Mid-term evaluation, education & training programme

A national training programme required an independent mid-term review to inform budget reallocations and curriculum adjustments before the final implementation phase.

The programme operated across regions with heterogeneous delivery partners; data quality and indicator alignment varied by territory.

• Deliver an OECD/DAC-credible mid-term assessment within the parliamentary reporting window
• Quantify beneficiary results pathways while documenting data limitations transparently
• Provide actionable recommendations for the steering committee and M&E unit

Mixed methods: probabilistic beneficiary survey (n=1,800), qualitative case studies in six regions, document review against OECD/DAC evaluation criteria, and a two-day validation workshop with technical counterparts.

Fieldwork was sequenced to avoid survey fatigue; enumerator training included spot checks and back-check protocols. Analysis scripts and cleaning rules were archived for reproducibility.

The steering committee adopted the recommendations; the M&E framework was revised for the final phase. Limitations on causal claims were explicitly recorded in the annex.

Mid-term timing required tighter coordination with regional partners on data access; early agreement on indicator definitions reduced rework.

• Lock indicator definitions before the next survey wave
• Institutionalise a light peer-review step for interpretation memos
• Publish a public synthesis while retaining detailed annexes for programme use