PROJECT EVALUATION SUMMARY : RESOURCES SUPPORT SERVICES AGREEMENT - HEW/US OFFICE OF EDUCATION

LONGSTANDING RSSA PROVIDES USOE SUPPORT FOR AID PROGRAMS THROUGH SHORT-TERM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE,LIASON WITH PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS,HANDLING OF FIELD INQUIRIES,DISTRIBUTION OF PACKETS OF PROFESSIONAL MATERIALS TO USAID OFFICES & LDC OFFICIALS,ASSISTANCE WITH SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS,AND PREPARATION OF AN ANNUAL SURVEY OF AID OVERSEAS EDUCATION PROJECTS. PES BASED ON REVIEW OF DOCUMENTATION AND 3/31/78 USOE/AID JOINT REVIEW SESSION AT WHICH REGIONAL BUREAU EDUCATION OFFICES WERE REPRESENTED. EVALUATION IDENTIFIES NO MAJOR ISSUES OR PROBLEMS THAT INTERFERE WITH ACHIEVEMENT OF PROJECT PURPOSES, BUT DOES RECOMMEND MODIFICATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLAN(THIS IS REFLECTED IN SUBSEQUENT 6/22/78 PIO/T): ANNUAL WORK PLAN IS TO BE REVISED AND SCOPE EXPLAINED TO GIVE AID MISSIONS AND REGIONAL BUREAUS ACCESS TO USOE PROFESSIONALS AND TECHNICIANS FOR SHORT-TERM TDY AS NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE. USOE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR LESS THAN 30 DAYS WITHOUT ADDING RSSA PERSONNEL. FORCED REDUCTIONS IN MANPOWER AND FUNDS HAD REDUCED THE LEVEL OF PREVIOUS USOE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. PES ALSO RECOMMENDS: SOLICITATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS PACKET CONTENTS FROM WIDER GROUP OF SOURCES(FIRST SOLICITATION MADE 6/19/78); A REGULARIZED PROCEDURE TO REVIEW PACKET CONTENTS PRIOR TO DISTRIBUTION; AND EXPANSION OF THE LIST OF PACKET RECIPIENTS. USOE IS IN A UNIQUE POSITION TO ASSIST IN PROCURING PROFESSIONALS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND ASSISTANCE WITH SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS. IN THIS REVIEW PERIOD, USOE SERVICES WERE UTILIZED FOR SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS IN TURKEY, YUGOSLAVIA, TANZANIA, AND FRANCE. EVALUATORS RECOMMEND THAT SCHEDULED APRIL 1979 EVALUATION OF PROJECT BE PERFORMED BY AN EVALUATION TEAM.