Income-Generating Activities - Action Against Hunger

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APPENDIX 24: TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR AN EVALUATION
Objective:
To evaluate the achievements and impacts of the project ______. The evaluation
will consider the following criteria: relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact, economic
and financial viability and sustainability.
General terms.
The evaluation should consider the hierarchy objectives of the logical framework
of the project. These components are part of the project __________________. It will
be undertaken as an independent investigation of the objectives, results, activities
and means deployed by ACF, in the implementation of the project, in order to come
out with a final report highlighting the main findings and putting forth recommendations
for the future intervention and decision making.
The evaluation should examine the standard and quality of goods and services generated
by the project, in the opinion of the beneficiaries, ACF technical departments,
technical governmental departments, etcetera.
The evaluation requires the evaluator to gather data from outside the project organisation,
through meetings and field visits to beneficiaries and other organisations
if needed.
The evaluation must consider the following criteria:
Relevance:
• Analysis of the project relevance in the given context according to the identified
needs and in terms of beneficiary selection, objectives, activities and strategy.
• Analysis of the opportunity of the project intervention, according to the global
ACF strategy in the country and the difficulties for access to different areas.
• Were the actions undertaken appropriate in the context and do they respond to
the population’s needs
Sustainability:
• Determine if relevant authorities and agencies will support the project objectives
after the end of the project.
• Evaluate if the beneficiaries and other local parties involved will be the ” project
owners ” after the end of the external support.
• Evaluate if the institutions, committees, local organisations, community organisations
responsible for project follow up will be able to sustain the technology
applied after external support has ended.
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INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES: A KEY CONCEPT IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SECURTIY