Terminal evaluation

Annex 5: Interview Guide

1. 
   Is the project relevant to the GEF objectives?
   
2. 
   Is the project relevant to UNDP objectives?
   
3. 
   Is the project relevant to Moldova’s environment and development objectives?
   
4. 
   Does the project address the needs of target beneficiaries?
   
5. 
   Is the project internally coherent in its design?
   
6. 
   How is the project relevant in light of other donors?
   

7. 
   What lessons have been learnt and what changes could have been made to the project in order to strengthen the alignment between the project and the Partners’ priorities and areas of focus?
   
8. 
   How could the project better target and address priorities and development challenges of targeted beneficiaries?
   

1. 
   How is the Project effective in achieving its expected outcomes?
   

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  Reform of environmentally harmful subsidies, green subsidies, as well as environmental charges within the agricultural and energy sectors.
  
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  Capacity development for EFR to build consensus among concerned stakeholders.
  
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  Integration of EFR in local and central planning processes.
  

2. 
   How is risk and risk mitigation being managed?
   

3. 
   What lessons have been learnt for the project to achieve its outcomes?
   
4. 
   What changes could have been made (if any) to the design of the project in order to improve the achievement of project’ expected results?
   
5. 
   How could the project be more effective in achieving its results?
   

1. 
   Was adaptive management used or needed to ensure efficient resource use?
   
2. 
   Did the project Result and Resources Framework and work plans and any changes made to them use as management tools during implementation?
   
3. 
   Were the accounting and financial systems in place adequate for project management and producing accurate and timely financial information?
   
4. 
   Were progress reports produced accurately, timely and respond to reporting requirements including adaptive management changes?
   
5. 
   Was project implementation as cost effective as originally proposed (planned vs. actual)
   
6. 
   Was the leveraging of funds (co-financing) happening as planned?
   
7. 
   Were financial resources utilized efficiently? Could financial resources have been used more efficiently?
   
8. 
   How was RBM used during project implementation?
   
9. 
   Were there an institutionalized or informal feedback or dissemination mechanism to ensure that findings, lessons learned and recommendations pertaining to project formulation and implementation effectiveness were shared among project stakeholders, UNDP Staff and other relevant organizations for ongoing project adjustment and improvement?
   
10. 
    Did the project mainstream gender considerations into its implementation?
    
11. 
    To what extent were partnerships/ linkages between institutions/ organizations encouraged and supported?
    
12. 
    Which partnerships/linkages were facilitated? Which one can be considered sustainable?
    
13. 
    What was the level of efficiency of cooperation and collaboration arrangements? (between local actors, UNDP/GEF and relevant government entities)
    
14. 
    Was an appropriate balance struck between utilization of international expertise as well as local capacity?
    
15. 
    Did the project take into account local capacity in design and implementation of the project?
    

16. 
    What lessons can be learnt from the project on efficiency?
    
17. 
    How could the project have more efficiently addressed its key priorities (in terms of management structures and procedures, partnerships arrangements etc…)?
    

1. 
   Will the project achieve its objective that is to build capacities for implementing environmental fiscal reforms (EFR) that will produce increased national and global environmental benefits through the adoption of selected subsidies, fees, fines, taxes and other appropriate fiscal instruments?
   

2. 
   How could the project build on its apparent successes and learn from its weaknesses in order to enhance the potential for impact of ongoing and future initiatives?
   

1. 
   Were sustainability issues adequately integrated in project formulation?
   
2. 
   Did the project adequately address financial and economic sustainability issues?
   
3. 
   Is there evidence that project partners will continue their activities beyond project support?
   
4. 
   Were laws, policies and frameworks being addressed through the project, in order to address sustainability of key initiatives and reforms?
   
5. 
   Is the capacity in place at the national and local levels adequate to ensure sustainability of results achieved to date?
   
6. 
   Did the project contribute to key building blocks for social and political sustainability?
   
7. 
   Were project activities and results being replicated elsewhere and/or scaled up?
   
8. 
   What are the main challenges that may hinder sustainability of efforts?
   

9. 
   Which areas/arrangements under the project show the strongest potential for lasting long-term results?
   
10. 
    What are the key challenges and obstacles to the sustainability of results of the project initiatives that must be directly and quickly addressed?