Final Evaluation of SAWASYA Program “Strengthening the Rule of Law: Justice and Security for the Palestinian People”.

Project Overview

SAWASYA Joint Program (UNDP/UN Women) was launched on 1st of May 2014, with contributions secured from the Government of the Netherlands, SIDA/Sweden, the UK/DFID, and the European Union, as well as corporate investments by UNDP. It is overall objective was to strengthen the rule of law by developing efficient, accountable and harmonized justice and security institutions, which are gender-sensitive and rights-based while improving access to justice and security services for disadvantaged social groups, particularly women and girls. With approching the end of the program in (April 30th.2017), UNDP/PAPP and UN Women intended to conduct an independent-extrnal final evaluation to assess the level of progress achieved by the Sawasya Program against the planned output and outcome results as set out in the program documents. The main objective of this final evaluation is to provide insight into program achievements, challenges and lessons learnt, as well as providing recommendations for UNDP/UN Women and other stakeholders to consider in the development of the follow-up phase of the program.Specifically, the final evaluation focused on the following relevant items : Assessing the relevance of the program in the context of the State of Palestine and the actual needs of targeted groups;Determining the extent to which the program has achieved its overall goal, specific objectives and expected outputs since its inception;Addressing the gaps and highlighting challenges in achieving the desired results and outcomes;Analyzing the processes, efficacy of used model/practices/strategies, the effectiveness of program monitoring and learning processes, relations with relevant justice sector actors and stakeholders,Assessing the overall impacts of program on the targeted groups both at the ‘supply’ and the ‘demand’ side Identifying and highlighting lessons learned best practices, challenges faced, and providing recommendations.Within this context, UNDP/PAPP has contracted GCT to undertake this final evaluation assignment in line with their requirements and expectations.