USAID/OTI Community-Focused Reintegration Programs in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi

摘要

OTI country programs evaluated here are two of three Community-focused Reintegration (CFR) programs launched by OTI in early 2004 in Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Liberia. All three are based upon an earlier approach used in Sierra Leone. As OTI prepared to hand over program activities in Burundi and DRC to other USAID entities or donors, it sought to explore the following questions through an independent evaluation: (1) Did OTI contribute to the advancement of transition processes in Burundi and DRC. If so, how and in what ways could it have improved this. (2) Were the programs strategic in responding to shifts in the transition processes. (3) Did the programs meet their stated goals and objectives. Beyond the evaluation of two country experiences, this evaluation also seeks to shed light on the appropriateness of CFR in OTI programming. The two-person evaluation team of Philip Boyle and Edward Rackley carried out preliminary interviews concerning the DRC and Burundi programs directly or by telephone in Washington, D.C. from October 31 through November 4, 2005. In the field, the team was in DRC from November 6 through November 18 and in Burundi from November 19 to December 1. In both countries, team visits began with briefings and interviews in the capital city, then moved to project sites in the interior. Visits were made to activities or accomplishments of all program components.