Ad Hoc Evaluation of the CARDS Programmes : Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Sectors: Democratic Stabilisation, Good Governance, Economic and Social Development ; Ad-Hoc Evaluation Final Report

This ad-hoc evaluation report covers a sample of centralised CARDS assistance from the 2001 to 2006 national programmes.... This report has been prepared by Rambøll Management during the period from May to August 2008 and reflects the situation at 1st August 2008, the cut-off date for the report. The factual basis was provided by the Results Orientated Monitoring reports. Other findings are based on analysis of the Financing Agreements, formal programme documentation and other relevant published material, and interviews with the main parties involved in the programming and implementation of this assistance. The report examines the progress of the programmes towards the objectives stated in the formal programming documents, i.e. Financing Memoranda, Project Fiches, etc. It is intended to provide strategic and operational management information for the Commission Services and beneficiaries. It draws conclusions and puts forward recommendations and provides a judgement on sectoral and sub-sectoral performance.

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Year of publication:	2008-12-18
Institutions:	PLS Rambøll Management, Kopenhagen ; Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Erweiterung (contributor)
Subject:	Bewertung \| evaluation \| Bosnien-Herzegowina \| Bosnia and Herzegovina \| Demokratisierung \| democratization \| Entwicklungshilfe \| development aid \| EU \| EU-Beitritt \| joining of the European Union \| Governance \| governance \| soziale Entwicklung \| social change \| Wirtschaftsentwicklung \| economic development (on national level) \| 2001 - 2006

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
MAIN REPORT
1. SECTORAL BACKGROUND AND SCOPE OF EVALUATION
1.1. SECTORAL BACKGROUND
1.2. SCOPE OF EVALUATION
2. EVALUATION RESULTS
2.1. ALTHOUGH RELEVANT TO AGREED POLITICAL OBJECTIVES, ASSISTANCE OFTEN LACKED SUFFICIENT NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE AND POLITICAL SUPPORT TO ENSURE PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES ARE ACHIEVED
2.2. ADAPTING PROJECTS TO THE PACE OF POLITICAL CHANGE HAS ENSURED THAT MOST RESULTS WERE ACHIEVED DESPITE LOWER THAN EXPECTED COMMITMENT TO CHANGE IN A NUMBER OF AREAS
2.3 ASSISTANCE IS EFFECTIVE, BUT LIMITED NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY AND A CHALLENGING POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT THREATEN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SOME OBJECTIVES
2.4 REAL IMPACT IN MANY AREAS OF INSTITUTION BUILDING IS LIMITED BY THE ONGOING POLITICAL INSTABILITY AND COMPLEX CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE COUNTRY
2.5 SOME KEY INSTITUTIONS HAVE BEEN HANDED OVER ON A SUSTAINABLE BASIS TO THE NATIONAL AUTHORITIES BUT MOST, ESPECIALLY AT STATE LEVEL, REMAIN WEAK AND VULNERABLE
2.6 A NUMBER OF SECTORAL AND CROSS-SECTORAL ISSUES SHOULD BE ADDRESSED
3 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
3.1 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
3.2 PERFORMANCE RATING (SEE ANNEX 3 FOR RATINGS OF INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS)
3.3 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TABLE
ANNEXES
ANNEX 1. SCOPE OF THE EVALUATION – PROGRAMME DETAILS
ANNEX 2. INDICATORS OF ACHIEVEMENT
ANNEX 3. PERFORMANCE RATING BY PROJECT AND CLUSTER
ANNEX 4. LIST OF INTERVIEWS
ANNEX 5. LIST OF DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THE EVALUATION
ANNEX 6. COST EFFECTIVENESS

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