Clean Water for Bertoua

DHV Group
1.4 Set-up of the evaluation
After initial discussions with the Dutch stakeholders it was agreed to carry out the evaluation in four
stages:
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
One or more rounds of interviews with representatives of the key stakeholders, resulting in the
preparation of an action list;
Discussion of the action list with RC Bertoua, and preparation of a checklist for data collection;
Data collection and interviews in Cameroon;
Preparation and presentation of the evaluation report.
The purpose of stage 1 was to reach consensus on the issues that needed to be dealt with during the
evaluation, starting from the key issues mentioned earlier. Based on the interviews an action list was
prepared, discussed and fine-tuned, and discussed with the Chairman of RC Bertoua’s Water Committee
during his visit to the Netherlands in late March/early April 2010. This was followed by the preparation of a
checklist for the data collection and additional interviews during stage 3. Stages 1 and 2 took place
basically in the Netherlands.
Stage 3 was originally to be carried out entirely by local parties in Cameroon, who would report to RC
Bertoua and to the Dutch stakeholders on the outcome of their activities. To that effect the tasks of and
selection criteria for the evaluation team in Bertoua were identified. Eventually this stage started with the
visit by a technical expert from DHV, Mr. Frank Jansink in July 2010. Together with his Cameroon
counterpart, Mr. Laurencin Emini, he visited a selection of 30 water points included in the Project, as well
as several other water points. In addition, they jointly established the approach for the inventory of the
remaining water points. Mr. Emini subsequently inspected these water points, collected additional data,
and reported back on these.
The results of the field visit and data obtained were then evaluated, and the final conclusions incorporated
in an evaluation report during stage 4. This was formally presented at a meeting of RC Scherpenzeel-
Woudenberg on 27 September 2010.
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