Final report for Mid-Term Evaluation of the ARISE Plus LAO PDR Programme (2022 04 )
EVALUATION OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE
The main objectives of the mid-term evaluation (MTE) of the ARISE+ Lao PDR programme are to provide the relevant services to the EUD, other interested stakeholders and the wider public with:
- an overall independent assessment of the past performance of ARISE+ Lao PDR, paying particular attention to its intermediate results measured against its expected objectives, the reasons underpinning such results, and the synergies between the Lao PDR component and the regional component of the ARISE+ regional programme
- key lessons learned, conclusions and related recommendations in order to improve current and future Interventions
- Provide recommendations towards future strategy of intervention in the sectors concerned and programming of the cycle support
- Identify key learning points that may influence the next cycle of the European Joint Programming (JP) 2021-2025, particularly in Trade Private Sector Development and the trade priority outcomes in the 9th NSEDP 2021-2025, and
- In particular, this evaluation will serve to understand the performance of the targeted action, its enabling factors and those hampering a proper delivery of results as to inform the planning of the future EU interventions and actions in the same sector.
In accordance with the terms of reference (TOR), the mid-term evaluation of ARISE+ Lao PDR covers the period of the project implementation from 1 November 2018 to 30 April 2021. However, where available data until December 2021 has been utilized. The MTE was conducted by three team leaders. The first team leader resigned during the inception phase of the MTE in September 2021. A second team leader developed the design of the MTE and undertook data collection. However, he had to resign in December 2021 due to health reasons. The present team leader took over in February 2022.
