Methodische Peer Review der Strategischen Evaluierung des OEZA Engagements in Palästina



Contract partner: Polak Jan Tobias, Dr. Country: Palästinensische Gebiete Funding amount: € 12.445,20 Project start: 06.12.2021 End: 30.06.2023

Short Description:

Overall goal


The peer review is supposed to enhance the methodological quality of the Strategic Evaluation of ADC's Engagement in Palestine.


Expected results


The expected results of this methological peer review of the Strategic Evaluation of ADC's Engagement in Palestine are: - Evaluation management is supported in developing a suitable evaluation and technical approach at the outset of the evaluation

- Contribution to quality assurance of the strategic evaluation is provided


Target group / Beneficiaries


The target group of this peer review is: the Evaluation Reference Group (approx. 8 persons), the evaluation team (approx. 2-3 persons) and ADA's Evaluation Unit (3 persons)


Activities


The methodological Peer Reviewer contributes with her/his methodological expertise to the quality of the evaluation by commenting in writing on the draft ToR, the selected proposal, the draft inception report and suggested methodological approaches, the reconstruction of the Theory of Change, guidelines for interviews, focus group dis-cussions and workshops as well as the preliminary findings and the draft evaluation report. Furthermore she/he will participate in five meetings (kick-off, presentation draft inception report, Theory of Change workshop, presentation preliminary findings, as well as findings and recommen-dations workshop) as well as ad-hoc virtual meetings related to her/his written feedback provided. Finally, she/he will provide a written input to ADC’s After-Action Review exercise in which the lessons learned from the evaluations process will be shared.


Context


Peer Review is an internationally established tool in development cooperation to ensure quality and enhance learning. Other bilateral development cooperation actors integrate elements of peer review into their strategic and programmatic evaluations. ADA’s evaluation unit, together with MFA’s evaluation unit, is responsible for commissioning and managing strategic evaluations. The Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC) introduced the in-strument of Peer Review (PR) in 2018 as a tool to enhance the methodical, methodologic or subject level quality of its strategic evaluations. It is meant to supplement the quality assurance process through ADA and FMA evaluation units and the Evaluation Reference Groups. The Evaluation Policy of the Austrian Development Cooperation, which has been developed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (BMEIA, VII.4) jointly with the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and in cooperation with other key Austrian ADC stakeholders, makes reference and encourages the use of peer reviews as a useful tool to enhance quality and learning

project number 2835-04/2021
source of funding OEZA
sector Staatsführung & Zivilgesellschaft, allgemein
tied 0
modality Other technical assistance
marker Democracy: 2
  • Policy marker: are used to identify, assess and facilitate the monitoring of activities in support of policy objectives concerning gender equality, aid to environment, participatory development/good governance, trade development and reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health. Activities targeting the objectives of the Rio Conventions include the identification of biodiversity, climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, and desertification.
    • 1= policy is a significant objective of the activity
    • 2= policy is the principal objective of the activity
  • Donor/ source of funding: The ADA is not only implementing projects and programmes of the Austrian Development Cooperation , but also projects funded from other sources and donors such as
    • AKF - Foreign Disaster Fund of the Austrian federal government
    • BMLFUW - Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water
    • EU - Funds of the European Commission
    • Others - various other donors are listed in ADA’s annual business report.
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  • Tied/Untied: Untied aid is defined as loans and grants whose proceeds are fully and freely available to finance procurement from all OECD countries and substantially all developing countries. Transactions are considered tied unless the donor has, at the time of the aid offer, clearly specified a range of countries eligible for procurement which meets the tests for “untied” aid.
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