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Review of CP 1986-92 and formulation of CP 1993-98
(Swiss Country programme for Tanzania)
Approach:
OECD 1999
Country Programme Evaluations Workshop: The Case of Tanzania
Internal self-evaluation based on the previous CP and formulation of the subsequent
CP 1993-98.
Steps:
– Internal programme review and country situation analysis: Specific experiences from
the previous country programme were collected by the SDC Tanzania team.
To complement this input, issue papers on crucial aspects of co-operation in
relation to the socio-political and economic aspects of the country were prepared.
(Preparation of issue papers was done by independent local consultants.)
– A one week internal workshop for review and formulation of CP 1993-98. Discussions
in this workshop were based on the SDC’s previous experiences from
its programme as well as on the inputs from issue papers prepared by
consultants.
Level of participation:
– SDC Tanzania and SDC HQ.
– Swiss executing agencies (only from the NGO side) working in Tanzania and
having participated in the review process.
There was no involvement of local partners in the whole process from review to formulation of CP.
The SDC’s views on the process and outcome:
– Time-efficient and low-cost exercise: Specific tasks for preparation and formulation
of the CP were few, so that only about six months were needed to complete
the whole exercise from planning to accomplishing the CP document. A Swiss
product: The review was intended to be an internal process, as was the subsequent
CP document which was issued internally. Curtailed awareness of
partners on the key aspects of Swiss – Tanzanian co-operation: This situation
prevailed over the entire period of the country programme and was only
partly revealed during the external evaluation of the CP in January 1998.
– Continuation of donor-recipient relationship: The philosophy of partnership in
development had not come to light during the review process and formulation
of the CP 1993-98. Though it was already in discussion during the second
half of the CP, it still could not be filtered through in a coherent manner to
local partners.
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