End-term Evaluation of Project “Improving Midwifery Services in India”

India, 2009-2010, Sida

The objectives of the assignment were to conduct an end-of-project evaluation to determine the following:

• The project outcome with regard to the expected end results and the effectiveness of the approach/strategy being used to achieve the project outcome.
• The efficiency of project management and the cost-effectiveness of the resources/inputs used.
• The outcome in relation to the efforts put in for capacity building.
• Gender equality and social equity concerns at various levels of project implementation.
• The qualitative outcome of the project implementation.
• The institutional collaboration and partnership between the key partners and clarity in roles and responsibilities.
• Signs of potential impact at policy and implementation levels and sustainability of results.
• The continued relevance of the collaboration project in relation to Sida's new Country Strategy for India 2009-13 and scope of the project to move towards Partner Driven Cooperation mechanism.