Empowering municipalities through local economic development (EMLED) & Municipal capacity building and service delivery program (TAMKIN) : program evaluation

The purpose of this evaluation is to assess the performance of the Empowering Municipalities through Local Economic Development (EMLED) program implemented by Relief International (RI), and the Municipal Capacity Building and Service Delivery (TAMKIN) program implemented by the Cooperative Housing Foundation (CHF) with respect to the achievement of their Cooperative Agreement objectives, outcomes and outputs. Specifically, the evaluation focused on assessing the degree to which: (a) Target municipalities capacities were built and strengthened to lead local economic development initiatives; (b) These programs have created space for dialogue on local economic development issues between citizens and their municipality officials and promoted citizens, private sector and municipalities cooperation and collaborations; and (c) Public-private partnerships (PPPs) were promoted and fostered with the objective of creating sustainable market-driven jobs and income opportunities.