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See also:
- Earthquake and Tsunami Emergency Support Project:
   Information Support for Management of Aceh’s Forest Resources
- Insurance and Risk Management Education in Indonesia’s
   Non-banking Financial Sector
- Indonesia Trade Assistance Project (ITAP)
- Mapping and Analysis of Good Practices and Local Capacities
- Feasibility Assessment to Support Technical Education in Aceh Province,
   USAID CHEVRON Alliance for Technical Education
- Consulting Services in Training of Road and Bridge Works,
   Road Rehabilitation Project
- Alliance for Indonesia Insurance Education
- Degree Training for Universitas Syiah Kuala (USK), Aceh
- Support to Indonesia's Insurance Sector
- Evaluation of Partnerships for Economic Growth Program
- University of Sriwijaya Development: Implementation
- University of Sriwijaya Development: Design
- Port Authority Training


Evaluation of the Managing Basic Education Program
Funding source: USAID

SECID recently conducted an evaluation of the $3 million Managing
Basic Education: Developing Local Government Capacity (MBE) program.

The objective of this evaluation is two-fold:

• To examine and report on the overall impact of the MBE project as
  it draws to a close, including detailed information on the results and
  impact achieved by MBE, strengths and weaknesses of the project
  and its implementation mechanisms, and lessons learned.
• To explore and examine strategies and approaches for continuing
  to support successful elements of the MBE project after its completion
  by linking with the Government of Indonesia (GOI), other democracy
  and governance related projects, and potentially, other implementers.

This evaluation will determine the extent the MBE contractor accomplished the
contract’s tasks, including an analysis of the implementation and achievement
of the work plan goals, and a general constructive discussion and critique of the
strengths and weaknesses of MBE’s technical approach. The evaluation will report
on how teachers, school administrators, district authorities, and community
members perceive the MBE interventions and what they think the major
contributions of MBE have been, including what has been most meaningful
and useful, and what has been perceived as ineffective or not useful.

The evaluation will also consider the extent to which the activities conducted
enabled the accomplishment of the targeted Strategic Objective: Improving the
Quality of Decentralized Basic Education and the two targeted intermediate results:
Decentralized Management and Governance of Schools and Improved Quality of
Teaching and Learning.

Key to the evaluation will be the critical recommendations on how to focus and
consolidate the best practices of MBE and leverage and scale up successful
results creatively in the absence of any additional funding.