Mid-term Evaluation Report Sri Lanka - Unido

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................ 2
EXPLANATORY NOTES .............................................................................................. 4
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................ 5
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................. 6
1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................17
1.1 General............................................................................................................. 17
1.2 Structure of the report ...................................................................................... 18
2. PROJECT CONCEPT AND DESIGN...................................................................19
2.1 Socio-economic context................................................................................... 19
2.2 Development problems addressed by the project ............................................ 19
2.3 Power sector policy in Sri Lanka ..................................................................... 19
2.4 Institutional framework.................................................................................... 20
2.5 Relevance ......................................................................................................... 20
2.6 Project design................................................................................................... 21
3 IMPLEMENTATION............................................................................................25
3.1 Project timing, budget and expenditures.......................................................... 25
3.2 Delivery of UNDP and UNIDO inputs ............................................................ 27
3.3 Assumptions ..................................................................................................... 29
3.4 Project management ......................................................................................... 30
4 RESULTS ..............................................................................................................31
4.1 Production of outputs....................................................................................... 31
4.2 Achievement of the purpose/immediate objective (effectiveness).................. 38
4.3 Contribution to the development objective (impact) ....................................... 40
4.4 Sustainability.................................................................................................... 42
5 FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATI ONS...............................45
5.1 Activity 1: Mini and small hydro project preparation ..................................... 45
5.2 Activity 2: Wind assessment and project preparation...................................... 46
5.3 Activity 3: Increasing effectiveness of applied research ................................. 47
5.4 Activity 4: Capacity building in the small hydro industry............................... 49
5.5 Activity 5: Strengthening energy audit and management capabilities in the
commercial, institutional and industrial sectors....................................................... 50
5.6 Activity 6: Renewable energy equipment performance testing....................... 51
5.7 Project level findings, conclusions and recommendations .............................. 53
Final report, 4 May 2001
Mid-term evaluation report: 'Renewable energy and energy capacity building'