Evaluation of IICA operating strategy and action in the OECS-1998, July 1990

This document presents the results of an evaluation of the organization and performance of the IICA offices in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) for the period January 1987-July 1990. The main purpose of the evaluation is to improve the performance of the Offices in the OECS countries based on the results of the evaluation of the country level. Table of contents: 1) Introduction with the evaluation of IICA Office in the OECS and their activities; terms of reference; evaluation strategy and programme; and the OECS sub-region; 2) IICA's strategy for the OECS countries with the operational and programming strategy; 3) IICA's technical assistance programme in the OECS; 4) analysis and results. Finally, conclusions, recommendations and annexes. Conclusions: a) The IICA Office in the OECS enjoys the respect and confidence of its counterparts and has earned a positive image in the sub-region, b) some Ministries there is the perception that IICA's local professionals are insufficiently knowledgeable of the broad context of IICA activities and are in need of technical upgrading, c) The creation of IICA desks in two of the countries (Antigua and Barbuda and St. Vincent and Grenadines) have proven to be ineffective, thus a waste of resources, d) The one gap in the technical cooperation programme in the addressing the identified needs in the OECS programme for agriculture diversification is the lack of projects which provide support in the areas of agroindustry and international trade in agriculture, and e) The lack of regional quarantine and plant propagation facilities to support the Crop Diversification Programme

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Main Authors: 77066 Herderson, T., 111416 Roberts-Pichette, P., IICA, San José (Costa Rica) 14
Format: Texto biblioteca
Language:eng
Published: San José (Costa Rica) 1990
Subjects:EVALUACION DE PROYECTOS, PROGRAMAS (IICA), ASISTENCIA TECNICA, OECS, CARIBE, AGRICULTURA,
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