Sec_C_ATTACHMENT_08_-_Excerpts_from_LAC_Annual_Program_Statement_on_Evaluation_Activities.pdf

ATTACHMENT 07

EXCERPT FROM USAID/LAC BUREAU ANNUAL PROGRAM STATEMENT RELATED TO

IMPACT EVALUATIONS

Relationship with other Regional Basic Education Project partners Under USAID direction, an Evaluation Unit will perform rigorous evaluation of the promising interventions implemented under this APS as well as provide technical assistance to APS recipients, as needed, to support successful evaluation. Additionally, the evaluation unit will provide technical assistance to systematize the intervention, as needed. Recipients will be required to cooperate with the evaluation unit to plan roll out of the intervention in order to facilitate the rigorous evaluation. This is likely to include collaborating with the evaluation unit to: develop monitoring instruments; design appropriate record-keeping systems for needed budgetary and programmatic data; collect requested budget and programmatic information;

identify treatment and control groups; plan comparative implementation of intervention components; measure the impact on children’s learning; and other tasks as required for rigorous evaluation. Flexibility will be required on the part of intervention implementers in planning roll out and overall implementation of an intervention..

Relationship with Intervention Promotion partners:

USAID plans to support promotion of proven interventions under a separate implementing mechanism. Recipients shall be required to coordinate with the specified partner units with respect to intervention scale-up, information-sharing, and intervention promotion. Recipients shall be responsible for systematization of the intervention(s) (at a minimum, internal assessment and write-ups in addition to regular reporting requirements) and for sharing intervention information and results to support intervention promotion.

A.6.3 Relationship with Project Stakeholders Relationship with USAID Washington and Missions:

USAID/Washington, via the Bureau for Latin American and the Caribbean, together with relevant Missions in the region will jointly fund and manage the interventions supported under this APS.

During the award process, USAID/W will work collaboratively with interested Missions to determine key interventions and issues for evaluation, and it is expected that Missions will similarly engage their Ministries or other stakeholders (e.g., teachers’ unions), as appropriate.

USAID/W will lead the award process, and Missions will determine appropriateness for the local context. Interventions will be implemented only in interested countries (as listed in section A.4, above). Implementers will be expected to maintain strong, consistent communication and coordination with USAID/Washington and the relevant USAID Mission(s). Depending on the planned intervention, management responsibilities may reside with Washington or with the relevant field office. At a minimum, Missions will serve as activity managers for in-country activities. In collaboration with implementers, Missions would potentially work toward formal agreements with stakeholders on the details of a national roll-out if the intervention has the desired cost effectiveness and quantitative impact.