Evaluation of Livelihood Recovery for Peace (LRP/UNDP) Project

2.1 ENABLING ENVIRONMENT

2.1.2 Advocacy Methods on IE legal and policy framework development

Recommendation: 2. Take the complex nature of advocacy as related to IE issues into account.

Reference: Poudyal, Lokendra; Upadhyay, Balkrishna; Karki, Laxmi, 2013, Final Report on the Mid – Term Evaluation of Livelihood Recovery for Peace (LRP/UNDP) Project, Midterm or interim evaluation, UNDP, Kathmandu.

Evidence sample: The evaluation found that as awareness levels increased among the disadvantaged groups their demands (advocacy) for increased budget allocations at the local level.

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2.1.11 Coordination and sustainability planning

Recommendation: 8. Ensure that coordination is not limited to information sharing about progress on activities. Coordination meetings should also cover real work to create synergies and develop legal/policy and planning frameworks as relevant.

Reference: Poudyal, Lokendra; Upadhyay, Balkrishna; Karki, Laxmi, 2013, Final Report on the Mid – Term Evaluation of Livelihood Recovery for Peace (LRP/UNDP) Project, Midterm or interim evaluation, UNDP, Kathmandu.

Evidence sample: the evaluation noted that the project’s attempts at coordination were limited to information sharing.

The RNSF Team leader has noted this problem in the evaluation of many projects in different subject areas over the course of almost 20 years.

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2.1.11 Coordination and sustainability planning

Recommendation: 9. Identify and take into account the different priorities of concerned parties in coordination of action with respect to the informal economy. Promote and provide technical support on discussions to attain consensus on steps to strengthen support for and people dependent on the IE.

Reference: Poudyal, Lokendra; Upadhyay, Balkrishna; Karki, Laxmi, 2013, Final Report on the Mid – Term Evaluation of Livelihood Recovery for Peace (LRP/UNDP) Project, Midterm or interim evaluation, UNDP, Kathmandu.

Evidence sample: the evaluation found that the project attempted coordination among interrelated projects and institutions. Plans related to DDC, DADO, WCO and DLSO are developed through DLCC. The DLCC meetings are organized regularly. Besides these meetings, the project has also been organizing other issue based stakeholder meetings, orientations and workshops. MoU is signed with MEDEP, while the CGs are linked with the WCF established under the LGCDP. Despite these efforts, ensuring complementarity by making the process obligatory among all parties concerned has become difficult due to the variation in priorities.

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2.1.11 Coordination and sustainability planning

Recommendation: 13. Ensure coordination across project components is well organised when designing projects. Given the diversity of actions in projects on the IE, this is particularly important. (entrepreneurship development, micro finance, literacy/numeracy, leadership training, support for marketing, value chain research and development, formalising, etc. (Project proposals should indicate how coordination will be organised, including with government and non-state actors. Internal coordination across project components should also be described).

Reference: Poudyal, Lokendra; Upadhyay, Balkrishna; Karki, Laxmi, 2013, Final Report on the Mid – Term Evaluation of Livelihood Recovery for Peace (LRP/UNDP) Project, Midterm or interim evaluation, UNDP, Kathmandu.

Evidence sample: the evaluation noted that the project had a lack of internal coordination across project components.

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2.4 APPROACHES TO ENHANCE LIVELIHOODS, EQUITY AND INCLUSION

2.4.1 Social dialogue and IE

Recommendation: 2) Reinforce a sense group of identity and cohesion to enable community groups to strengthen their bargaining power so that they can access their rights.

Reference: Poudyal, Lokendra; Upadhyay, Balkrishna; Karki, Laxmi, 2013, Final Report on the Mid – Term Evaluation of Livelihood Recovery for Peace (LRP/UNDP) Project, Midterm or interim evaluation, UNDP, Kathmandu.

Evidence sample: the evaluation concluded that beneficiaries’ bargaining power developed in the form of a collective group personality is an indirect benefit.