Mid-Term evaluation of the “Up-scaling Energising Development (EnDev) Ethiopia – Access to energy through off-grid renewable energy solutions”. FED/2017/382-191 (2021)

The assignment objective was to conduct the Mid Term Evaluation (MTE) of the “Up-scaling  Energising Development (EnDev) Ethiopia – Access to energy through off-grid renewable energy solutions” (the Project). The financing agreement was signed by the EU and the Federal Republic of Ethiopia (Ethiopia) in February 2016 (CRIS number: ET/FED/38370 financed under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF)) with an EU budget of €9 million.

This mid-term evaluation provides an independent assessment of the use of resources along with the results (outputs, outcomes, and impacts) delivered by the constituent project components.

This evaluation is based on the six standard evaluation criteria introduced by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). This is supplemented by a further specific EU evaluation criterion.

COVID-related movement restrictions had confined Implementing Agency personnel to workfrom- home arrangements overlapping with the duration of the evaluation, and as a consequence, interactions with the respective province in-charge personnel and others concerned were only able to be undertaken online.