Evaluation of Environment Canada's Bilateral Cooperation Program under the Multilateral Fund of the Montreal Protocol
March 2007
Table of Contents
Report Clearance Steps
Acronyms used in the report
Acknowledgements
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.0
INTRODUCTION
1.1
Background
1.1.1
Purpose and Targets of the Montreal Protocol
1.1.2
Multilateral Fund under the Montreal Protocol
1.1.3
Government of Canada's Contribution to the Multilateral Fund
1.1.4
EC's Bilateral Program under the Montreal Protocol
1.2
Purpose of the Evaluation
1.3
Evaluation Issues
1.4
Scope
1.4.1
Sampling Strategy
1.5
Methodologies
1.5.1
File and Document Review
1.5.2
Interviews
2.0
FINDINGS
2.1
Effectiveness of EC's Bilateral Program
2.1.1
Achievement of Immediate Impacts
2.1.2
Achievement of Intermediate Impacts
2.1.3
Achievement of Ultimate Impacts
2.2
Efficiency of Program Design and Use of Resources
2.2.1
Efficiency of Program Design
2.2.2
Quality and Usefulness of Performance Information
2.2.3
Administrative Costs of the Bilateral Program
2.3
Relevance of EC's Bilateral Program
2.3.1
Coherence of EC's Program with MFMP Priorities and Interests of Article 5 Countries
2.3.2
Value added of EC's Bilateral Program to the Multilateral Fund
2.3.3
Coherence of the Bilateral Program with EC's Current Policy Environment
2.3.4
Value added of EC's Bilateral Program to the Department
2.3.5
Options within the Bilateral Mechanism
2.4
Lessons Learned
3.0
CONCLUSIONS
4.0
RECOMMENDATIONS
5.0
MANAGEMENT RESPONSE
Annex 1
Article 5 Parties
Annex 2
Evaluation Framework
Annex 3
Key Documents Reviewed