SUMMARY AND EVALUATION REPORT; PROGRAM YEAR IV; JULY 1, 1975-JUNE 30, 1976; CONTRACT AID/LA-707 (REGIONAL)

LIKEWISE, THE PERCENTAGE OF GRANTEES RECEIVING TRAINING IN THEIR OWN OR THIRD COUNTRIES INCREASED FURTHER IN FULFILLMENT OF ONE OF THE CONTRACT'S MANDATES. GRANTEES WERE RECRUITED IN 25 LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES AND CARIBBEAN ISLANDS AND WERE TRAINED IN THE USA, PUERTO RICO, AND 15 LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES AND THE CARIBBEAN. GRANTEES WERE ENROLLED IN A TOTAL OF 96 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS (COURSES, SEMINARS, SERIES OF COURSES, INDIVIDUAL OBSERVATION-TRAINING, ETC.) LONG-TERM PROGRAMS IN THE U.S. AND PUERTO RICO WERE PHASED OUT DURING THE PROGRAM YEAR. NO GRANTEE HAS BEEN ENROLLED IN REGULAR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS BUT ONLY IN SPECIAL NON-DEGREE PROGRAMS OF UP TO FIVE MONTHS DURATION. THE PROFESSIONAL PROJECT STAFF VISITED ALL MAJOR COUNTRIES REACHED BY THIS PROJECT, PRIMARILY TO WORK WITH HOST COUNTRY INSTITUTIONS, AGENCIES AND GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT IN-COUNTRY TRAINING PROJECTS. DURING PROGRAM YEAR IV DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES HAS MORE FULLY INTEGRATED TRAINING ACTIVITIES WITH THE COUNTRY PLANS OF EACH USAID MSSION. NINETY PERCENT OF ALL TRAINEES JUDGED PERFORMANCE, QUALITY APPLICABILITY, ETC., OF TRAINING AS EXCELLENT OR GOOD. BASED ON 51 RESPONSES FROM A QUESTIONNAIRE MAILED TO 240 EX-GRANTEES WHO HAD RECEIVED TRAINING IN THE USA AND PUERTO RICO, THE EVALUATORS FOUND THAT EX-GRANTEES NOW HAVE MORE RESPONSIBILITIES IN FAMILY PLANNING ACTIVITIES, HAVE HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO TEACH OR PASS ON TO OTHERS WHAT THEY HAD LEARNED, ARE PROVIDING CONTRACEPTIVE COUNSELLING NOW, AND BELIEVE THEIR WORK AS FAMILY PLANNERS IS MORE EFFECTIVE NOW.