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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.

A field operation was carried out to apply instruments developed by the company Kinitro, commissioned by CDD; 393 women and men over 18 years of age were surveyed, as well as 89 key informants, including community leaders, religious leaders and municipal officials.

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 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 study was designed based on a process of problematization, identification of problems, questions and research objectives; an Analysis Plan Matrix (MPA) was constructed, from which the data collection instruments were designed; a field operation was carried out in 92 municipalities of the 9 departments of the country, interviewing 207 municipal protection and health workers, and more than 250 women and adolescents with disabilities were surveyed; dashboards were developed to visualize results; finally, a presentation and discussion of the results was made with the EDUCO team.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

An investigation has been developed, based on a survey of 860 women and 721 men, on empowerment, autonomy in decision-making, economic autonomy, on eating habits and healthy living, in addition to 12 focus groups, 6 with women and 6 with men, distributed in urban and rural areas of three ecological floors (Altiplano, Valleys and Amazonia); With these data, and from the construction of logit and OLS econometric models, it was possible to identify the main causal relationships between the main gender gaps and the probability of suffering from undernutrition, overweight-obesity and double burden of malnutrition in a combined way. women and men separately and in a comparative way.

Systematization developed at the national level, of projects, programs, policies, regulations and experiences in general aimed at supporting the economic autonomy of women, a survey was applied to more than 1,500 women and their male partners in the ten main cities of the country, a a survey of women receiving experiences to support their economic autonomy, the ten municipal governments of the main cities of the country were interviewed, semi-structured interviews were conducted with informants from the public sector, cooperation and civil society organizations, in addition to collect and operate a significant amount of secondary information, from PTDIs, municipal budgets and other sources.

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.

Consultancy: Preparation of a study "Digital gap: childhood, adolescence and women" in the territories of Amazonia, Chaco Tarijeño and San Lucas (Chuquisaca), applying an adaptation of the methodology that was implemented in 2008 in Spain with data from 31 countries to calculate the SIGTIC index (System of Gender and ICT Indicators), for which a survey was applied to more than 700 people over 15 years of age and semi-structured interviews were applied to specialists and local authorities to deepen the qualitative interpretation of the data.

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 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.

The consultancy involved: (i) Follow-up at the experience exchange process between "Vuela Libre" and Manq'a; (ii) Preparation of instruments for the intervention strategy implementation, these were: a) Committee Regulations; b) Early warning protocol; c) Module on gender, masculinity and CSEC prevention for Manq'a teaching staff; d) Module on gender, masculinity and CSEC prevention for students; e) CSEC and gender prevention module for private companies; and (iii) Final strategy proposal based on the adjustments of the validation process and monitoring the selection process.

Comprehensive intervention strategy for adolescents and young people who are survivors and/or at risk of Commercial Sexual Exploitation, based on the articulation of the integral models Manq'a and "Vuela Libre". Identification of the Manq'a and "Vuela Libre" models, conducting in-depth interviews with key informants, process diagramming,  preliminary strategy preparation, preliminary strategy validation with personnel from Manq'a, Munasim Kullakita Foundation and the "Vuela Libre" movement, follow-up to the strategy pilot implementation with a group of 45 female adolescent beneficiaries, preparation of training and awareness modules on gender, masculinities and CSEC, for Manq'a facilitators, students from Manq'a schools and private entrepreneurs networks

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.

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.

Systematization of the menstrual hygiene management project in two municipalities of the department of Beni (San Andrés and San Javier) applying the following systematization axis: Logical framework of the project, results and advances, projections, challenges, conclusions, lessons learned and recommendations. Information was collected in 2 educational units (EU) where the complete intervention was made and in 2 EU where only material was distributed, a total of 21 semi-structured interviews were applied to directors, teachers and mothers of families; 12 in-depth interviews with girls and adolescents; and 8 group interviews with boys and girls.

Elaboration of curricular design and content guides for facilitators as well as participants of the diploma course; This has been addressed to officials of Children's Advocates, SLIM's, Police, Health Center staff of Municipalities, with a duration of 4 months, one module per month, the modules designed were: (i) Theoretical framework; (ii) Sexual and Reproductive Health - Sexual Rights and Reproductive Rights; (iii) Gender and depatriarcalisades; and (iv) Protection and prevention of violence.

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.

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.

Survey and systematization of qualitative and quantitative information on social, economic and access to information and communication technologies in the municipalities of Villa Zudañez and Camargo in the department of Chuquisaca, and Padcaya in the department of Tarija, based on participatory techniques with the actors prioritized in the project "Culturally sensitive rural youth economic empowerment". A total of: (i) 6 workshops were carried out with adolescents from 14 to 19 years old; (ii) 6 workshops with young people from 20 to 27 years old; (iii) 6 workshops with parents of teenagers and young people; (iv) 6 interviews with municipal authorities and func- tionals; (v) 6 interviews with management and teaching staff of local educational units; (vi) 6 interviews with representatives of local productive organizations; and (vii) 6 interviews with local opinion leaders.

Preparation of study of nutritional food security situation in 26 rural municipalities of La Paz, Oruro, Cochabamba, Potosí and Chuquisaca. Review of secondary information. Survey application to 1,997 households, application of the Latin American Scale for Food Security ELCSA, preparation of focus groups with producers and agricultural producers, application of structured interviews to authorities and officials of municipal executives and municipal councils.

Study on Gender and Generational Violence in Bolivia. Analysis of qualitative character at national level. 108 institutions visited, among which we can mention: governorates of the 9 departments, municipal governments of large and rural municipalities, state institutions (judicial, legislative and executive bodies), civil society organizations, social movements and groups of sexual diversities and gender, through in-depth interviews.

Analysis of the current situation (year 2013) of the rights of children and governance, diagnosis in the national territory of the level of compliance or not of the rights of children and adolescents, the degree of knowledge and exercise, compliance with the Measures General Implementation, the central issues that affect governance and the key actors linked to the rights of children and adolescents.

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.

An assessment of the situational status of gender relations in early childhood was developed in 11 rural municipalities belonging to the EIMID-PG project work area, applying qualitative instruments, among which: (i) participant observation of ethnographic input; (ii) workshops for fathers and mothers of children under 5 years of age, where the Shiffer circumplex method, simple association and inductive plates were used; (iii) development of workshops with teachers applying inductive sheets, simple association and reality reproduction exercises; and (iv) workshops with children, where inductive sheets, reality reproduction exercises and projective drawings were applied.

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.