- Evaluation of a project by CARE France in Cuba.
CARE France asked Groupe URD to conduct the final evaluation of a project which aimed to ‘improve the standard of living in 6 rural communities in the town of Corralillo based on sustainable development’. The 5-year project was co-financed by the European Commission and run jointly by CARE and the Asociación Cubana de Producción Animal (ACPA). It concerned an area affected by hurricanes, and involved:
- The rehabilitation of collective buildings (state shops, community hall, water network) and individual housing,
- Improving revenue through increased production on family farms with poultry, rabbits, sheep and goats,
- Increasing female employment,
- The creation of community organisations to consolidate the improvements brought by the project,
- The generation of community funds from agricultural production.
The overall objective of the evaluation was:
- To evaluate the implementation and development of the project strategy, methodology and results and the key factors involved.
The specific objectives were to evaluate:
- the relevance/appropriateness of the project in relation to the context and the needs of the population;
- the effectiveness of the project and the degree to which it achieved its objectives;
- the efficiency of the project – that there is a balance between project inputs and outputs;
- the technical, economic, social and organisational impact of the project;
- the participation of beneficiaries and their degree of satisfaction;
- the viability of the results obtained;
- the appropriateness of technical and productive strategy and choices;
- the participation of the different local actors and the degree to which they fulfilled their obligations;
- the inclusion of gender considerations.

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