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It supported the preparation of systematization documents for the project implemented in the municipalities of El Alto, Oruro and Sucre, identifying the most important elements of the initial situation (initial problem, theory of change), of the implementation itself (main results, limiting factors, facilitating factors) and of the final situation (significant changes, effects and impacts on the target population and at the institutional level, lessons learned and good practices); the project had important effects in a differentiated way in each municipality, highlighting the benefits generated by the therapeutic spaces for women and children victims of violence, and also for men who generate violence, as well as the processes of technical training and economic empowerment.

The evaluation was carried out with a Results-Based Management (RBM) approach using the criteria suggested by the OECD-DAC (relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, impact). Within the framework of the evaluation, 60 women and adolescents participating in the project, 95 users of health and protection services and 30 health service providers were surveyed, in addition to having applied semi-structured interviews to the implementing team and partners, key informants and target population.

Final evaluation of the project: "Access to sanitation, hygiene, health and waste disposal services appropriate to the geographic context was achieved for 40 of 67 families in 3 communities in the Chocorosi sub-central area, ending open defecation, paying attention to the needs of women, girls and people in vulnerable situations." The evaluation of the project was carried out considering the criteria of relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact; the project had an important gender component, seeking to promote the exercise of women's right to leadership and political representation, since women took ownership of the sanitation, health and solid waste disposal projects, and through these they achieved greater recognition in their communities. Likewise, the conditions of sanitation, health and a dignified life of the recipient families were improved.

The baseline study was designed based on the construction of an Analysis Plan Matrix (MPA) derived from the Logical Framework of the project. Based on the MPA, the instruments were built, with which information was collected from 219 families living in the municipalities of San Ignacio de Velasco and Concepción and from key informants at the municipal, departmental and national levels; the Baseline Matrix (MLB) was built and a comprehensive situational assessment on the strategies and policies for forest care, risk management, livelihoods and access to credit for families; the results of the baseline study were presented through dashboards designed in Power Bi

The project baseline was developed with a results-based management approach and cross-cutting approaches to gender, violence prevention, human rights, intersectionality and interculturality; a survey was applied to 3,016 families (3,016 women over 18 years of age, 1,874 adolescents from 15 to 18 years of age and 974 men over 18 years of age) in 92 municipalities in the 9 departments of the country; structured interviews were applied to 207 municipal protection and health workers and 483 users of municipal protection and health services. Finally, a baseline matrix (MLB) was developed with its respective manual for calculating and updating indicators, and dashboards for data visualization.

The project was evaluated using a Results-Based Management approach, within the framework of the OECD-DAC recommendations for this type of evaluation, that is, based on the criteria of relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact; this project aimed to promote social participation and the capacity for political influence of youth on the subject of the environment and climate change.

A shock-responsive social protection strategy has been designed in El Salvador, for which a collection of the necessary information has been made to understand the country's situation in terms of its capacity to respond to shocks. Interviews and workshops have been held with State actors to achieve a common vision about what is expected of a system of this type. A three-week field mission has been carried out in which a variety of meetings and interviews were held with institutional actors, who participate in the risk management, early warning, social protection, conditional transfers and other processes that make up and/or influence the PSRCH system. With all the inputs, the strategy has been developed, considering the following dimensions: (i) Necessary regulations, (ii) institutional structure, (iii) governance, (iv) roles and responsibilities of the different institutions, (v) direction, (vi) administration, (vii) financing, (viii) technology, (ix) data, (x) change management and (x) human resources.

Support in the preparation of the final evaluation report “With Good Reason: Fighting and preventing the most degrading, cruel and inhuman forms of torture and other ill-treatment of the population deprived of liberty, particularly women and adolescents, in Bolivia and Honduras.” Based on the information gathered through semi-structured interviews and documentary review, support was provided in the preparation of the final evaluation report and in the process of reflection regarding the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the evaluation; the document was structured based on the criteria of the OECD DAC (relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact), in addition to the criteria of visibility, communication, feasibility and replicability; the Project was relevant in terms of contributing to the visibility of the problem of torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment against populations deprived of liberty and it was possible to activate the national mechanisms for the prevention of torture in Bolivia and Honduras, however, structural factors persist that limit a greater impact of the actions, as well as the sustainability of the effects.

The evaluation was developed using the OECD DAC criteria (relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact), for which interviews were conducted with the project coordinator, SEDES staff, municipal officials, health personnel and the target population of the implementation (female users of health services and adolescent students) and the indicator matrix of the Project, its Baseline and the respective verification means were reviewed. The Project has contributed to improving health care with an intercultural approach, especially aimed at indigenous women in the three municipalities of intervention, as well as to improving health care conditions and service coverage; however, there is a risk that the effects achieved will be diluted due to the high staff turnover and the reduced municipal resources that are allocated to investment in the health sector.

The evaluation was carried out using the OECD DAC criteria, and placing emphasis on (i) analyzing the approaches adopted by the project in each of the three countries of intervention; (ii) evaluating the different modes of intervention and complementarity in the three countries; and (iii) evaluating the added value and impact generated by the studies and research developed within the framework of the project. To this end, semi-structured interviews were applied to key informants and the target population in the three countries, and field visits were made in Cusco - Peru.

An evaluation of the project "Contribute to the full exercise of the social, economic and political rights of 226 women leaders of the municipality of Calamarca, with gender equality and promoting environmentally sustainable productive initiatives, in line with goals 5.4 and 5.5 of SDG 5. File GN 11 1458 2020 66" was carried out considering the criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability, for which semi-structured interviews were applied to the project implementing team, to Bartolina authorities, to the mayor and municipal officials of the Calamarca GAM, to the technical team that participated in the project, field visits and interviews were carried out with the target population, in addition to reviewing the project documentation and the respective means of verification; The project has been relevant in socially, politically and economically strengthening the Bartolina Sisa central and sub-central plants at the municipal level, as well as productive associations, and has promoted economic recovery and adaptation to climate change in the territory.

The project was evaluated based on the criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability, for which semi-structured interviews were conducted with key informants and a documentary review of thirty documents was conducted. The project has been relevant in strengthening public agendas in the midst of the crisis, the events and activities have generated interaction and citizen demands and have built a favorable scenario for the development of proposals from regional actors. A medium-term approach to research is recommended, organized in at least two areas: macroeconomics and sustainable development; also strengthening national alliances and considering more dynamically the presence in the international debate.

Evaluation of the DAC Project "Dialogue and Collaborative Support" which aimed to promote that the key issues for the development of Bolivia are addressed from a democratic spirit and of shared responsibility between the State, civil society, the private sector and academia, thanks to the development of innovative solutions; in this sense, the DAC Project financed development initiatives of 49 CSOs throughout the country. For the development of the evaluation, the following criteria were considered: (i) Pertinence and relevance; (ii) Effectiveness, efficiency and impact; (iii) Coherence; (iv) Incidence and sustainability; (v) Knowledge management and communication; (vi) Prospective; an exhaustive review of the documentation generated by the Project and its M&E system was carried out, semi-structured individual and collective interviews were conducted with key informants and the target population, and field visits were made to initiatives in El Alto, Santa Cruz and Chuquisaca.

A systematization of the experiences was carried out: (i) Reintegration process of children and adolescents from foster care centers under the implementation of the reintegration route; (ii) Formation process of a substitute family in SEDEGES; (iii) Assignment process of a substitute family within the SIPPROINA System; and (iv) Implementation of the prevention program in the Municipality of El Alto; as part of the systematization products, 3 audiovisual products of approximately 5 minutes each were produced; for this purpose, the documentation generated by the project was reviewed and semi-structured interviews were applied to key informants.

Final evaluation of the project "Guaranteeing the exercise of the right to a life free of violence for women through personal, social, economic and political empowerment in La Paz and Chuquisaca (Bolivia)" implemented by the Alianza por la Solidaridad foundation in consortium with the Gregoria Apaza Women's Promotion Centre, the Juana Azurduy Centre and ACOBOL, with funding from the Generalitat Valenciana. To this end, the methodology suggested by the OECD-DAC was implemented (based on the criteria of relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact) by applying quantitative tools (survey of 314 target women) and qualitative tools (semi-structured individual and collective interviews, and document review).

Evaluation of the project "Promotion of the Social Solidarity Economy in the Bolivian Altiplano" funded by the Provincial Council of Bizkaia for a total of 108 thousand euros. The methodology suggested by the OECD-DAC (criteria of relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact) was used, for which field visits, individual and collective semi-structured interviews and a documentary review were carried out.

Evaluation of the Vuela Libre Movement project, for a childhood free of commercial sexual violence in Bolivia; with the objective of identifying the main advances achieved in the periods 2017 - 2020 and 2021 - 2023, promoting the strengthening of institutional capacities and providing elements for greater effectiveness and efficiency in project management. To this end, a methodology based on the six OECD-DAC criteria was implemented, applying quantitative tools (survey of 58 recipient NAs and review of a sample of 47 NA folders attended by the project) and qualitative tools (semi-structured individual and collective interviews, document review).

Preparation of a national diagnosis of the irrigation sector, based on a documentary review and semi-structured interviews with key actors, inventory of indicators of the irrigation sector at the national level present in the planning documents and current regulations, identification and prioritization of the strategic lines of public policy in the irrigation sector, definition of indicators that allow monitoring performance at the sector level, preparation of parameterized sheets for each of the prioritized indicators, consolidation, presentation and validation of the MED (Performance Evaluation Framework) of the irrigation sector.

Evaluation of the exit phase of the Bioculture and Climate Change Project (PBCC) implemented by Pro Rural, with several local partners (PROMETA, PROINPA, LIDER, PROSUCO, WCS, MIGA), with funding from COSUDE. To this end, the methodology suggested by OECD-DAC (based on the criteria of relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact) was implemented by conducting a telephone survey of 301 target families, semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders and field visits.

Evaluation of the project: "Aymara women empowered to exercise their economic and social rights in three communities of the Altiplano de La Paz" implemented in the communities of Sacani, Totorani and Ñuñumayani in the municipality of Mecapaca, between March 2022 and June 2023, with funding from the Valencia City Council. For this purpose, the methodology suggested by the OECD-DAC was implemented (based on the criteria of relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact), applying individual and collective semi-structured interviews, field visits and documentary review.

Evaluation of the project "Improving the health and hygiene of 3 rural Aymara communities in the municipality of Calamarca, through access to drinking water from a gender perspective in development" implemented with funding from the Xunta de Galicia in the communities of Chocorosi Alto, Chocorosi and San Pedro de Chocorosi in the municipality of Calamarca, for which the methodology suggested by the OECD-DAC was implemented (based on the criteria of relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact), with the application of individual and collective semi-structured interviews, field visits and document review.

An evaluation was carried out for the project: “Adding voices, multiplying actions: Civil Society Organizations defending rights and prevention and protection networks for specific groups in Bolivia” implemented by the National Union of Institutions for Social Action Work (UNITAS) as the executing partner of the action between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2022; the objective of the action is that after it, “An enabling and conducive environment has been improved for defenders who act in favor of territorial, environmental, indigenous peoples' rights, LGBTI people's rights, and the right to association, expression, and peaceful assembly.” To this end, the methodology suggested by the OECD-DAC (criteria of relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, and impact) was implemented with the application of individual and collective semi-structured interviews and documentary review; additionally, a podcast was produced based on a conversation carried out within the framework of said evaluation, as part of the final product of the evaluation.

The Project, implemented by the Foundation and by CIES sexual health and reproductive health, with funding from the European Union, was evaluated based on the criteria recommended by the OECD-DAC (relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact). For this, individual and collective semi-structured interviews were applied, a survey was applied to the target population (576 adolescents and young people who are users of AIDAJ services and who participated in the project) and a documentary review of the evidence provided by the executors was carried out.

Evaluation of the project “Support to indigenous communities in the Bolivian Amazon to adapt to climate change” implemented by OXFAM and its partners: IPDRS and CIPCA, in the municipalities of Sena and Puerto Rico in the department of Pando; the methodology suggested by the OECD-DAC was implemented (based on the criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact) for which individual and collective semi-structured interviews, field visits and documentary review were applied.

An evaluation was carried out of the Decentralized Sustainable Urban Sanitation Program (PSSDU), which consisted of a demonstration project carried out in the Guadalupe II COFADENA neighborhood of the municipality of Montero and in the La Amistad neighborhood of the municipality of Cobija, between 2018 and 2023 by UNICEF with financing from the Swedish embassy in Bolivia, reaching a total of 126 families benefited with Family Sanitary Modules (MOSAFA) and a much larger population with actions for Hygiene Promotion, Menstrual Hygiene Management, protection and prevention of violence, and adaptation to climate change, at the neighborhood and educational unit level. To this end, the methodology suggested by the OECD-DAC was applied (based on the criteria of relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, sustainability, as well as scalability, replicability and gender and equity approaches), applying a survey to 47 families targeted by MOSAFA, individual and collective semi-structured interviews, field visits and documentary review.

An evaluation was carried out on the project implemented in the communities of Lluto and Sacani in the municipality of Mecapaca and Jucumarca in the municipality of Palca (both in the department of La Paz) financed by the City Council of Valencia at the request of the Mainel Foundation and executed by AYNI civil association. A methodology based on the OECD-DAC criteria was used (main criteria: Relevance, Efficiency, Impact, Sustainability; complementary criteria: Appropriation, Alignment, Institutional capacity; transversal elements: Gender approach in development, Technological factors, Environmental factors), for which individual and collective semi-structured interviews were applied, field visits were made and documentary review was carried out.

The evaluation was carried out on two programs implemented by UNFPA with funds from Sweden and Koica, respectively: i) "Bridge Initiative to Support the UNFPA Bolivia Country Program 2018-2022: "Sexual Rights and Reproductive Rights in Bolivia, leaving no one behind" and ii) Project "Promoting gender equality for the exercise of sexual and reproductive rights of adolescents in Bolivia 2021 - 2025". This evaluation applied the OECD criteria: Relevance, Timeliness, Utility, Limiting factors and Success Factors, Scalability, Replicability, Lessons learned and good practices. Tools such as semi-structured interviews and surveys were applied (to: (i) 23 health service providers; (ii) 29 AJ users of AIDA services; (iii) 32 MAC-VVS-ILE health service providers; (iv) 45 female users of MAC-VVS-ILE services; (v) 135 female users of SLIM services; (vi) 32 mothers/fathers of children and adolescents users of DNA services; (vii) 101 brigade members who received training in gender; (viii) 48 adolescents who received training in positive masculinities; (ix) 106 teachers who received training in EIS) in urban, peri-urban and rural municipalities (La Paz, Cochabamba, El Alto, Sucre, Cobija, Sacaba, Llallagua, Camargo, San Lucas), on the topics of human rights sexual, reproductive rights, sexual health and reproductive health, sexual violence and gender-based violence.

The evaluation of the project executed by AYNI, with funding from the Basque Country, was carried out between December 2019 and June 2022, with the participation of 12 productive organizations, social organizations (Túpaks and Bartolinas) and public and private institutions, seeking to promote the implementation and construction of a social and solidarity economic development model in the municipality of Mecapaca. The methodology suggested by the OECD-DAC was implemented (based on the criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact), applying individual and collective semi-structured interviews, field visits and documentary review.

The project "Environmental governance and consolidation of sustainable production systems in the Departments of Boquerón/Alto Paraguay (Paraguay) and Santa Cruz/Chuquisaca (Bolivia)" is financed by the Delegation of the European Union Bolivia and co-financed and executed by the Research Center and Promotion of the Peasantry (CIPCA) as coordinator of the project, OXFAM Bolivia, OXFAM Paraguay, Indigenous Procommunities (PCI) of Paraguay and Alter Vida of Paraguay. The project execution period was from January 1, 2018 to April 30, 2022.

The objective of the proposal is to contribute to environmental and productive sustainability in the degraded biomes of the Chaco, the Chiquitano Dry Forest and the Pantanal of South America as a basis to allow the population that lives in that territory, mainly indigenous people, to improve their situation. and condition.

Three results are planned at the level of achievements that take into account the common problems in the prioritized biomes, but also the specific needs and advances in each territory where the project is implemented. The project proposes to strengthen capacities at various levels (individuals, families, productive associations, leaders/managers, communities and organizations) and topics (resilient development, governance, use of technologies for sustainable production, concerted demands and proposals, entrepreneurship management) of the indigenous and peasant population, with a special affirmative action directed towards women and young people, to preserve and project the environmental values of the prioritized biomes (Rz2).

Development of project's baseline, with the aim of validating the framework of objectives and results, and gathering information on the initial situation from which the intervention starts and which is intended to be changed, in order to obtain the basic referents of evaluability of the project; for which a modular survey was applied to 774 families, 40 interviews with key informants, 9 focus groups with adult and adolescent female leaders, a satisfaction test for users of public health services, and a knowledge test for public servants.

The mid-term evaluation of the Enfócate Project in Bolivia has had the opportunity to collect different perceptions, assessments and experiences of adolescents and young women and men, Plan International Inc. staff, staff of partner organizations, civil society organizations and duty bearers about the project, in three places (Calamarca, Porongo and Santa Cruz de la Sierra). The mid-term evaluation shows that the project started months before the Covid-19 pandemic, which was a major obstacle, reduced financial resources and the possibility of actions for its implementation. The actions of the project were restructured, through the development and execution of contingency plans. The mid-term evaluation observed that among adolescents and young people there is a profile of knowledge, attitude and behavior on the issues addressed by the project, such as sexual and reproductive rights, gender and gender roles (inequality) and the fight against gender-based violence. . The profile is characterized by a gradual empowerment based on their DSDR, a position against teenage pregnancy, its consequences and responsibilities; their conduct is interpellative in the family, educational and community spheres.

Evaluation of Phase II of the Life without Violence Project, executed by SOLIDAR Switzerland and financed by the Swiss Embassy in Bolivia (COSUDE), the Project was executed in more than a hundred municipalities in the country, between the years 2020 and 2022, with a financing of 2 million Swiss francs, with the general objective of reducing gender-based violence in the territory of implementation; Semi-structured interviews were applied to more than thirty actors linked to the Project (GAMs, SLIMs, FELCV, FGE, Council of the Magistracy, educationalists and promoters formed by the Project, among several others), four focus groups and the application of a survey of perception to almost 200 participants of the closing event of the Project held in the municipality of Tiquipaya between April 25 and 27, 2022.

In reference to the methodology, the evaluation has been based on (i) documentary review; (ii) key informant interviews; (iii) application of individual questionnaires to the target population; (iv) interviews with focus groups; and (v) observation visits. For this purpose, 10 communities have been visited in the space of two weeks and mayors, municipal councilors, municipal technicians, members of the CAPyS, members of the beneficiary communities, members of the health centers, personnel of educational centers and to the Program coordinator team, including the technical team responsible for the infrastructure and the technical team responsible for DESCOM. Additionally, a total of 132 surveys were carried out among the beneficiary population, which served to characterize the populations and current conditions related to basic services, mainly SAP, in addition to the hygiene habits of the target population.

Emergency Food Security Assessment (EFSA) applying the WFP protocol for this type of assessment (CARI methodology), in the municipality of Entre Ríos (Tarija) in communities that were affected by a large-scale flood on the night of February 20 2022. Application of a survey to 196 households in 11 affected communities, obtaining the institutional indicators of the WFP, analysis of food consumption, diversity of diet, food expenditure, survival strategies and the situation of vulnerability to food insecurity of the affected families.

Carrying out (i) an Emergency Food Security Assessment (EFSA); (ii) a Market Functionality Study (MFI); and (iii) a rapid analysis of Gender, Protection and Communication, in three regions of the country: (i) municipalities near Lake Poopó in the department of Oruro; (ii) municipalities of the Chaco region in Tarija and Chuquisaca; and (iii) municipalities of the "Multiethnic Indigenous Territory II (TIM II) in the departments of Pando and Beni; for which, a food security survey was applied to 1,406 families in 104 communities, a market functionality survey to 400 merchants and representatives of fairs/markets in 10 municipal seats and 6 focus groups with women and men separately, distributed in the three study regions.

A survey was applied to a sample of 697 families living in 46 communities, distributed in 8 municipalities of the departments of Santa Cruz (Charagua, Cuevo, Gutiérrez, Lagunillas Boyuibe) and Chuquisaca (Macharetí, Muyupampa and Huacaya), on food security, life's means and coping strategies, was complemented with semi-structured interviews with municipal technicians, community representatives and focus groups with the target population.

A survey was applied to a sample of 792 families living in 56 communities, distributed in 8 municipalities of the departments of Santa Cruz (Charagua, Cuevo, Gutiérrez, Lagunillas Boyuibe) and Chuquisaca (Macharetí, Muyupampa and Huacaya), on food security, means of life and coping strategies, was complemented with information available in the SPIE State Comprehensive Planning System.

A survey was applied to 450 young people in the municipalities of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, La Guardia, Warnes, El Alto, La Paz, Viacha, Cochabamba, Sacaba and Quillacollo about knowledge and perception regarding the themes: environment and climate change, Semi-structured interviews were applied to key informants, and the information was systematized in a baseline matrix, structured according to the Project's logical framework.

A survey was applied to 306 women over 18 years of age and their male partners in Cochabamba and Colcapirhua, and the database of a previous baseline raised in the city of El Alto, from a survey applied to 275 women and their partners, was used. men, a survey was also applied to 111 women users of SLIMs, semi-structured interviews were applied to key actors, and secondary source information was managed; all the information was systematized in a Baseline Matrix, structured according to the logical structure of the project.

Project's final evaluation applying the criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact of the intervention, field visits were made to the target communities (Tumusa, Cochiri, Colquechata, Azupaca and Chanca), collective interviews and review of the documentation and means of verification developed during execution.

The "We are on Time" project consisted of an "edutainment" intervention that, through the transmission of the radio story "Calicanto" and various complementary activities, has sought to contribute in the prevention of adolescent pregnancy and to reduce different expressions of gender-based violence; For the systematization, an average of 10 semi-structured interviews were applied to radio story listeners, mothers/fathers and institutional actors in each of the 8 "coalitions" in the municipalities of El Alto, Challapata, Llallagua, Cochabamba, Sucre, Tarija, Santa Cruz, Puerto Suárez and Puerto Quijarro, in addition to an extensive review of documentation generated by the Project throughout its implementation; A documentary video was produced that reflects the main results of the implementation and the final document was designed for printing.

The final evaluation of the Project was developed in the final phase of execution, applying the criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, replicability, scalability and impact, in addition to identifying learned lessons and good practices, on the way to the execution of the second phase; semi-structured individual and collective interviews were carried out, field visits were made to communities of the Project of the 4 sub-stations where it was executed; Titiri, Queojo, Kellu Kasa and Palcoyu, the field evaluation mission was closed with a workshop to present the first findings with the participation of all interested parties in San Pedro de Macha

Base Line of the Project: Guaranteeing the exercise of the right to a free of violence's life of women from the personal, social, economic and political empowerment in La Paz and Chuquisaca (Bolivia), for which was applied a survey to about 600 women and about 400 men over 17 years of age, in addition, individual and collective interviews were applied to female authorities, women who used care services in cases of violence, technical personnel of the GAMs and of the entities that are part of the protection system against all types of violence (SLIM, DNA, FELCV, prosecutor's office), in addition to reviewing data from secondary sources such as the 2018 Survey on the Prevalence of Violence Against Women, and others.

External evaluation of the project: "RESTAURARTE - Training and Responsibility for Social Reintegration", the model suggested by the OECD, the European Union and almost all international cooperation organizations was applied based on the criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact , The Project consisted in the implementation of a socio-educational restorative model that benefited more than 500 young people and adolescents of both sexes deprived of liberty in the Qalauma center and Social Reintegration Centers for teenagers, it consisted in the implementation of three technical training specialties (carpentry , mechanical metal and leather goods), in addition to the specialty of Art and Culture, which allowed the formation of technical skills in this population but also the implementation of marketing processes and social reintegration plans.

Design and execution of the baseline of the project "Young people in action: strengthening the social participation of youth for the development of public policies that guarantee Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Bolivia", for which semi-structured interviews have been applied to key informants (GAM staff, teaching staff and directors of educational units, health personnel and social communicators) and two surveys of more than 1,300 informants, (i) one of adolescents and young people between 16 and 28 years of age and (ii) another to people over 28 years of age.

External evaluation of the Project based on the five criteria suggested by the EU, OECD and almost all international cooperation organizations: Relevance, Effectiveness, Efficiency, Sustainability and Impact, as well as complementary criteria such as Appropriation Alignment with public policy, Learning and Institutional Capacity; The intervention consisted of carrying out training, awareness-raising and empowerment activities for women leaders and members of the Bartolina Sisa organization in 15 communities in the municipalities of Achocalla and Sapahaqui; Subsequently, different political advocacy actions were developed, obtaining the approval and promulgation of municipal regulations in the women's rights favour; More than thirty projects managed by the organization's women were designed, executed and closed (productive projects, irrigation, solid waste management and construction of community headquarters); it is considered a successful and replicable experience.

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Final evaluation of the project: "Implementation of a model of sustainable management of water and sanitation in 5 Aymara communities of the Bolivian Altiplano" with financing from the Government of Navarra, based on the OECD and EU methodology, which uses the criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact, with mainstreaming of gender approach, to evaluate social interventions; the project includes the management and construction of basic sanitation solutions in 5 communities of Achocalla, in addition to components of gender, health, hygiene, nutrition and institutional strengthening. Individual and collective semi-structured interviews were applied to the executing team, beneficiaries and local authorities, all the project documentation was reviewed, to issue the conclusions and recommendations of the evaluation. 

Systematization and complementation of 10 proposals for the incidence in public policies elaborated from a critical reading on development and the vulnerability situation  of indigenous peoples, women and children, among others, within the framework of the project: "Adding voices, multiplying actions: the CSOs as actors in sustainable development and policies" which has the European Union support. The work was based on the preliminary public advocacy proposals made in previous project stages, in addition to the documents resulting from 13 participatory diagnoses carried out in different municipalities, 6 thematic studies and several multi-stakeholder political forums, carried out at the national and departmental levels.

An evaluation report preparation on the PDES 2016-2020 implementation  from the critical perspective of civil society, based on the different analysis documents and materials produced within the framework of the project: "Adding voices, multiplying actions: CSOs as actors in sustainable development and policies", among the main ones: participatory diagnoses, thematic studies, multi-actor political forums and proposals for public incidence.

Final evaluation of the project "Food security and irrigation water in 6 La Paz Altiplano communities", executed in the Mecapaca, Achocalla and Calamarca  municipalities, in Jucuri, Pasto Grande, Ninacho, Kella Kella, Totorani and Bajo Yanari communities, using the approach suggested by the OECD for this intervention types, based on the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact criteria, with gender mainstreaming perspective; the project had a total cost of 106K euros and benefited 1,008 people.

A food safety and vulnerability survey to 1.200 families application, anthropometric and hemoglobinometric measurements in 2.400 girls and boys from 6 months to 10 years, baseline elaboration of availability, access, consumption, diet diversity, sustainability in food consumption, nutritional status and other indicators, in total 89 indicators for an intervention area and comparison area.

Final evaluation of the Project: "Harmony and Knowledge between Women and Men for Sexual Rights, Reproductive Rights and Protection", applying the evaluation  criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact, by applying a survey to 1.000 men leaders and women leaders trained in the project framework and children and adolescents beneficiaries of replicas, interviews with representatives of municipal governments, SLIMs, DNAs, health services, educational units and project technic personal. The study was developed in 14 rural municipalities of La Paz, Potosí, Cochabamba, Chuquisaca, Tarija and Santa Cruz.

(i) Creation of a set of baseline data, indicators and intermediate indicators; (ii) Creation of an Information Collection / Monitoring System; (iii) Improvement / development of data collection tools, such as participant surveys, trainers, knowledge transfer surveys, etc.

Diagnosis and baseline of the impact area of the Urban Centrality Project La Portada, application of the theoretical-practical model proposed by the Chilean architect Mikel Martija for the evaluation of urban sustainability; application of urban sustainability survey in 400 households, self-administered survey to 6th grade students. Secondary education in educational units within the study area, survey of satisfaction of users of health services within the study area, filling information cards in educational and health facilities, conducting individual and collective semi-structured interviews, workshops work and coordination with institutional actors (GAMLP), social and experts (Think Tank); identification of deficiencies, potential and opportunities to implement actions and projects that improve the "Eco-efficiency" in the area, estimation and projection of the social benefits that the identified-prioritized interventions could generate.

Survey of primary qualitative information in 8 intervention municipalities of the Plan Vida Project, in the departments of Cochabamba and Potosí, in intervention communities and control communities, through individual interviews with members of the Municipal Prioritization Committees and collective interviews with men and women participants and non-participants of the PPV; The study focused on obtaining information regarding: (i) the process of prioritizing participating communities and projects; (ii) the reasons and motives of the families to participate or not participate in the PPV; (iii) spillover effects generated by the PPV in non-participating communities.

Evaluation of the second national five-year watershed management program (PNC II), corresponding to the 2013-2016 period, with the aim of contributing to the decision-making aimed at strengthening and consolidating national policies on water resources, under the Management Approaches Integral and Integral Management of Watersheds. The evaluation was made based on the criteria of: (i) Relevance - relevance; (ii) effectiveness; (iii) sustainability; and (iv) efficiency. A combination of essentially qualitative methods of analysis was used: (i) Review of basic PNC information; (ii) interviews and meetings with key informants; and (iii) field visits to a sample of interventions previously defined by the VRHR in the departments of La Paz, Oruro, Cochabamba and Chuquisaca.

This project sought to improve access to justice for adolescents with criminal responsibility; qualitative and quantitative terms have been established for the status of the Project indicators at the end of the project, making a comparison with the situation observed in the baseline, for which a social skills questionnaire was applied to adolescents and a questionnaire of social interaction skills for educators, focus groups were made with adolescents and parents of adolescents in criminal situations and several interviews with CRS Cometa team, judges, prosecutors, public defenders, SEDEGES among others; A systematization of the Project was developed, applying the following systematization axis: Antecedents of the project, components of the intervention, opening of an alternative education center, development of social skills, reporting on juvenile criminal justice, family strengthening, family research, strengthening of capabilities of criminal justice system operators and lessons learned.

This evaluation was developed applying the criteria of the OECD/DAC: (i) relevance; (ii) effectiveness; (iii) efficiency; and (iv) overall results, impact and viability / sustainability; The methodology was developed based on the following steps: (i) secondary information collection and documentary review; (ii) Start-up workshop with AYNI equipment; (iii) Fieldwork through visits to the communities for the collection of testimonies and primary information of the beneficiaries of the project; (iv) Analysis based on CAD criteria; and (v) drafting and presentation of the final document.

Final evaluation and systematization of experiences of the project "Strengthening human security of rural communities through comprehensive support for their resilience, response capacity and food security situation", also known as "Human Security", implemented by the PMA agencies , FAO and UNICEF. Measurement of the indicators one year after completing the intervention through (i) a survey of project beneficiaries; and (ii) a survey of community leaders; In addition, a detailed review of secondary information was made and in-depth interviews were carried out with institutional actors and key informants. A documentary video was produced as part of the systematization of the Project's experiences.

Diagnosis of the structure, institutionality and procedures of the Solidarity and Social Protection Fund for the Reduction of Extreme Poverty in Honduras, mapping of actors and processes applying the Net-Map methodology, evaluation of more than 20 projects and emergency interventions, applying the OECD approach, in various areas: creation of healthy housing and improvement of living conditions, social housing, conditional cash transfers, school feeding and complementary feeding for vulnerable populations; support to entrepreneurs through training, provision of means of production and microcredit; generation of employment and emergency employment; reactivation of the agricultural sector through productive credit and productive investment, among the main ones. Identification of achievements, risks and challenges for the Fund in terms of its structure and procedures and in terms of the various interventions.

The systematization and evaluation of the implementation process of the first longitudinal survey in Paraguay was carried out and the results were socialized. Interviews were applied to officials, focus groups, two field visits were made to Asunción - Paraguay.

Eleven instruments for the collection of primary information were applied to: Adolescents of the Cometa Center, parents of mothers of adolescents who remain deprived of liberty in the comet center and authorities and justice operators. Interviews and focus groups were applied. Among the instruments applied, surveys of knowledge of skills and practices on CNNA and restorative justice (applied to justice authorities, fathers and mothers), 2 questionnaires to measure the level of social skills of the adolescents of the Cometa center. In addition to the quantification of the baseline value, 3 complementary reports were issued: i) psychological report based on the results of the social skills questionnaires; ii) report identifying the profile of adolescent offenders of the Cometa center; iii) report on the level of knowledge of parents about the legal regulations under which their children are judged, these complementary reports have the function of providing more information to the project in order to adjust their intervention.

The objectives reached at the time of the evaluation were analyzed with respect to the foreseen in the Conceptual Framework; analyzed the results achieved in terms of capacity development for the conduction, coordination, management and execution of the Communities in Solidarity Program (PCS); The following aspects of execution were analyzed: harmonization, alignment, predictability of disbursements, capacity to generate dialogue; the criteria of relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability and impact were evaluated; the following transversal themes were evaluated: governance for development, gender equality, environment and climate change, rights and diversities approach.

Baseline survey for the Project: Harmony and Knowledge among Women and Men by the DSDR and Protection. A survey was applied to 1,596 girls, boys, adolescents and young people from 10 to 24 years old; self-administered survey of 1,596 girls, boys, adolescents or young people; conducting focus groups with students of both sexes; application of interviews to student leaders, representatives of municipal governments, SLIMs, DNAs, health services, educational units and project managers. The study was developed in 14 rural municipalities of La Paz, Potosí, Cochabamba, Chuquisaca, Tarija and Santa Cruz.

Design and implementation of the mid-term evaluation of the project "Food Governance in the Andean Region", consisted in verifying the progress of the Project a year and a half after the start of its implementation. A systematization of the information generated by the Project was done in the three countries, interviews with project beneficiaries, partners, local authorities, delegate of the European Union, focus groups with beneficiaries and project managers, and field visits.

Support to the Junior expert of the evaluation mission of the local economic development and food security program (PRODELSA) (13 million Euros) under the budget support modality. It relied on the systematization of secondary information regarding: (i) the associative and organizational processes of local actors and their evolution; (ii) the interrelationships and interventions with local and decentralized institutions (State dependencies, municipal mayorships, etc.); (iii) the training and communication processes of the Program; and (iv) the participatory methodologies applied in the framework of the Program.

Evaluation of productive projects financed through the Concursable PROBOLIVIA fund

External Intermediate Evaluation of the AECID Agreement 10-CO1-044: "Agreement on Migration and Development and capacity building for social and productive development Bolivia-Ecuador and Spain", evaluation carried out in 15 dioceses in Bolivia and Ecuador, applying the criteria of (i) relevance; (ii) effectiveness; (iii) efficiency; (iv) sustainability; e (v) impact.

Final evaluation of the ASVI Phase I project and intermediate evaluation of the ASVI Phase II project related to water provision and care of the environment through the five criteria (relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability). Analysis of the degree of appropriation of rural community organizations to the technological solutions developed by JICA: The implementation of Phase II was recommended, making adjustments in the logical framework matrix (MML) of the project, recommending the determination of five-year goals at the departmental level. to coverage in the rural area.

Final evaluation of the funds of the International Appeal (Flash Appeal) financed by Sweden and Denmark and of the Stockpile supported by Sweden in the emergencies of 2008 generated by the La Niña phenomenon in relation to the following topics: health, food security, protection, education, water. The evaluation was carried out based on the five evaluation criteria used by the OECD and the European Commission.

Mid-Term Evaluation of the Revitalization and Urban Development Program of the city of La Paz (US $ 35 million). A perception survey was applied to 384 people approached in the city center. Levels of investment, progress of works, compliance with the national standard in public investment were reviewed. We worked with a team of experts in urban development and employment generation in Colombia (Ricardo Montezuma) and Bolivia. The program also included the promotion of productive economic development in the CUC through the Competitive Productive Fund, and social development through the Social Competitive Fund. Finally, component III of institutional development was also evaluated, which was executed with close to US $ 1.5 million for the provision of computer equipment and improvement of administrative procedures.

Qualitative evaluation study of the child care program (PAN) in Bolivia. In-depth interviews were conducted with government representatives and main cooperation agencies that intervene or intervened in the program, and workshops were held to validate lessons learned and on institutional adjustments with a view to a possible new wide-ranging operation by the Bank. The main objectives of the project are food security and early childhood development.

Support in the final evaluation of the project "Protecting the Rights of Children in Bolivia and Institutionalization of the Ombudsman for Children and Adolescents in the Municipality of El Alto. The evaluation was made based on the five evaluation criteria used by the European Commission: (relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability).

Final evaluation of the Project "Best Practices in the Care of Newborn, Girls and Boys under 5 years" carried out in 24 municipalities of 6 departments (La Paz, Chuquisaca, Potosí, Cochabamba, Tarija and Santa Cruz), using the LQAS methodology in a sample of 1,368 households for the realization of quantitative studies and the methodology of the Kiviat Star for qualitative studies. The evaluation was based on the five evaluation criteria used by the OECD and the European Commission (relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability). Includes aspects related to food security.

Design of a monitoring and evaluation system (M & E), institutional strengthening and Management by Results to the project of simplification of procedures for the municipal governments of Cochabamba, Santa Cruz and Montero. Support to the private sector and business environment.

Final evaluation of the Revitalization and Urban Development Program of the city of La Paz (US $ 35 million). Some aspects were established to identify the deterioration, urbanization and obsolescence of the urban center, as well as the principles of urban revitalization. Investment levels were reviewed, compliance with the national standard in public investment. The Infrastructure component was evaluated by analyzing the impact of each of the infrastructure projects of the Program (Camacho Avenue, Camacho Market, Lanza Market, Pérez Velasco Gateway, etc.). An evaluation was made of the projects that sought to improve mobility in the CUC through people and vehicle counts to establish the level of service provided by the new infrastructures. The systematization of a representative sample of 13 projects financed through the Social Concurrent Fund and the Competitive Productive Fund, managed by component II of the Program, which accommodated more than US $ 700 thousand. The evaluation of component III of institutional strengthening itself was carried out through the provision of computer equipment to different units of the GMLP and the improvement of procedures.

Evaluation of the Risk Management Program implemented in areas of high vulnerability to natural disasters in four countries. The following aspects were considered: (i) generation of geo-referenced information systems; (ii) Strengthening the capacities of risk prevention and disaster response systems at the community, municipal and regional levels; (iii) Contribute to the development of a culture of prevention in the population through the development of actions in schools and in university education. (iv) Promote the incorporation of variable risk in local, municipal, national and regional planning in the planning and investment projects. Evaluation based on the criteria of (1) relevance; (2) effectiveness; (3) efficiency; (4) sustainability; e (5) impact.

External Intermediate Evaluation of the AECID Agreement 10-CO1-044: "Agreement on Migration and Development and capacity building for social and productive development Bolivia-Ecuador and Spain", evaluation carried out in 15 dioceses in Bolivia and Ecuador, applying the criteria of (i) relevance; (ii) effectiveness; (iii) efficiency; (iv) sustainability; e (v) impact. The evaluation was developed with a Project Cycle approach, a rereading and analysis of the Logical Framework Matrix was made, a participatory evaluation was made seeking to involve all the participating actors, a context analysis was made and the Lessons Learned were identified . The instruments that were applied for the development of the evaluation were: (i) Semi-structured and in-depth interviews; (ii) workshops with rights holders and holders of obligations; (iii) CAP survey; and (iv) stakeholder analysis using the Net-Map methodology.

Evaluation of the Risk Management Program implemented in areas of high vulnerability to natural disasters in Peru and Honduras. It was contemplated (i) generation of geo-referenced information systems, (ii) Strengthening the capacities of risk prevention and response systems at the community, municipal and regional levels; (iii) Contribute to the development of a culture of prevention in the population through the development of actions in schools and in university education. (iv) Incorporation of risk variable in local, municipal, national and regional planning in the planning and investment projects. Evaluation based on the criteria of (i) relevance; (ii) effectiveness; (iii) efficiency; (iv) sustainability; e (v) impact.

The consultancy consisted of making a documentary review of the project, carrying out 2 workshops in the city of El Alto and 2 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra with young beneficiaries of the project, and carrying out the evaluation of the project based on the criteria of (i) relevance; (ii) effectiveness, (iii) efficiency; (iv) sustainability; e (v) impact.

Ex Post Evaluation of the Revitalization and Urban Development Program of La Paz PRU. Survey application to 4,100 people distributed in the following segments: (i) pedestrians; (ii) merchants; (iii) carriers; (iv) vulnerable groups (selling women with small children, blind people and child workers); and (v) tourists, all of them addressed in the Central Urban Area of the city. A tour of the CUC and the PUC was developed and later a workshop with renowned architects, among which are: Ramiro Muñoz, Carlo Villagómez, Jorge Valenzuela, Andrés Costa du Rels, among others. Impact evaluation of (i) infrastructure component; (ii) component of promotion of social, economic and productive development in the CUC, which had two competitive funds that financed more than 40 development projects; and (iii) component of institutional development within the GAMLP.

This contract has been developed in two components: (i) the final evaluation of the Program; and (ii) the systematization of the program's experiences. The evaluation has been developed based on the criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact, mainstreaming the gender and intercultural approach, in the framework of IWRM and MIC, while systematization has been developed taking as axis the results, objectives and end embodied in the Logical Framework of the Program. For the collection of information 321 structured interviews have been applied to municipal and community authorities, and representatives of productive organizations, peasants, originators, mining cooperatives, neighborhood associations and educational units in the area of influence of the Program, more than a dozen have been made from field visits to the project sites, 10 focus groups were carried out, an evaluation document was produced, a book-type document of the systematization, an album with 300 photographs and a documentary video of the intervention.

Project baseline survey in the localities of Batallas, Huarina, Santiago de Huata, Laja (La Paz), Huancarani, Colquepata, Paucartambo (Peru) and Cañar (Ecuador). The indicators provided for the mainstreaming of productive, gender and generational criteria. Survey application following the LQAS methodology, in-depth interviews with local authorities, leaders of productive organizations and SAN experts. Preparation of sampling and information gathering instruments, training of field staff, transcription and systematization of data, issuance of reports.

Final evaluation of the project: "Mitigation of climate change impacts on food security and water availability in Aymara indigenous communities" VASCO I, applying the criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact. As part of the field operation, it was carried out: (i) preparation of Net Maps (stakeholder analysis); (ii) Informal interviews; (iii) Semi-structured interviews; (iv) Group interviews; (v) Focus groups; and (vi) Final project evaluation: "Mitigation of climate change impacts on food security and water availability in Aymara indigenous communities" VASCO I, applying the criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact. As part of the field operation, it was carried out: (i) preparation of Net Maps (stakeholder analysis); (ii) Informal interviews; (iii) Semi-structured interviews; (iv) Group interviews; (v) Focus groups; and (vi) Field observation.

The external evaluation of the project was developed applying the five OECD criteria (Relevance, Efficiency, Efficiency, Sustainability and Impact). In-depth interviews and focus groups were conducted with the beneficiaries of 6 rural communities in the municipalities of Achocalla, Mecapaca and Calamarca of the department of La Paz, a focus group with the project executing team (AYNI staff), and eye inspections were conducted to the equipments endowed to the peasant producers by this project.

External Evaluation of the Program "Local Power - Urban Program" from the periods 2012 - 2014, applying the criteria of Relevance, Efficiency, Efficiency, Sustainability and Impact, with rights approach, gender approach and intercultural approach. As field work, the following tasks were developed: (i) Participation in workshops; (ii) Interviews; (iii) Meetings with Representatives of prioritized cases; (iv) Meetings with the facilitator team; (v) Meetings with Christian Aid Bolivia and CAFOD Bolivia. Evaluation of the communication products of the project. Construction of Net-Map influence networks.