SAVE THE CHILDREN FEDERATION/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

EVALUATION IS A SUMMARY OF AN ISSUES MEETING AND IS PREFACED BY A PES FACESHEET. THREE ISSUES WERE RAISED AT THE MEETING: (1) HOW DOES SCF DETERMINE PROGRAM PRIORITIES AND HOW ARE PRIORITY AREAS INTERRELATED? (2) WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA FOR CHARGING MG FUNDS TO A PROGRAM THATHAS AN OPERATIONAL PROGRAM GRANT (OPG)? AND (3) HOW EXACTLY WAS THE MATCH MADE IN 1979? IN REPLY TO QUESTION 1, SCF REPRESENTATIVES SAID THAT PRIORITIES FOR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT WERE BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY WOULD BE WORKING. THE COMMUNITY-BASED INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT (CBIRD) MODEL IS BASED ON THE FULL INVOLVEMENT OF THE TARGET GROUP IN THE PROGRAM FROM INITIAL CONCEPTUALIZATION TO EVALUATION. SCF"S FIELD COORDINATORS ARE THIRD WORLD PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO WORK UNDER THE CBIRD MODEL AND ALL SCF EFFORTS ARE DIRECTED TOWARDS ITS SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION. THIS APPROACH REQUIRES SEVERAL YEARS IN PROGRAMS THAT UNDERGO VARIATIONS (EACH OF WHICH CAN BE EVALUATED SEPARATELY). QUESTIONS 2 AND 3 WILL BE ANSWERED BY SCF IN THE PENDING ISSUES. SCF"S RESPONSE SHOULD INCLUDE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT ALL SOURCE OF INCOME (MG, OPG, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, ETC),, INDICATING HOW THESE SOURCES WERE APPLIED TO TOTAL PROGRAM ACTIVITIES BY COUNTRY; AND SCF"S DEFINITION AND RATIONALE FOR APPLYING MG FUNDS IN A COUNTRY THAT HAS A GRANT SIMULTANEOUSLY. SCF SHOULD PRESENT THIS INFORMATION IN THE CONTEXT OF OVERALL SCF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. OFFICE OF PRIVATE AND VOLUNTARY COOPERATION (PDC/PVC) WILL ASSIST SCF BY PREPARING A FINANCIAL REPORTING MODEL. APPENDED IS A LIST OF SUPPLEMENTAL QUERIES WHICH WERE PARTIALLY ANSWERED THROUGH THE ISSUES QUESTIONS AND THE ANSWERS TO THE REST OF WHICH ARE GENERALLY SELF-EVIDENT IN LIGHT OF THE MG"S FIRST FINAL REPORT.