Evaluation of upazila initiative project, May 1989

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is implementing the project through its Family Planning Management Training (FPMT) office in Indonesia. Evaluation covered the period 1987-5/89. Key conclusions are as follows. (1) Many of the participant-developed action plans were not realistic and could not be readily implemented and supported at the upazila level. (2) TA and monitoring of action plan development and implementation have been inadequate. (3) Mechanisms have not been developed to coordinate with the substantial number of family planning NGO"s working in the upazilas. (4) The criteria for selection of study tour participants was frequently not followed; as a result, some participants were new to their upazilas and had little working knowledge of the area they represented. All of these issues are being addressed by the Mission. See also abstract of PD-ABA-190. (Author abstract, modified)