A final evaluation of the following project was conducted:
The Human Resources Development Programme Phase I (HRDP1), FED/2009/021643. It was a Programme of the Government of Papua New Guinea funded by the European Union under the 10th EDF. The Financing Agreement for this programme was signed on 14th October 2011.
The overall objective of the programme is to promote the development of PNG’s human resource development in the education sector with the purpose (specific objective) being twofold.
the Universal Basic Education Plan (UBE) supported and
the sector-wide approach in education strengthened as expressed in the Education Sector Improvement Plan (ESIP).
The evaluation assessed the Action using the following criteria, namely: relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact. In addition, the evaluation assessed two EU specific evaluation criteria:
? the EU added value (the extent to which the Action brings additional benefits to what would have resulted from Member States' interventions only);
? the coherence of the Action itself, with the EU strategy in the Education Sector in Papua New Guinea and with other EU policies and Member State Actions.