Post Assessment of the Capacity Building Program.

Project Overview

The Secretariat/NDC administers a separate “Sector Development” budget provided by the donors to facilitate and support institutional capacity development targeting the partner NGOs. And as part of its mandate as the Secretariat for HR/GG organizations, NDC has developed a three-pronged capacity building program for partner organizations. The program focuses on three major areas of intervention: financial issues, advocacy and new media. The overall goal of the program was to provide the partner Human Rights and Good Governance NGO’s operating in oPt the assistance and support for strengthening the skills, competencies, and abilities of their staff and organizations, so they can better deliver their outputs, reach their objectives, and achieve their goals in accordance with their mission. Within this context, NDC provided (48) partner NGOs with tailored technical assistance based on their identified needs and initial development plans. With approaching of the end of this capacity building program, NDC planned to conduct post assessment study which will cover the progress from August 2011 till the expected completion date of the program in December 2012, by contracting an eligible consulting firm with specific expertise in evaluation field of capacity building interventions. The main objective of the post assessment was to assess the progress towards achieving the capacity building program intended outputs and goals, as well as to examine the effectiveness of the program approach and methodology. This assessment was developed to be a reflective and forward-looking exercise that will reflect on what results have been achieved through the implementation of the program, analyzed lessons learned and documented all aspects of the program’s progress, in order to enable NDC and other stakeholders to evaluate the program and sustain a cumulative learning process for the future intervention.