Country Program Evaluation

Cowater completed a Ukraine country program evaluation aimed at providing Global Affairs Canadas Central and Eastern Europe Branch and senior management with an independent evaluation of their CAD 265 million program. The program covered sectors ranging from economic integration, democratic development and governance to rule of law and peace and security. The evaluation aimed to draw lessons that would feed into the next Country Development Programming Framework. The purpose was to address whether program initiatives had achieved their intended results, the extent to which they would be sustainable, the relevance of Canada’s investments vis-é-vis Canadian foreign policy and Ukraines development objectives, and the choice of delivery channels used (bilateral, multilateral and partnership). Cowater was responsible for developing the evaluations workplan and evaluation framework; data collection and analysis (literature and documentation review, interviews and field visits); conducting an exhaustive profile of Canadian Technical Cooperation in the Ukraine over the period covered by the program; generating three sector studies; and writing a synthesis report summarizing findings from the thematic studies and profile.