An assessment of ACIAR-funded IARC special and restricted grants project

ISBN: 1 86320 235 8

Publication number: IAP-WP31

Publication date: 1999

Summary

This report was commissioned as part of ACIAR's response to an audit review of its Multi-lateral Sub-program which recommended that it implement evaluations of completed Special Purpose and Restricted Grant projects funded by the International Agricultural Research Centre (IARC) program. sing documentation presented on 26 projects, an assess-ment was made of: (1) the extent to which project outputs and outcomes met project objectives; and (2) the extent to which documents addressed the general purpose for which the grants are currently made. The documents from which the assessments were made were project proposals submitted to ACIAR before funding approval, and progress and termination reports provided by project leaders.