EVALUATION OF PROGRAMMATIC APPROACHES TO SUPPORT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT IN AFRICA 1996-2009

Danida has provided support within the field of the environment in Africa since the early eighties.
From 1996 when the Danida guidelines on Sector Programme Support were issued, Danida has increasingly attempted to move from supporting individual projects to a programmatic approach to support in the field of environment in line with global guidance on aid effectiveness. Danida has also during the evaluation period supported environment as a cross-cutting issue.

The main purpose of this Evaluation is to analyse achievements and challenges from the use of programmatic approaches in the field of the environment in Denmark’s partner countries in Africa during the period 1996-2009, and promote lesson learning for future strategies on and implementation of environmental support.

The Evaluation is based on an extensive document review and interviews with key informants in Copenhagen and in three case countries: Egypt, Zambia and Tanzania. Secondary evidence from environmental interventions in Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa has also been included.