End-Term Evaluation of the Georgian Farmers’ Association (GFA)

Sammanfattning

The Embassy of Sweden in Tbilisi provided financial assistance to the Georgian Farmers’ Association (GFA) to support the implementation of its 2020-2024 strategic plan. This evaluation assesses the relevance of the GFA’s strategy objectives and design, as well as its overall implementation, using qualitative and quantitative methods, including stakeholder interviews, focus group discussions, a survey of GFA members and a review of documentary sources. Findings show that the GFA strategy is adequate and flexibly adapted to respond to new priorities and challenges, such as supporting Georgia’s EU accession process. The GFA met the key performance indicators and contributed to the achievement of various outcomes set out in the strategy. Furthermore, its advocacy work contributed to legislative processes, although it requires stronger evidence-based analysis. The GFA performance is assessed as very positive based on all sources of evidence. On this basis, the evaluation proposes that the Embassy of Sweden keep supporting the GFA and provides recommendations to the GFA on potential areas for enhancement, to inform the formulation of its new strategic plan.

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