Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Expanded Environmental Sanitation Project

Project Overview

• Field: Water supply, environmental sanitation, project evaluation and strengthening community-based interventions
• Duration: 06 – 08/2005
• Client/agency: UNICEF
• Implementing unit: CEHS
• Location: Phú Thọ, Hà Tĩnh and Bắc Kạn, Vietnam

Introduction

The project was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of activities under the Expanded Environmental Sanitation Project across three provinces — Phú Thọ, Hà Tĩnh and Bắc Kạn. The evaluation focused on reviewing implementation results, the extent to which objectives were met, strengths, challenges and lessons learned to improve project implementation quality in the next phase.

The evaluation findings provided practical evidence for UNICEF, management agencies and implementing units to adjust implementation approaches, prioritize resources and strengthen the sustainability of local environmental sanitation activities.

CEHS's Role

CEHS carried out the evaluation with the participation of Dr. Nguyễn Đức Hồng and Dr. Lê Thị Ngọc Hà. The consulting team was responsible for developing the evaluation protocol, designing the assessment toolkit, organizing field surveys, processing and analyzing data, finalizing the results report, and organizing a workshop to share findings and recommendations.

Key Activities

• Developing the evaluation protocol, indicator framework and data collection toolkit.
• Organizing surveys, collecting data and evaluating implementation results of the Expanded Environmental Sanitation Project across the three project provinces.
• Analyzing operational effectiveness, reach, results achieved and factors affecting project implementation.
• Processing data, consolidating findings and developing the evaluation report.
• Organizing a workshop to share results with representatives of management agencies, implementing units and other stakeholders.

Key Results

• Completed the toolkit and process for evaluating the effectiveness of the Expanded Environmental Sanitation Project in Phú Thọ, Hà Tĩnh and Bắc Kạn.
• Collected and analyzed field data reflecting implementation results and issues requiring improvement in each locality.
• Finalized the evaluation report, including findings, lessons learned and recommendations to strengthen effectiveness in the next phase.
• Organized a results-sharing workshop, creating a forum for stakeholders to discuss directions for sustaining and building on the project's results.