Lesson-101343-4

Though useful, the development of the comprehensive monitoring and evaluation plan appears to be a very lengthy process and causes delays in projects’ implementation. Past interim evaluation reports from Ghana's MOCA (Mobilizing Community Action and Promoting Opportunities for Youth in Ghana’s Cocoa-Growing Communities) project and Madagascar's SAVABE (Supporting Sustainable and Child Labor Free Vanilla-Growing Communities in Sava) project reflected similar delay concerns about the comprehensive monitoring and evaluation plan that has been experienced by the Adwuma Pa project. It must however be echoed that the two earlier interim reports were the only ones reviewed and happen to contain complaints on delays occasioned by the development of the CMEP. In general, though the issue of the comprehensive monitoring and evaluation plan causing some delays is flagged in this evaluation, a further assessment may be required with a larger number of sampled cases before taking a final decision on the same.