TECHNOSERVE, INC.

EVALUATION, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD 2/1/79-1/31/80, IS THE RESULT OF A TNS/AID REVIEW. TNS PROJECTS SERVE SOCIAL OR POLITICAL PURPOSES, ADDRESS ALL SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY, AND REMAIN WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE COUNTRY"S DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. PROJECT SELECTION IS BASED ON ECONOMIC VIABILITY AND SOCIAL BENEFIT. PROJECTS ARE DESIGNED TO ENLIST THE SERVICES OF INDIGENOUS PVO"S TO HELP ENSURE PROJECT APPROPRIATENESS AND TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY. TNS EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY IN MATCHING AID FUNDS DURING THE PROJECT"S FIRST YEAR AND WILL TRY TO MAKE UP THE DEFICIT DURING THE COMING YEAR. IN THE PAST, CHURCHES HAVE BEEN A SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR TNS, BUT THEY ARE NOW RELUCTANT TO DONATE TO A GROUP RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FROM AID. TNS WILL APPROACH MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATIONS FOR FUTURE FINANCING. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT AID REVIEW TNS FINANCIAL RECORDS TO SEE IF THIS IS DONE AND TAKE REMEDIAL ACTION IF NECESSARY. TNS EXPERIENCED DELAYS IN RECEIVING OPG FUNDS WHICH RESULTED IN OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS. TIMELY DELIVERY OF SECOND-YEAR FUNDS IS ANTICIPATED. TNS IS CURRENTLY EVALUATING PROJECTS BY MEANS OF CASE STUDIES AND HAS HIRED AN EVALUATION OFFICER TO FORMULATE AN EVALUATION PLAN WHICH WILL BE REVIEWED BY AID. AS A LESSON LEARNED, EVALUATORS CITE THE UNDUE PRESSURE TNS HAS LEFT TO PROVIDE QUICK SOLUTIONS TO DIFFICULT, LONG-TERM PROBLEMS, A DEMAND TNS CANNOT FULFILL. IN ADDITION, TNS FEELS THAT IT MUST BECOME MORE SOPHISTICATED IN TERMS OF PLANNING AND EVALUATION IF IT IS TO BE OF REAL BENEFIT TO THE POOR. OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THAT LOGFRAME GOALS BE CHANGED TO EXPRESS AN ORIENTATION TOWARD PROJECT RATHER THAN INSTITUTIONAL GOALS; AND THAT TNS PROVIDE A BUDGET TABLE RELATING THE OPG TO ITS ENTIRE PROGRAM.