Mid-Term Evaluation of Strengthening Reconciliation Process in Sri Lanka (2020)

The main objective of this evaluation is to provide the relevant services of the European Union, the German Foreign Office and the interested stakeholders with:

• An overall independent assessment of the past performance of the SRP project, paying particular attention to its intermediate results measured against its expected objectives and the reasons underpinning such results; and
• Key lessons learned, conclusions and related recommendations in order to improve current and future actions.

The mid-term evaluation will serve to understand the performance of the action, its enabling factors and those hampering a proper delivery of results in order to adjust its design. Given that the programme is due to end in about two years, the team assumes that the EU may also take account of the mid-term evaluation in any future decision whether or not to implement a second phase – and if so under which modalities. The scope of the mid-term evaluation is the entire project period, since its inception. The evaluation is based on the five standard evaluation criteria defined by the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD-DAC), to which are added the EU-specific criteria of EU added value and coherence/complementarity. The mid-term evaluation is also requested to consider cross-cutting issues including gender equality, environment and climate change, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the principle of Leave No-One Behind and the rights-based approach.

The overall objective of the project, according to its logical framework (logframe) is that “Sri Lanka’s reconciliation process is advanced”. This objective is elaborated into a specific objective, as follows: “Government, non-governmental and grassroots organizations take joint action and responsibility in addressing key elements of the reconciliation process through an effective and coordinated mechanism.”