Evaluation

It evaluated activities in the areas of Digital for Development, research and inclusive and innovative finance, as well as several aspects of its cooperation with the private sector.

In accordance with the agreement between the State of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and SES Techcom, an external evaluation was carried out of the SATMED 2.0 telemedicine platform. The objective of this mid-term review and prospective evaluation was to analyse the development work done to the platform, to identify and evaluate possible reorientations of the current project, to review the programme’s structure in relation to Luxembourg’s bilateral cooperation priority areas of intervention, and to advise the MFA regarding its involvement in a possible continuation of the project.

The emergency.lu project was also evaluated, in accordance with the contract signed between the State of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the private partners SES Techcom, HITEC Luxembourg and Luxembourg Air Ambulance. This external mid-term evaluation covered both the obligations and activities covered by that contract and the implementation of the recommendations from the last external evaluation of the project, dating from April 2017.

The Luxembourg/West-Africa Lab for Higher Education Capacity Building in CyberSecurity and Emerging Topics in ICT4Dev (LuxWays) project was also the subject of a mid-term review, in accordance with the agreement between the State of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the University of Luxembourg
(Uni.lu). The purpose of this external evaluation was to identify the necessary steps to be taken with a view to expanding and scaling up the project.

The external mid-term review of the Inclusive Finance Network’s (InFiNe) 2021-2026 multiannual strategic plan was carried out on the basis of the agreement between the State of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and InFiNe. The review was forward-looking, to enable InFiNe to adjust the multiannual strategic plan, if necessary, in an informed manner, and to adopt a results-based approach to maximise the added value the network can bring to its members, with recommendations that take into account members’ needs and priorities. In response to a need for information on the financial statements of a Luxembourgish NGDO, the MFA carried out an external financial audit to verify the programme’s compliance in terms of expenditure and the internal control system.

The evaluations department also continued its work in the networks of which the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a member. It participated, for example, in the meetings of the OECD’s DAC Network on Development Evaluation (EVALNET), the COVID-19 Global Evaluation Coalition and the Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network (MOPAN). It also organised the meeting of the German-speaking Evaluation Network (DACH) in Luxembourg from 15 to 16 June 2023, and jointly organised, with the Société luxembourgeoise de l’Evaluation et de la prospective (SOLEP — Luxembourg company for evaluation and forecasting) and the French-speaking Evaluation Network, the International Francophone Evaluation Forum (FIFE) in the Chamber of Commerce from 4 to 6 July 2023.