Mid-term Review of the Diakonia Strategic Peace Building ... - Sida

2 Methodology
2.1 FOCUSING THE EVALUATION
This assignment started with an inception phase, during which the evaluator clarified
the evaluation criteria and the scope of the evaluation. The initial Terms of Reference
(ToR) indicated a series of evaluation questions. In its inception report, Indevelop
suggested to amend some of the evaluation questions in order to make the assignment
more feasible and to provide Sida and Diakonia with useful conclusions and recommendations.
The initial ToR stipulated two different purposes that sometimes contradicted each
other. The evaluator suggested simplifying the formulation of the ToR through drafting
one single purpose for this assignment. Evaluating the impact of the programme
would have required resources (financial, technical, human and time) that were not
available for this type of assignment. It is, moreover, not necessarily relevant when
performing a mid-term review. Sida agreed with our suggestion to reformulate the
purpose of the mid-term review as follows:
The purpose of the review is to assess the extent to which the new programme
management and structure might contribute to reaching the objective of Diakonia’s
intervention in Zimbabwe (a strengthened civil society contributing to
the change of structural conditions necessary for peace, gender equality and
consolidated democracy in Zimbabwe).
Sida also agreed that this assignment addresses the following evaluation questions:
Relevance
Which recommendations from the previous evaluation have been implemented?
Which recommendations have not been implemented and why?
Has the programme design been articulated in a coherent structure: are the
outcomes and outputs clearly articulated?
To what extent do the activities carried out address the causes of problems
identified?
Are the programme objectives addressing identified needs of the target
group(s) in Zimbabwe?
Effectiveness
To what extent does the programme contribute to reaching its objectives (outcomes)?
In other words: are there indications that the programme contributes
to reaching its outcomes?
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