Mid-term Evaluation of the Support programme for improving the competitivity and trading capacity of SMEs and co-operatives

Detailed description of project Back

The specific objective of the support programme is to improve the competitiveness of MSME’s and cooperatives to meet market requirements.

Expected results include:

• Improved capacity of national quality and MSF institutions for greater compliance with formal market requirements by MSMEs and cooperatives;
• Enhanced capacity of MINECO to support the competitiveness of MSMEs and cooperatives to access formal markets and link to value chains;
• Improved public-private dialogue at the territorial level to support the competitiveness of MSMEs and cooperatives in the prioritized departments; and
• Competitiveness and enhanced commercial capacity of MSMEs and cooperatives supported to access formal markets and link to value chains.

The objective of the mission is to undertake a mid-term evaluation of the programme.

Type of services provided

Evaluation using the standard five DAC evaluation criteria namely: relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability and impact.

In addition, two specific EU evaluation criteria will be analysed in the evaluation:

• The added value of the EU (the additional advantages of the Action compared to an intervention only from the MS); and
• Internal coherence of the Action and coherence with the European Union’s cooperation strategy in Guatemala and with other EU policies and actions of the MS.

Main staff provided:

• Team leader (38 w/d);
• Sector specialists (102 w/d).