The overall goal of the present summative evaluation is to assess the impact of the “First Priority: No More ‘Invisible’ Children!” demonstration project in addressing the challenges faced by children and their families from rural areas, particularly disadvantaged communities, in accessing basic services. The evaluation also aims to address the evaluation questions, based on the following OECD-DAC criteria: relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, impact and lessons learned.
According to its Terms of Reference this evaluation independently assessed:
- the impact of the modelling project and the extent to which the intervention and all its components have contributed to improving children’s welfare through enhanced access of children and their families to basic social services (education, health, and social assistance services), particularly in the selected rural disadvantaged areas;
- whether the modelling intervention was relevant to the target group, as well as in the national and international contexts;
- how results and evidence generated by the model contributed to improving the impact of social protection policies on the poorest and most vulnerable children and families in Romania;
- effectiveness in terms of results obtained during project implementation;
- the lessons learned, key bottlenecks and good practices;
- how efficient the model was in developing new services and improving the life of children and their families;
- how effective the model was in producing the expected results;
- sustainability of model at the local, county and national levels;
- the extent to which the model could be replicated at national level through the revision and/or development of the normative framework, standards, methodologies, budgets.
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Joint | No |
Partner/s | N/A |
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Agency Focal Point | Lovemore Mhuriyengwe |
Focal Point Email | lmhuriyengwe@unicef.org |
Managed by Independent Evaluation Office | No |
Geographic Scope | Country |
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