In 2001, DCG carried out an assessment on the participation of civil society in the implementation processes of the UNCCD/NAP in Ethiopia. One of the conclusions arrived at was that a successful implementation process presupposes strengthened capacity of stakeholders at different levels. Consequently, since 2002, DCG conducted five workshops devoted to the Training of Trainers on UNCCD/NAP subject matter involving some 84 trainees coming from a number of NGOs, GOs and CBOs in order to build their capacity and produce a better trained staff.
DCG Ethiopia took it on itself to undertake an assessment of these trainings to identify and streamline whatever limitations they may have had. The assessment was envisaged to assess the effectiveness of the training; reveal the level of application of the training acquired; display the effect of the trainings with regard to the implementation of UNCCD/NAP, and; expedite the identification of limiting variables that influence the adequate implementation of the trainings and draw lessons for improvement in the future.
The main objectives of the assessment included: the investigation of how different organizations managed to apply the training; discernment of the extent the training helped build capacity, and; drawing of lessons that may improve similar trainings in the future.
This report also includes proceedings from a workshop that was conducted to share the results of this evaluation.