| Name: | Mid Term Evaluation of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Client: | Austria Development Agency |
| Country: | Uganda |
| Background: | On the 2nd March 2005, over one hundred Heads of Ministers and Head of Agencies and institutions managing and receiving development aid endorsed the Paris Declaration. The Paris Declaration is an international agreement to which countries committed themselves to continue to increase efforts in harmonisation, alignment and managing aid for results based on an agreed set of monitorable actions and indicators. As part of the process of continuing to learn and strengthen the outcomes of the Paris Declaration, the DAC Development Evaluation Network has proposed an evaluation of the Paris Declaration in both the development partner agencies and the partner countries.In Uganda the Paris Declaration builds on the Government of Uganda PEAP Volume III Partnership Principles that were developed as part of the Poverty Eradication Action. Since 1997, Uganda has pursued the poverty eradication agenda through the implementation of the Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP). |
| Objectives: | This was a mid-term evaluation, to be followed by an impact evaluation scheduled for 2009/10[1]. As a mid-term evaluation, it will focus on assessing the performance to date (inputs to outputs) and evidence of progress and direction made towards the intended outcomes. It will also emphasis seeking out early lessons from the implementation process of the Paris Declaration in order to deliver practical lessons and help take stock of implementation performance at the 3rd High-Level Forum (HLF) on Aid Effectiveness to be held in Ghana.Specific objectives included:To assess how effectively the principles have been translated into specific actions in UgandaTo determine whether and now effectively the PD has built upon pre-existing partnership principles and agreements in UgandaTo determine how effective the implementation of the PD has been in Uganda against its own objectives and targets, as a basis to assess what (if anything) needs to change and for the purpose of international comparisonTo determine whether the current pattern of implementation is likely to result in the intended outcomes, in part measured by the indicators and associated targetsTo determine the extent and causes of positive behavioural changes implied by the implementation of the PD, both amongst development partners (donors), the government and other actors.To provide the evidence base for the final impact evaluation of 2009/10.To review the monitoring framework and determine it’s utility and continued relevance.To deepen the understanding of the lessons emerging from the Paris Declaration’s baseline survey conducted in 2006To facilitate national and global learning on aid effectiveness |
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[1] The final evaluation will run from the HLF in Ghana in 2008 up to the 4th HLF in 2010. This second phase will focus on whether the intended long-term effects of the Paris Declaration are being achieved
