INTRODUCTION
Transparency International (TI) is the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption. Through more than 100 chapters worldwide and an international secretariat (TI-S) in Berlin, Germany, TI raises awareness of the damaging effects of corruption and works with partners in government, business and civil society to develop and implement effective measures to tackle it.
The Transparency International Secretariat in Berlin (hereafter TI-S) implements a five-year TI Vietnam Programme entitled “To contribute to effective implementation of anti-corruption policies and practice in government, business and society, 2013 – 2017”. Four donor agencies, namely UK DFID, DFAT Australia, IrishAid, and the Finnish Embassy in Vietnam have supported the programme for the duration 2013 – 2015.
The programme officially started in January 2013 and is the second programme of such a nature being implemented in Vietnam, the first running from September 2009 – June 2013. It is managed by the Asia Pacific Department (APD) of TI-S, while its execution and coordination is undertaken on the ground by Towards Transparency (TT) – TI’s National Contact in Vietnam (See Annex 1 of this document for a brief overview of TI Vietnam Programme).
The first phase of the TI Vietnam programme 2013-2017 will officially end in December 2015. The budget for the 2013-2015 phase is approximately 1.6 million Euros. A mid-term programme evaluation will be conducted as specified in the Joint Financing Agreement (JFA) signed between TI-S and the four programme donors. These Terms of Reference were developed by TI/TT with input from and approval by the TI Vietnam Programme’s four donors to guide the intended evaluation.
PURPOSE, OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE OF THE EVALUATION
Purpose
The purpose of the evaluation is to provide an external assessment of the TI Vietnam Programme, duration 2013 – 2015. Recognising the context of working as a civil society organisation in Vietnam, this evaluation aims to:
Provide an objective assessment of the achievements and results, weaknesses and strengths of the programme; an analysis of its performance regarding process, relevance, and sustainability; and the extent to which the programme is contributing to desired impacts
Generate lessons learned and good practice from each of the respective objectives of the programme
Provide clear and forward looking recommendations that can guide TI Secretariat and Towards Transparency (TT) in refocusing interventions and developing strategies for the future implementation of the programme.
Scope
The evaluation will apply the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) evaluation to assess the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability and outcome of the TI Vietnam programme from 2013 – 2014. TI/TT also expects the consultants to incorporate a stakeholder analysis into this evaluation to not only gather feedback from stakeholders about TT’s work but also to identify the level of relevance, interest, influence of each stakeholder to the TI/TT programme to inform future planning.
KEY QUESTIONS AND ISSUES
The following questions could be addressed during the evaluation, but are subject to discussion and agreement with TT/TI-S during the period of designing the evaluation approach.
Relevance:
To what extent are the goals, purpose, and intended results of the TI Vietnam Programme important for the target groups (e.g. Government, civil society, citizens including youth, business community etc)?
To what extent is the TT/TI’s work relevant and suitable to addressing the challenge of corruption in Vietnam?
To what extent are selected project partners appropriate and relevant to the achievement of the project’s set objectives?
Are the activities and outputs of the Programme consistent with the programme goals and objectives (coherence of the planned chain of causality)?
Effectiveness:
To what extent has the Programme achieved the stated objectives?
In the context of the operating environment in Vietnam, how effective and appropriate was the programme approach?
What are the key factors influencing the achievement and non-achievement of objectives? How effective was the cooperation and coordination between TT and TI‐S and with other programmes in the same areas implemented by other development partners?
In hindsight, what could have improved programme effectiveness?
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