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LESSON

Lesson Learned: Involving women and youth CSOs in strengthening democratic debate and public news media around elections in Afghanistan

The project might have had more significant results than were visible to the evaluation team, but it is not possible to know as monitoring results beyond outputs were not tracked. Grantees should also ensure projects have a monitoring and evaluation system in place that uses appropriate indicators, tracks project performance and collects baseline and impact information so that the outcomes of project activities can be captured as well as their outputs. This information not only helps track project performance but can help better target content for public service announcements, reporting, round tables and workshops.
Project Partner
Development Humanitarian Services Afghanistan / The Killid Group
Project Description
Involving women and youth CSOs in strengthening democratic debate and public news media around elections in Afghanistan sought to strengthen the voice of civil society and foster sustainable democratic practices within Afghanistan by generating a deeper public debate among women and youth groups around the 2014 presidential electoral process. The project lost relevance however in implementation. Only a few activities were done in the pre-electoral period and only a portion of the intended CSO-journalist elements were done. In addition, the predominate use of Pashto in the round tables and reporting, narrowed its relevance to the two-thirds of the country that use Dari.
Evaluation Date
March 2015
Theme
Country