The evaluation covered three projects in the priority sector of the Czech Development Cooperation – Sustainable Management of Natural Resources, clean water and sanitation (SDG 6), which is also the priority sector of the Bilateral Development Cooperation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), reflecting the country’s significant need to develop sustainable sewage disposal and sludge treatment in accordance with the principles of environmentally responsible use of natural resources. Compliance with EU standards in this area is necessary for progress towards EU membership.

The main purpose of the evaluation was to provide specific and feasible recommendations based on consistent findings and conclusions to be used for decisions by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic in cooperation with the Czech Development Agency on further cooperation in the Natural Resources Management - Water and Sanitation sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and possible replication of proven technologies and procedures in other priority countries of the Czech development cooperation. The evaluation covered project and systemic aspects, mapped the synergy of different support instruments and verified the sustainability, potential and relevance of the constructed wetlands intervention. The evaluation also assessed the business partnerships in BiH and business opportunities resulting from the three projects.

The project aims at the provision of an environmentally sound and hygienically safe water supply at cost covering and socially acceptable tariffs in parts of the districts of Straseni and Calarasi. The main infrastructure consists of a transmission main pipeline from the capital Chisinau to these two districts and improvements of the water supply networks in respective towns and villages. The accompanying measures component (AMC) includes the institutional strengthening of the Project Executing Agency (PEA, ADR Centru) and the transformation of the local operators into regional operators of their respective districts.

Main task is providing consulting, advisory and implementation support and training services to the operators (Apa Canal Straseni and Apacanal Calarasi) with respect to public relations, customer communication and stakeholder engagement. This includes: Assessment of Status Quo at Apa Canals and PEA during the inception phase. Elaborating the public relations, stakeholder participation and customer service concept. Providing awareness and public information training to Apa Canals’ staff and initiating information and awareness raising campaigns (addressing tariff increase, water savings and other relevant topics). Support to planning and implementation of workshops and seminars, horizontal learning. Contribution to the Communication and visibility plan.
Support and assistance to the he AMC Team Leader and other experts, with the realization of their tasks as required.

Support with sustainable management of natural resources is one of the objectives of the Czech Development cooperation in Ethiopia. This includes planning the capacity of new water sources to meet the demands of the growing population, as well as building the capacities of local water management authorities. The project supports sustainable access to drinking water in three Woredas in Sidama: Bura, Bona and Dale.

The purpose of this assignment was to assess existing capacities for sustainable management, operation and maintenance of the newly created or rehabilitated water supply schemes and formulate detailed recommendations for capacity building and training. Recommendations included: Theoretical, on-the job and peer to peer training for operators, managers, technical staff, schools and health institutions, supporting institutions at the woreda and regional levels and the private sector. Procurement of equipment, tools and materials. Building of local capacities for implementation of ability and willingness to pay surveys. Recommendations for rehabilitating and upgrading existing sources of underground water in the project areas. This involved preparing detailed budgets and formulating outputs and activities for each of the schemes. Debriefing the Sidama and Regional authorities and the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Addis Ababa. Feedback from debriefings has been reflected in the mission report.

The aim of the project was to increase the overall resilience and preparedness of municipalities and citizens for the events of natural disasters – floods, in four flood prone municipalities located in the river basins of the Labe and Cista rivers.

The main purpose of the evaluation was to obtain independent, objective and consistent findings about the strengths and weaknesses of the ongoing project, to formulate specific recommendations and to identify good practice examples that will help the DECCB in preparing new disaster preparedness and prevention interventions. The evaluation also addressed potential capacity gaps within the current project staffing, complementarity with and additionality to the current national crisis management system as well as the extent to which the project adhered to the humanitarian aid standards including SPHERE.

The Czech development cooperation supports the development of sustainable drinking water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure in selected locations, including rehabilitation and building of drinking water sources.

The purpose of this mission was to identify options for improved and sustainable access to drinking water for inhabitants of rural areas in the Kampong Chhnang province. This involved: On-site identification of potential projects in drinking water supply and groundwater management sector; assessment of likelihood of sustainability of the identified sources of drinking water; supporting with preparation of tender documentation.

The main aim of this project was to support the development of the Ukrainian civil society with emphasis on trust-building with the police. The secondary aim is the encouragement of an assertive approach of citizens towards government institutions.
Engagement in this project required gender sensitization in the field. This involved: presentation on gender-based violence and crime management in 12 project locations to local civil society, police and students. Radio broadcasts about the same issue. Promoting ties between civil society and police by helping to organize common interactive learning sessions with the participation of local civil society. The Gender Equality Expert also spoke on the local radio in the Luhansk region about gender-based violence. Other activities included monitoring of the security situation in the Luhansk and Donetsk region along the war line. Participating in meetings with relevant key officials from the local and central government and security representatives. Gathering of data to inform the project reporting.

The Project aims to improve the current situation in the water supply and sanitation sector, with focus on nine districts in the Khatlon region. The areas covered by the Feasibility Study included Vakhsh inter-district water supply system, Vose District and Danghara – Temur Malik area. Vose District has been selected for the Detailed Design.

4G eval provided the services of International Social Expert, International Environmental Expert, local Legal Expert and Local Coordinator. Services included coordination at the local level and contributions to the Feasibility Study (Environmental and Social Analysis) to the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF), the Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) and to the Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP). The latter included monitoring plans for each project zone, institutional arrangements and responsibilities, human resources required for implementation, capacity building and training needs, reporting arrangements and modalities, monthly compliance checklist and report format, proposed disclosure procedure and arrangements and cost of ESMP implementation.

The project focused on lasting and resilient solutions for both refugees and hosting communities; equity in terms of distribution of services, ultimately preventing conflicts for access to (water) resources; and engagement of private sector to ensure quality and efficiency in the WASH service provision. The objective of the project was to support the Regional Water Bureau to fully establish the Itang Water Utility and build the management and technical capacity of the utility to independently manage the integrated water system in Itang Special Woreda.

4G eval prepared the Service Delivery Perception Survey, contributed to management manual and business plans and training of utility staff in accountability to clients.

The project aims to rehabilitate the water supply and wastewater systems and to improve financial and operational management of the Osh City Vodokanal. The Corporate Development, Stakeholder Participation and City Support Programs aim to support further institutional strengthening in the form of operational and financial improvements to secure sustainability of the water utilities, implement a Stakeholder Participation Programme and the City Support Programme including Social Support Programme development.

Consultancy services focused on development of the Social Support Programme including affordability analysis, financial models with extrapolation under 8 different scenarios to estimate budgets for income based social measures as well as recommendations for tariff-based measures, capacity building in affordability analysis and methodology as well as implementation support during piloting, addressing sustainability issues and extending the support to the whole city.

The Water Supply Company of the city of Nurek was established and started to operate as an independent business entity in 2014. The Company provides water supply and wastewater treatment services to the city as well as to parts of two adjacent districts. The project complemented the rehabilitation of the water supply system and selected wastewater improvements and aimed at improving billing and collection efficiency and financial and operational management, leading to the ultimate reduction in operating and maintenance costs for water supply and reducing wastage of water. It encompasses institution building assistance to the Company in the form of a Corporate Development Programme, Social Support Programme, and a Stakeholder Participation Programme.
Consultancy services focused on supporting the service provider and the city with: Establishing and mainstreaming environmental management processes and management systems compliant with relevant standards and procedures. Developing effective social protection measures for households unable to pay tariffs. Facilitating inclusive dialogue between the service provider, clients and other relevant parties. Raising awareness on issues related to water supply and sanitation and encouraging transparency. Identifying opportunities aimed at promoting equal access to employment and skills.

The city of Khorog has a population of about 30,000 and is located in the mountainous eastern part of Tajikistan in the Pamir Mountains. Water supply and sanitation services are provided by the Khorog Water Company. The objective of this project was to assist the Company to further improve its institutional development, building on the improvements made in a previous phase. The project consists of three parts: Part I – Continued Corporate Development Programme; Part II – Stakeholder Participation Programme; and Part III – Continued City Support Programme.

Consultancy services encompassed: (i) Support with the preparation and implementation of Gender and Equal Opportunities Plan: Review of equal opportunities and gender issues to be addressed within the Company as well as in service provision. Formulating Gender and Equal Opportunities Plan; support with the implementation of agreed measures. (ii) Support in environmental management: Review of the existing Environmental Action Plan (EAP) and environmental management system; identification of areas for improvement; establishing awareness of environmental responsibility; recommendations for improvements and for further development of the EAP. Implementation support of the updated EAP. (iii) Support the Company and the City in the planning and implementation of the Stakeholders’ Participation Programme aimed at enhancing public ownership by encouraging water conservation, increasing public participation in the provision of water and wastewater services (service quality, rehabilitation activities, tariffs integrating poverty and social issues) and raising public awareness on issues related to the project implementation and water use.

The emphasis for GOAL Uganda’s work in WASH over the period 2012-2015 had been to create new and to sustain existing water points and to increase access of communities to sanitation and hygiene. This has been implemented both directly and through national partners. Along with partners, GOAL has also been engaging at a district level to strengthen institutional capacity. The main purpose of the evaluation was to obtain objectively substantiated and consistent conclusions that can be used by GOAL in the decision making on the future direction of the rural WASH sector with focus on safe water supply, operation and maintenance of water services, sanitation promotion (CLTS) and hygiene promotion.
The evaluation covered four districts in the East and North of Uganda. Methods included review of secondary data, key informant interviews, focus group discussions and observations. In addition to the OECD DAC criteria, the evaluation also included assessment of the 10 GOAL’s WASH principles using a standard methodology developed by 4G eval to allow cross-country meta-analysis. Recommendations based on findings and conclusions were formulated for the sanitation and hygiene program, for the water supply program as well as for the GOAL processes and mechanism and the GOAL systems.

The Sanitation Improvements through Market Strategies had been implemented between 01 January 2013 and 31 March 2016 in one of the largest slums in Nairobi, the Mukuru slum located in the East of the capital. Among the many problems the slum dwellers are facing is the lack of proper sanitation and infrastructure causing vicious outbreaks of disease. The project was designed to address the sanitation crisis and overcome the inherent constraints in a slum community. Having drawn on lessons from other sanitation projects in Mukuru, Kibera and other slums around Nairobi, the project focused on supporting supply of high-quality sanitation facilities on commercial basis and facilitating demand for these services. The waste was collected, processed and marketed as fertilizer, thus creating a complete sanitation value chain. The project also served as a key learning platform to identify best practices and inform various stakeholders including the government of Kenya on cost-effective strategies to deliver adequate sanitation in urban slums.

The main purpose of the evaluation was to obtain objectively substantiated and consistent conclusions that can be used in the decision making of GOAL on the future direction in Kenya in the urban slums sanitation sector with focus on increasing access to affordable sanitation using the Sanitation Improvements through Market Strategies (SIMS) approach. The evaluation was conducted in line with the principles set out by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD with reference to project relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability. An additional objective is to assess the project against GOAL’s 10 Key WASH Principles with an objective measurement to allow cross-country meta-analysis.

The main purpose of the evaluation was to obtain objectively substantiated and consistent conclusions that can be used for future planning and implementation of on the future direction of GOAL in India in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector with focus on School Led Total Sanitation (SLTS), Community Led Total Sanitation CLTS and social marketing.
The evaluation was conducted in line with the principles set out by the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD with reference to program relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability. In addition, the program was assessed against the strategic GOAL and objective for GOAL globally and against GOAL’s 10 Key WASH principles using a standardized methodology developed by 4G eval to allow cross-country meta-analysis. Scope of the evaluation: CLTS, SLTS intervention in West Bengal. Period covered by this evaluation: 2012 – 2015.

The program aims at improving sanitation coverage and hygiene behavior of communities in Kenema district through the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach. The expected outcomes for this approach are: (i) Decrease in the incidence of diarrhea in targeted communities in Kenema District; (ii) Increase in the adoption of safe hygiene and sanitation practices in targeted communities in Kenema District; and (iii) Increased sustainability through communities’ ownership of water and sanitation development issues in targeted communities.
The evaluation covered the period 2008 – 2015. The aim of the evaluation was to assess the impact, relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability of the CLTS program and to recommend ways of improving and scaling up the program. Mixed methods were used to establish the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impacts and sustainability of the interventions: Quantitative survey, review of secondary data, key informant interviews, focus groups discussions and observations. The evaluation also included assessment of the 10 GOAL’s WASH principles using a standard methodology developed by 4G eval to allow cross-country meta-analysis.

The evaluation was based on six projects implemented between 2010 – 2014 in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia under the Czech Development Cooperation.
The principal purpose of the evaluation was to obtain objectively substantiated and consistent conclusions that can be used in the decision-making of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, in collaboration with the Czech Development Agency, on the future direction of the Czech development cooperation in Ethiopia in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector. Conclusions inferred from the evaluation can also be used for improving the implementation the WASH Sector Program and as the basis for the implementation of sector strategy and the synergic orientation of future projects, or for decisions concerning the implementation of similar projects in other partner countries.

The Multi Year Water Allocation System (MYWAS) project (2011 – 2014) has been implemented by the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) under the coordination of the Czech Development Agency (CZDA). It has built upon stage wise support from the Czech development cooperation (CZDC) to effective integrated water resource planning dating back to 2008. The intended outcome of the project was the introduction of MYWAS for optimizing planning of investments in the water and sanitation sectors using economic aspects as the main criteria.
The principal purpose of the evaluation was to obtain objectively substantiated and consistent conclusions that can be used in the decision-making of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), in collaboration with the CZDA, on the future direction and implementation modalities of the CZDC in the Palestinian Autonomous Territories in general and in the water sanitation and hygiene sector in particular. The evaluation covered the progress in the implementation of the unfinished project, with an emphasis on the roles played by all stakeholders and their interaction.

Bela Crkva, located in Vojvodina province, had no clear strategy for the management of drinking water and waste water. The volume of extracted groundwater and consumed water was not exactly known, drinking water quality fluctuated, levels of pollution due to uncontrolled waste water discharge were not regularly monitored, there was no inventory or map of the potential water sources. This has impacted on people’s health as well as on the quality of environment. The purpose of the first phase of the project was to develop medium and long – term drinking water management strategy including project documentation for the implementation of selected technical solutions under phase II. Phase II included the realization of these technical solutions and measures to improve the drinking water supply in the region.
Consultancy services included support with project planning, budgeting and formulation, technical aspects of tender documentation, as well as with the evaluation of proposals. The consultant also provides implementation support and technical backstopping and assists the Czech Development Agency with monitoring of project progress and results.

The principal purpose of this evaluation was to obtain information that will guide decision-making on upcoming interventions of Czech development cooperation in Ethiopia in the sectors Soil and Water Conservation and Water Supply and Sanitation (WASH).
The evaluation included two completed projects: Anti-erosion Measures in the Surrounds of Lake Awassa and Sustainable Management of Soil, Forest and Water Resources as a Pilot Model for Community Development in Southern Ethiopia. Both projects were implemented in Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia under the Czech development cooperation. Scope included assessment against the OECD DAC evaluation criteria and cross cutting principles of the Czech development cooperation: Good governance, human rights and gender and environment.

Zavkhan, an agricultural/pastoralist region in the western part of Mongolia, faces serious problems with access to water for both, people and livestock. One of the main problems is shortage of hydrogeological know how. Siting and drilling is often implemented without proper hydrogeological investigation and is not well documented, the maintenance and operation of wells not adequate. The situation is further exacerbated by difficult geological and hydrogeological conditions including permafrost and depth of groundwater level which reaches up to 200 m. The project had two objectives: Improving access to drinking water for the nomadic pastoralists by constructing drilled wells and distribution systems; and transfer of hydrogeological know how for the planning and implementation of drilling for water and constructing sustainable water supply systems under the local conditions.

Consultancy services included support with project planning, budgeting and formulation, technical aspects of tender documentation, as well as with the evaluation of proposals. The consultant also provided implementation support and technical backstopping and assists the Czech Development Agency with monitoring of project progress and results.

The evaluation included two projects: Monitoring surface water and flood protection in the Reut River Basin (2006 - 2008) and Rehabilitation of Network of Monitoring Stations in Watershed of the River Prut – Modernization of Information System and Flood Protection (2010-2012). Both projects aimed at improving standards of information required for the preparation of flood protection measures in Moldova by developing a system that would provide speedy and accurate information on the status of surface water levels and their prognosis for the watershed of the rivers Prut and Reut. The purpose of the evaluation was to obtain objectively substantiated information to be used for decision making on the overall perspective and future involvement of the Czech development cooperation in the environmental sector, sub-sector hydrometeorology and Climatology.
Evaluation focussed on the assessment of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and long-term impacts. Cross cutting issues included: Good governance, human rights and gender, viability of technical solution and consideration of environment and climatic changes. Formulated recommendations pertaining to the projects as well as to the continuation, processes and mechanism of Czech development cooperation in the environmental protection sector in Moldova.

The evaluation included three projects: Increasing the Capacity of Drinking Water Supply in the Region of Boričevac Town (2008 – 2010); Site Investigation and Rehabilitation of Ada Huja Area (2008 – 2010) and Introducing Environmentally Sound Disposal of Petroleum Substances and Hazardous Wastes (2006 – 2010). The project “Increasing the Capacity of Drinking Water Supply in the Region of Boricevac Town” aimed at increase the capacity of potable water supply to citizens of the Valjevo city and its district of Boricevac by creating technical conditions enabling the connection of over 7,000 citizens to water supply network. The project “Site investigation and remediation of the region of Ada Huja” aimed at the improvement of environment and health in the Serbian capital of Belgrade by means of creating conditions for the rehabilitation of the Ada Huja peninsula region. The project "Introducing Environmentally Sound Disposal of Petroleum Substances and Hazardous Wastes " combined complex technical, chemical and logistical know – how which included solutions to the broad spectrum of problems with environmental burdens, created by the operation of the Panchevo refinery.
The main purpose of this evaluation was to obtain lessons learned and information to be used in decision-making as regards future interventions of Czech development cooperation (CZDC) in Serbia in the environment sector. The evaluation covered the OECD/DAC criteria: relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and long-term impacts as well as cross cutting issues of the CZDC: Good governance, environment, human rights and gender.

The purpose of this assessment was to advise on focus for the 2011- 2017 water and sanitation sector program and guide decision-making of the Czech development cooperation in Ethiopia. Conclusions of the assessment have been used by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic (MFA CZ) and Czech Development Agency for planning, identification and formulation of project activities. Scope: rural areas of Sidama zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia. This involved assessment of the current state, formulating sustainable options for technical solutions, assessing ground water resource management, prioritizing areas on the basis of hydrological and hydrogeological considerations, assessing social, economic and environmental impacts of proposed options, assessing the feasibility of technical and “soft” solutions, and formulating recommendations for future interventions in the sector in the area.