Evaluating Yemeni-German Technical Cooperation in the Water Sector Program

The Yemeni-German Technical Cooperation - Water Sector Program is now entering the final year of its first phase (ending in June 2009). GTZ Head Office therefore recently carried out an obligatory Program Progress Review (PPR) and Independent Evaluation (IE) to evaluate the program’s performance.

The objective of these combined missions was to assess the performance of the program on the basis of the OECD evaluation criteria of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact. In addition, harmonisation and alignment were assessed, and challenges and recommendations for the up-coming Phase II of the Yemeni-German Technical Cooperation – Water Sector Program were highlighted.

“The program is on track and performing well. It is very likely that the objectives will be achieved,” the missions stated after numerous interviews conducted with stakeholders from Sana’a, Amran, Hajja, the Tihama and Abyan. Water sector reform, decentralisation of urban water supply and sanitation - including targeting the poor through special tariffs and connection fees - and decentralisation of the National Water Resources Authority (NWRA) via regional NWRA branches and water basin committees are just some of the concrete outcomes of the program’s work.

However, challenges still remain with regard to knowledge transfer to the Ministry of Water and Environment. In addition, gender issues will need more attention in future.

The final consultation workshop on 20 August 2008 was headed by Eng. Abdul Rahman Fadhl Al-Eryani, the Minister of Water and Environment. The participants were very appreciative of GTZ’s policy of sharing and discussing the evaluation results publicly and openly.
As a next step the evaluation results will be fed into the process of designing Phase II of the Yemeni-German Technical Cooperation - Water Sector Program which is scheduled to start in July 2009.

August 2008

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