Mid-Term Review of Niger Delta Support Programme Component 3 (2016)

The Overall Objective of this Mid‐Term Evaluation (MTE) is to provide decision-makers in the Ministry of Budget and National Planning (MBNP) and the five participating State Ministries of Water Resources or equivalents in the Water Supply and Sanitation Component (Component 3) of the Niger Delta Support Programme (NDSP) and the Delegation of the European Union with sufficient information to make an informed judgement about the performance of the NDSP (Component 3) (for both the UNICEF‐Rural and TAT‐Urban/Small Towns components), as it concerns relevance, efficiency and effectiveness and eventual sustainability. In addition, the assignment is to comment on any required changes to Programme design and scope (e.g. the objectives, expected results, financing, implementing and management arrangements, duration, etc) for an enhanced and successful implementation for the remaining period of the Programme.

The Specific Objective is to deliver an assessment and recommendations/conclusions on: 

• Extent to which the NDSP (Component 3) remains consistent with, and supportive of, the policy and programme framework within which it is placed; 
• Stakeholders’ participation in the implementation of the programme, and local ownership;
• Programme performance concerning efficiency and effectiveness . Also to compare progress made so far with what was planned, and to assess the possible impact of the programme to date; 
• Project management and coordination arrangements