History of the Kastom Gaden Association...

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The Kastom Garden Programme
EVALUATION

Monitoring visits by Australian staff in 1997 and 1998 provided the opportunity for Solomon Island staff to get together and take a look at their work.

The aim of the monitoring visits was to develop a picture of the program for APACE management, however the information was also useful to program staff in the Solomon Islands. It was intended that monitoring should be as useful to the country office as it was to the Australian organisation.

Six criteria were used to evaluate the program:

relevance
effectiveness
efficiency
progress
impact
sustainability.

These were derived from criteria used by Oxfam. In addition to these, the program was monitored against its objectives.

The 1998 monitoring visit of October and November disclosed a program making headway despite limitations imposed by too few financial, material and staff resources.

Evaluation
Assessing the programme	The 1998 monitoring visit of October and November disclosed a program making headway despite limitations imposed by too few financial, material and staff resources.
What's worked?	If project managers really want to implement a philosophy of continual improvement, then the identification of what has worked is as important as finding out what has not worked. The small size of the Kastom Garden Programme and the closeness with which the staff work has made the identification of such facts an informal process.
What hasn't worked?	In drawing learnings from the experience of a development programme, analysis of what did not work can be revealing.
Strength/weaknessess/ opportunities/threats	As part of the monitoring report, a SWOT (Strengths/ Weaknesses/ Opportunities/ Threats) matrix was prepared to provide a quick summary on influences on the Kastom Garden Program at the time.

The Kastom Garden Programme EVALUATION

The Kastom Garden Programme
EVALUATION