Commissioned by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the evaluation report was conducted by an external consultant and covers the project “Improving Planning Capacities for Social and Economic Local Development”. Funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) and implemented in close collaboration with the Ministry of Social affairs (MoSA), this Euro 1.2 million project aims at “improving the socio-economic conditions of local population through strengthened planning capacities at the unions and cluster of municipalities' level using participatory approaches”.
The report is structured along five main sections. Section one provides the background of the evaluation assignment and describes the project under evaluation. Section two provides a broad explanation on the evaluation approach and methodology. The key findings of the evaluation assignment are thoroughly presented in section three, which focuses on assessing the project relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability. The conclusions drawn from the assignment as well as the main takeaways and the overall recommendations are covered respectively in sections four and five.