EVALUATION REPORT OF TECHNOSERVE INC. SUBMITTED TO USAID/EL SALVADOR MISSION

Evaluation, prepared by Technoserve, Inc., covers the period 4/1/79-12/31/79. No methodology was specified. Technoserve provided advisory services to 12 enterprises. Five received technical and administrative assistance to initiate their programs, and one feed cooperative, COPIGAC, was able to assume complete management control of its activities. Five other enterprises received assistance during their project proposal stages. In addition, one cooperative received assistance during its study stage, while assistance to another cooperative, Corrales, S.A., was terminated due to its lack of financial commitment and disorganized membership. In addition, Technoserve has conducted preliminary investigations on 13 other cooperative proposals. Unfortunately, several promising groups and project ideas have been deferred because of Technoserve"s heavy workload and limited financial resources. Specific activities have included assisting three cattle fattening feed lot projects and two feed concentrate plants. Also, two cooperatives, ACADES (a wholesale grocery cooperative) and ACOPECC (a shirt making enterprise), reached a stage where they can manage their own activities and Technoserve assistance was therefore terminated. In regards to institutional relations, the Technoserve Promotion Committee has drafted legal by-laws for a National Public Benefit Corporation (PBC), which will assume Technoserve"s role once the contractor departs. The Ministry of Planning has agreed in principle to this plan. Due to the changing political environment, further progress in this area has been delayed. Administrative changes in Technoserve have included the appointment of an Salvadorean project director and two staff advisors. Projects assisted by Technoserve have increased the incomes, employment, investment, and productivity of the sponsored groups beyond initial expectations.