Sustainable and Competitive Industrial Development - Unido

groups, engaging local stakeholders in the design of a ‘homegrown’ policy
framework. The Trade and Industrial Performance Review was issued once,
with UNIDO support, but the publication, planned to be issued periodically,
was not maintained (due to insufficient emphasis on training of counterparts
involved and also lack of manpower).
Sustainability, ownership and impact
No long-term impact can be expected, since there is no indication that the
beneficiaries use the results as input for policy making. The policy documents
prepared did in the end not address the needs of MTI. At present, policy
related interventions are not a top priority for MTI as regards UNIDO
assistance in an eventual second phase of the IP (based on the above
experience and also taking into account that policy making involves levels of
decision making other than MTI).
Output 1.2 Industrial human resource survey
Relevance
There is no indication that the outputs of the survey are of practical relevance
neither to the Ministry of Education nor to the MTI. In this respect the intended
outcome – the recommendations leading to IHRD related policy measures
and programmes- was not reached. In particular, the relevance of Part II of
the survey report is not evident.
Efficiency and management of activities
The survey was carried out by a team of consultants from the University of
Asmara, complemented by international experts. Counterparts questioned the
need for/choice of the external expert fielded to contribute to the survey’s
preparation, conduct and analysis. Two additional international experts were
involved in the design of programme concepts for IHRD (results reflected in
Part II of the survey). About 50% of the expenditures covered international
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