By design, the Project targeted six (6) member States of both the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), and one member State of UN ESCAP: Afghanistan1, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Turkmenistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan. [...] Overall, the evaluation covered the full duration of the Project and resulted in the following key findings and conclusions: ➢ The Project's participatory design and implementation modalities, including the sessions and the composition of the SPECA WG on the ITSD and expert groups, allowed for its complete alignment with the national and global development agendas. [...] Noteworthily, the most significant results/outcomes of the Project were the development and adoption of the Action Plan for the SPECA Innovation Strategy, the development of the SPECA Network of Business Incubators and Accelerators for Sustainable Development, and the Project’s contribution to the development of the Kazakhstan Association of the Universities Business Incubators and Accelerators (K. [...] At its inception, the Project was intended to target six member states of the UNECE and one member state of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP): Afghanistan, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Turkmenistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan. [...] ➢ Endorsing the implementation of the Action Plan of the SPECA Innovation Strategy for Sustainable Development and getting the SPECA participating States to comment on and contribute to the activities of the UNECE and the UN ESCAP in support of the Innovation Strategy and the Action Plan.
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Table of Contents
- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations 5
- Tables and Figures 6
- Executive summary 7
- 1. Introduction 11
- 2. Description of the Project 11
- 2.1 Background 11
- 2.2 Project objectives and expected results 11
- 2.3 Project strategies and key activities 11
- 2.4 Target countries and beneficiaries 14
- 2.5 Key partners and other key stakeholders 14
- 2.6 Resources 15
- 2.7 Link to the Sustainable Development Goals SDGs 15
- 2.8.1 Innovative elements 15
- 3. Evaluation objectives scope and questions 15
- 3.1 Purpose and objectives 15
- 3.2.1 Evaluation scope criteria and questions 16
- 4. Methodology 17
- 4.1 Evaluation Limitations 19
- 5. Findings 19
- 5.1 Relevance 19
- Contribution 30
- 5.2 Effectiveness 34
- 5.3 Efficiency 48
- 5.4 Sustainability 52
- 6. Conclusions and Recommendations 55
- 7. Lessons learned and good practices 57
- Annexes 58
- Annex 1 Evaluation ToR 59
- Annex 2 Evaluation Matrix 64
- Annex 3 Data Gathering Tools 66
- Annex 4 List of Stakeholders Interviewed 78
- Annex 5 List of Documents Reviewed 79
- Annex 6 Management Response and Recommendation Action Plan 82
- Management Response to the Terminal Evaluation of the Development Account 13th Tranche Project 82
- Project title and ID UNDA Project 2023N Strengthening Innovation Policies for SPECA Countries in Support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 82
- Entity name UNECE 82
- Name Title Signature Date 84
