Final report for the Mid-Term Evaluation of PESCAO - Improved regional fisheries management - 05 2022
The evaluation methodology implemented described in Annex 3 provided a sufficient evidence-base to inform robust judgments. The review of the documentation available triangulated well with discussions with representatives of the implementing partners (in-person for implementing partners based in Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal, and using videoconference for other implementing partners) and enabled an in-depth review of the status of the outputs foreseen in the workplans of the different implementing partners (i.e. main achievements so far, main achievements expected at project start still to be realised, and main achievements initially expected that may not be possible before the end of the project). The result of the in-depth review of the status of the planned outputs is presented in Annex 10. In addition, the targeted consultation was successful in gathering additional information and opinions useful to inform evaluation judgements.
However, a limitation faced by the MTE was the relative low response rate to our consultation by authorities of ECOWAS Member States plus Mauritania (8 out 16 responded7), compounded by the fact that few of the responding States could provide feedback on all of the three PESCAO components (i.e. policy reforms, fight against IUU fishing, and fisheries research). This prevented to some extent the full effects of the PESCAO programme in all ECOWAS Member States being taken into account by the MTE.