that work plan
and activities were consistent with the priorities of major stakeholders.
PARIS21 has demonstrated a high adaptability to the new situation
created by NSDS development.
PARIS21 Light Evaluation
Conclusions 3
Effectiveness : overall opinion that this has to be given also a positive
mark, however, based on a wide diversity of remarks with strong and
weaker nuances of this positive outcome.
PARIS21 Light Evaluation
Conclusions 4
The impact of actions is seen globally on the positive side; points
where critical remarks were set are elements still to be appraised in
more detail when this is feasible after a longer time period.
Therefore, conclusions on the effectiveness are positive, however with
a cautious approach on pinpointing the steps still to be made and
possible future pitfalls.
PARIS21 Light Evaluation:
Recommendation 1
To consolidate this direction, the high priority on the NSDS as it has
developed in the last years, and to make it more visible in the
objectives of PARIS21, in such a form that it is recommended to
expand the mandate of PARIS21, to better facilitate NSDS
development.
PARIS21 Light Evaluation:
Recommendation 2
The emphasis on NSDS should not limit the advocacy work. The
advocacy work should be considered an essential element in the
NSDS and prioritised as being a part of it.
PARIS21 Light Evaluation:
Recommendation 3
To improve the conditions for better cooperation between the
secretariat of PARIS21 and the involved partners. To reach a better
level of cooperation the coordination role of PARIS21 in this context
has to be expanded.
PARIS21 Light Evaluation:
Recommendation 4
To ask a small drafting group – focussed around the founding fathers of
PARIS21 – to draft a new version of the mandate for the coming period
and to provide advice on possible changes in the institutional setting of
the PARIS21 secretariat.
Thank you for your attention