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ANNEX A Technical Reports Caritas Kindu
Civil Society Strengthening Report Caritas De veloppement Kindu
Final report MFS II evaluation
Bart Weijs, Patrick Milabyo and Carolien Jacobs, Wageningen University
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Contents List of Acronyms ...................................................................................................................................... 3
1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 3
2. Context ............................................................................................................................................ 4
3. Description of Southern Partner Organisation ............................................................................... 5
4. Project description: civil society/policy advocacy elements........................................................... 7
5. Data collection and analytical approach ......................................................................................... 9
6. Results ............................................................................................................................................. 9
7. Discussion ...................................................................................................................................... 12
8. Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................... 12
List of documents collected .................................................................................................................. 14
List of Informants .................................................................................................................................. 15
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List of Acronyms CDJP - Commission Diocésaine de Justice et Paix
CENI - Commission Electorale Nationale Indépendante
CFA – Co-Financing Agency (the Dutch donor organisation)
CLGP - comité locale de gouvernance participative
CSO – Civil Society Organisation
CSI – Civil Society Index
DRC – Democratic Republic of the Congo
ETD - entités territoriales décentralisées, decentralised territorial entities
FSC - Fonds pour la Société Civile
IFES - International Foundation for Electoral Systems
MDG – Millenium Development Goal
MFS II – Mede-Financierings-Stelsel (the Dutch grant system)
MONUSCO - Mission des Nations Unies pour la Stabilisation du Congo
NGO – Non-Governmental Organisation
RFN – Rainforest Foundation Norway
RRN - Réseau Ressources Naturelles
SPO – Southern Partner Organisation
1. Introduction This report is part of a larger evaluation of the Netherlands development programme MFS II. MFS II is
the 2011-2015 grant framework of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Dutch NGOs, which is
directed at achieving a sustainable reduction in poverty. A total of 20 consortia of Dutch NGOs have
been awarded €1.9 billion in MFS II grants. MFS II-funded organisations support a wide range of
development activities of a large number of southern partner organisations in over 70 countries. This
report is part of the country study carried out in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The overall report
consists of three parts, based on three categories of priority result areas: achievement of MDGs &
themes, capacity development of Southern Partner Organisations (SPOs), and civil society
strengthening. This report focuses on the civil society strengthening component.
As part of the civil society strengthening component of the evaluation, we looked at ways in which
development projects have strengthened civil society. The evaluation aims to analyse changes that
have taken place in civil society during the evaluation period and the extent to which development
interventions with Dutch MFS II financing have contributed to these changes. The evaluation consists
of a baseline and endline study and focuses on a broad sample of 19 partnerships. We conducted
observations, workshops, field visits and interviews, during three visits in 2012, 2013 (smaller
subsample) and 2014. At the beginning of 2015, we organised a feedback workshop in DRC for all
organisations in the capacity development and civil society strengthening parts of the evaluation,
where we discussed the general findings and received comments on the draft version of this report.1
Core elements of our evaluation approach are the Theory of Change and the Civicus Civil Society
1 The draft version of this report was commented upon by Albert Ngoyi and Abbé Gaspard Lukongo (Caritas Développement Kindu). We thank them for their comments and additions.
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Index2, which distinguishes five dimensions to civil society: Civic engagement, Level of organisation,
Practice of values, Perception of impact, and the Environment.
In this report we look specifically at the contribution of Caritas Développement Kindu to civil society
strengthening. Caritas Développement Kindu is a partner of Cordaid and the Communities of Change
(CoC) Alliance. Caritas Développement Kindu is a church-based organisation which aims to fight
poverty and to promote the welfare of the population of the Kindu Diocese. For this evaluation we
focus on the project with Cordaid/CoC: a one-year, EUR 52,491 project to support and involve the
population of Kailo Territory (Maniema) in participatory governance. This project had no dedicated
civil society strengthening component, but contained elements that can be considered civil society
strengthening.
Our analysis reveals that at the level of Kailo Territory, the activities by Caritas Développement Kindu
have contributed to increased awareness of human rights and accountability mechanisms among the
target population. Surprisingly, local authorities and Caritas Développement Kindu staff indicate that
tax revenues have increased. At the same time, two years after the project ended, the effect seems
to be wearing off, with diminished activity of the newly-created local governance committees.
In the following, first we describe the country and relevant local context. Then we give a short
description of Caritas Développement Kindu and the project with the civil society strengthening/policy
influencing elements. Next, we shortly discuss the methodology. We then present the results,
followed by a discussion and conclusion.
2. Context In this section, we briefly describe the country and local context as far as it is relevant for the project
under evaluation.
The Province of Maniema, and eastern DRC as a whole, is strongly characterised by the legacy of
repeated conflict and high levels of insecurity. High levels of poverty are coupled with limited access
to basic services, in a still young democracy with a history of clientelism and rent-seeking. Eastern DRC
is reputed for high levels of gender-based violence, including sexual violence against women. A great
deal of international aid has gone to North and South Kivu, which have a history of civil society
mobilisation. Maniema, however, has received significantly less attention from international
organisations, and the organisations that are present are mostly concerned with humanitarian aid and
food security.
Since the mid-1990s, the east of the DRC has gone through several periods of violence. Even though
the Sun City agreements in 2002 marked the end of all-out war and integration of important factions
in the Congolese national army FARDC, there remained a number of armed groups that chose to retain
arms for a variety of reasons. With the presence of the world’s largest peacekeeping mission
MONUSCO and a great deal of international aid, the situation seems to be slowly improving.
Nevertheless insecurity persists in some areas, and increased during the recent rise and demise of
rebel movement M23 (2012-2013).
2 www.civicus.org; see also CDI, Operational guidelines for Ethiopia, India, and Indonesia, 2012 (internal working document)
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Though Maniema was affected less by the war than North and South Kivu, its isolation also makes it
one of the poorest regions in the east of Congo. Many people were displaced during the war, and until
2005 high levels of insecurity severely affected food production. Many roads have fallen into disuse
because of lack of maintenance, and the capital Kindu can only be reached by plane. Roads within the
province are also in a dire condition, though in recent years several roads have been rehabilitated.
The population in the Territory of Kailo, the area targeted by the project under evaluation, makes a
living through agricultural activities and mining in the north of the Territory. Because of the
exploitation of mineral resources by the population, all state services that generate public revenue
are present to collect taxes. The area has witnessed a series of violent confrontations between military
and Mai Mai, but the authority of the state has been re-established, and the different population
groups now live together in peace. Access to Kailo by road was difficult until 2013 when the road
connecting Kailo to Kindu was rehabilitated by Office des Routes - now Kailo city is a two-hour drive
from Kindu.
Due to the lack of experience with democracy and generally low levels of literacy (an estimated 20%
of rural women can read and write), both citizens and local authorities in Kailo lack knowledge on
human rights and the rights and duties of citizens and the civil authorities. Lack of knowledge about
rights and judicial frameworks often leads to conflict about taxes or property rights in local
communities. Security in Maniema is not yet stable, and these conflicts can pose a serious threat to
peace in the region.
A history of corruption and bad governance is not easily undone, and the size of DRC is not making the
process any easier. Governance in DRC faces many challenges, including formal and informal taxation,
policies that are not implemented, and a stalling process of decentralisation. Decentralisation was part
of the Constitution adopted in 2006, and the decision to put in place a more decentralised system of
governance was taken 5 years ago.3 Nevertheless, local elections have yet to be held. At the level of
the local ‘decentralised territorial entities’ (entité territorial decentralisé, or ETD), which corresponds
with the level of the territories in Maniema, some organisations have moved ahead to engage in
promoting participatory planning processes, each with their specific issues in mind. Local elections are
considered an opportunity for people to gain experience with the political process and public
management. Women’s organisations view these elections as a strategic moment for increasing
women’s participation at the decision-making level. The national electoral commission CENI has
recently proposed to organise local elections in August 2015.4
3. Description of Southern Partner Organisation In this section we briefly describe Caritas Développement Kindu: its history, organisational details,
main approach and areas of intervention.
Caritas Développement Kindu is a church-based organization which was created in order to contribute
to development along with the evangelising mission of the Roman Catholic Church. In the Kindu
3 For more information, see: Cellule Technique d’Appui à la décentralisation, 2010. La décentralisation au service de la paix, de la démocratie, du développement et de l’unité nationale. 4 For more information about the calendar and the latest news about electoral preparations, see the webpage of the national election commission: http://www.ceni.gouv.cd/
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Diocese in Maniema, Caritas Développement has been operating for over a decade. Caritas
Développement Kindu aims to fight poverty and to promote the welfare of the population of the Kindu
Diocese. To achieve this objective, Caritas Développement Kindu focuses its activities on restoring
human dignity, improving community health and socioeconomic conditions, as well as protecting and
promoting human rights to all.
Since 2006, Caritas Développement Kindu has registered as an independent organisation, with its own
judicial recognition. The organisation is led by the Bishop of the Diocese of Kindu, as the president of
its Board of Directors. The Board oversees the coordinating/executive part of the organisation, which
consists of four departments: the Bureau Diocésain de la Caritas, the Bureau Diocésain de
Développement, the Bureau Diocésain des Oeuvres Médicales and the Justice and Peace Commission
for the Diocese (Commission Diocésaine de Justice et Paix, CDJP).5 It is this last department that
executed the project with Cordaid under evaluation. CDJP aims at (i) protecting and promoting human
rights, (ii) civic education, (iii) the education of children in civic matters, (iv) awareness raising of
children regarding sexual transmitted diseases (STDs), (v) prevention, management, transformation
and pacific resolution of conflicts, and (vi) promoting, peace, justice and reconciliation. CDJP serves as
a link between the Kindu Diocese and state services regarding human rights issues.
The geographical focus of CDJP is the Kindu Diocese, with a current activities in the Territorities of
Kindu, Kibombo, Kailo and Punia. In the area of promoting governance, the CDJP used modules of
training for awareness raising of people about issues such as (i) participatory governance, (ii)
decentralization and participatory governance in the Maniema province, (iii) participatory planning
and budgeting, (iv) the role and mission of the local governance committee in democratic processes.
Strategies used include radio theatre, multiplication and distribution of up-to-date legal texts related
to decentralisation and income generation, the support of sexual violence victims to get access to
justice, as well as the organisation of social dialogue sessions and a Tribune d’Expression Populaire
(TEP), space for popular expression, in the target area.
During the evaluation period, no major changes have occurred within the organisation. The overview
below shows that Cordaid has been one of the major donors for CDJP during the 2011-2014 period.
There has been a lack of stable funding by international donors for Caritas Développement Kindu in
general. CDJP in particular has suffered from the lack of a permanent donor to support its activities in
the Kindu Diocese. The former director of CDJP is nowadays advisor to the Bishop, with one of the
former Project Officers functioning as interim director since August 2013.
5 Assisted by three support services: administration and finances, logistics, and the secretariat.
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Table 1: overview of CDJP funding from 2011 to 2014
Brief Theory of Change6
The 5-year-objective of Caritas Développement Kindu is to improve socio-economic and health
conditions, as well as the management of natural resources, in the Diocese of Kindu. The organisation
lists a series of conditions that have to be met, ranging from economic conditions, to health, human
rights, and the own organizational capacity. It is important to have commercial banks provide micro-
credit in rural areas, and there is a need to develop functional agricultural cooperatives. The
construction of health infrastructure is another important condition, as well as another Peace
Tribunal, and improving road access to remote areas is also an important condition. Education on
human rights is of great importance in rural areas. To deal with this variety of conditions, there is a
need for developing synergies with other organisations, and to collaborate with local authorities. With
respect to the own organisation, Caritas Développement Kindu needs to have competent personnel
available, and field workers need to be trained on monitoring. Caritas Développement Kindu needs
well-maintained vehicles, and the internal organisation of Caritas Développement Kindu should
become more dynamic. A final condition is a stable access to funding.
4. Project description: civil society/policy advocacy elements Here we describe the project and its civil society/policy advocacy elements, in terms of size, budget,
duration, major objectives and activities.
Cooperation between Cordaid and Caritas Développement Kindu started in 2007. Previous projects
ran from 2007-2008 and from 2009-2010. The last project started on October 1, 2011, and ran till
6 A more elaborate Theory of Change is available as Annex.
2011 2012 2013 2014
104609 - Civic education
project of people of the Kailo
territory
Cordaid accompagner et impliquer la
population du territoire de Kailo
dans la gouvernance participative
October 2011 -
September 2012
Involving local people in
democratic processes
IFES/
USAID
impliquer la population dans le
processus démocratique
6-month projects in
2011 & 2013€ 2.761 € 3.842
Governance in the mining
sector project
Christian
Aid / FSC
contribuer à la bonne gouvernance
dans le secteur minier
September 2012 -
September 2014
Improving working conditions
of personnel at the tribunal of
Kindu
Monusco améliorer les conditions de travail
des magistrats et du personnel
administratif; sécuriser les portes et
fenetres du parquet près du tribunal
de grande instance de la ville de
Kindu par des grilles métalliques
antivols
3-month project in
2013
€ 7.562
Programme of food security in
the Kindu Diocese**
Caritas
Norway
améliorer les conditions de vie de
1200 ménages agriculteurs et
éleveurs dans le Diocèse de Kindu
2012 to 2016
*Amounts calculated in euros based on OANDA currency exchange rates
**The 5-year project funded by Caritas Norway is about promoting food security in the Kindu Diocese; CDJP is involved in implementing
activities related to peace building, alphabetization, good governance, rights of farmers and gender, which amounts to 35% of the total
amount of project funding.
Project Donor Major objective PeriodFunding in EURO*
€ 46.374
€ 76.838
€ 165.979
Total amount of funding 2011-2014 € 303.356
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September 1, 2012: 104609, ‘Civic education of people of the Kailo Territory’. It is this one-year, EUR
52,491 MFS II-funded project that forms the focus of this evaluation.
The project aimed to create a culture of democracy, in which the rights of citizens are respected, and
which will lead to the prevention of conflict and improvement in the collection of taxes, so that the
decentralised territorial entities will be able to function with their own locally-generated resources,
for the development of the area. The project had three main objectives:
1. to strengthen the capacity of the members of the comités locaux de gouvernance participative
(CLGP), local committees for participatory governance, and community leaders, agents of public
services that generate revenues, local and traditional authorities, as well as inspectors and teachers
of civic and moral education at primary and secondary schools in Kailo Territory, in terms of
participatory governance and human rights.
2. These people are equipped with a number of national and international juridical instruments on
decentralisation, participatory governance, classifications of taxes, and the notion of human rights.
3. The target group has become familiar with human rights
In the area of intervention, CDJP set up 4 local committees for participatory governance, in Kailo,
Malela, Katako and Kimiakimia, and worked with 3 CLGPs that were already existent. CDJP organised
various trainings, directed at the main beneficiaries for this project, the local CLGPs, local authorities,
and teachers. Besides these specific groups of beneficiaries, Caritas reached a large amount of
beneficiaries through radio broadcasts and the organisation of public gatherings.
Beneficiaries of the project were ETD authorities: the ETD executive that consists of the
chiefdom/sector chief, the Secrétaire Administratif, the Receveur-Comptable and other state agents.
Another group of beneficiaries consisted of teachers of the civic education course at secondary schools
in Kailo territory. These were also trained during a workshop, in which they came up with a more
elaborated program of the course of civic education for secondary school students. Finally, local
people including diggers and sellers (at the market), who have to pay taxes to local authorities,
constituted another group of beneficiaries.
We distinguish the following civil society strengthening elements:
- Creating and training local committees for participatory governance (4 CLGP created)
- Training the members of the CLGP, community leaders, agents of public services that generate
revenues, local and traditional authorities, as well as inspectors and teachers of civic and
moral education at primary and secondary schools in Kailo Territory on decentralisation,
citizen participation in governance, elaboration and monitoring of the budget, citizen control
of public action, and accountability and human rights (10 four-day workshops organised)
- Initiating social dialogue between those who govern and those who are governed (12
dialogues organised)
- Organising tribunes d’expression populaire (16 TEPs organised)
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5. Data collection and analytical approach Here we describe the baseline and follow-up assessment, as well as particular choices and data
collection problems. We also explain here which outcomes were selected for the contribution analysis.
The general methodology we followed can be found in as an Annex, as well as a list of documents
employed, workshop participants and other informants.
Generally, we followed the methodology described in the Annex. The endline workshop was
conducted by Patrick Milabyo, who was also involved in the baseline visit, and it involved a number of
the same people as the baseline workshop, and a field visit to Kailo Territory. A draft version of this
report was discussed with staff of Caritas Développement Kindu during a feedback workshop in DRC
at the beginning of 2015.
As described in our methodology, we decided to conduct a contribution analysis for a subsample.
Caritas Développement Kindu was not included in this subsample.
6. Results In this section, we describe our findings. We provide descriptive analyses and scoring of relative
changes in the CSI dimensions (Civic engagement, Level of organisation, Practice of values, Perception
of impact, and the Environment).
Baseline 2012 (0-3)
Endline 2014 (0-3)
Civic engagement 2.0 1.5
Level of organization 2.0 2.0
Practice of values 1.5 1.5
Perception of impact 1.5 2.0
Environment 1.5 1.5
Civic Engagement
Under this dimension we distinguish the diversity of socially-based engagement (taking into account
needs of marginalised groups, participation of target groups in the project), and the diversity of
political engagement (is there dialogue of local leaders in dialogue with government representatives,
are beneficiaries member of sectoral user groups).
Through the connection to the church, and the parish committees in the intervention area, CDJP is
well aware of the local context and the needs of the people. Target groups are not involved the
conception or elaboration of project proposals, but leaders of grassroots organisations, community
leaders and churches participate in assessments of needs and potential solutions. The CLGPs that were
created during the project with Cordaid have been involved in the organisation of the social dialogue
and the TEPs. After the funding for the project ended, members of the CLGPs indicate they continued
to meet, but the frequency is diminishing. Without project funding, CDJP staff is not able to frequently
visit the intervention area.
During the project, CDJP was regularly in touch with various authorities, and the authorities
participated in the trainings that CDJP organised. A certain level of trust has been built between CDJP
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staff and these authorities. There was also some collaboration with other CSOs in Kailo Territory,
notably CIOD, but CDJP generally focused on the CLGPs. After the end of the project, relations with
the authorities have become less frequent. The CLGPs are not often in touch with the authorities or
other CSOs.
Level of Organisation
This dimension focuses on the organisational level of civil society (the connectedness of SPOs in
networks of organisations, the nature of relationships between SPOs and networks, and the degree of
representation of interests); peer to peer communication (the strength of the relationships of the SPO
with other actors); and financial and human resources (the composition of the financial resource base,
availability of human resources).
Since 2011, CDJP is part of the network of human rights organisations operating in Maniema, and
participates in the consultations on a number of themes. At the Provincial level, civil society is
organised in a Bureau de la Coordination de la Société Civile, in which CSOs are grouped in thematic
clusters. CDJP indicates that the thematic cluster on civic education, justice and human rights is an
important means for them to be in touch with other CSOs. This is where exchange of information and
experience takes place. We have found no evidence of collaboration in the form of developing joint
activities or projects. There are a number of organisation with which CDJP collaborates more closely,
including USAID/DAI, CAMPS, and RHBM. When CDJP encounters organisations operating in the same
area, it attempts to make a division of roles. However, there is also competition for funding, and
sometimes organisations behave opportunistically, and collaboration is not possible.
At the level of the province, the larger Caritas Développement Kindu collaborates with various levels
of authorities, and state services, in the areas of health, justice, water and sanitation, poverty
reduction and emergency aid. Internationally, Caritas Développement Kindu is connected to the
international Caritas movement, and it receives financing from various Caritas organisations. Other
main donors for Caritas Développement Kindu include UNICEF and UNDP. As described previously,
recent years have seen a reduction in funding – Caritas staff think that donors feel that there is no
longer a humanitarian crisis in Maniema.
Practice of Values
This dimension deals with internal governance (the functioning of the legally required internal
committees, are they involved in the strategic management of the SPO, and the functioning of lower
CSO levels), and transparency (respect of internal written procedures, extent of downward
accountability, within the SPO and to lower CSO levels, transparency on finances).
The internal organisational structure of Caritas Développement Kindu includes a General Assembly, a
Board of Directors and an Audit Committee. There are no beneficiaries among the members of Caritas
Développement Kindu. There are no regular GAs – the last was held in 2008. The Board is not elected.
During our baseline visit, meetings of the Board and committee were irregular, and staff indicated that
it was necessary to revitalise them.. During our endline visit, staff were more positive about the
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functioning of the internal structure, nevertheless, only one of the two required Board meetings was
held in 2014.
Audits are done regularly, upon donor demand, and financial audits are part of the organisational code
of conduct. Caritas Développement Kindu also has started to conduct institutional audits.
Perception of Impact
Under this dimension we discuss the responsiveness (nature and intensity of SPO’s relationship with
the public sector and the private sector); social impact (target group satisfaction regarding fulfilment
of their primary social concern, perception of public and private sector of quality of delivery of services
by SPO); and the policy impact (the level of influence of SPOs in the process leading to major policy
changes identified in the sector of the SPO’s intervention since 2011).
The needs of the target group for information on participatory governance and human rights are to a
large extent satisfied; however, the impact of the activities by CDJP is still limited because of the
limited financial resources available for technical assistance, after the project ended. Nevertheless,
both local authorities, CLGP members and CDJP staff indicate that the activities by CDJP have
contributed positively to the payment of taxes in Kailo Territory: apparently, people have become
more aware of the need to pay taxes, and are more willing to do so now that they have the tools to
hold the authorities accountable. The authorities in Kailo City are using the extra income to
rehabilitate several bridges and provide a number of bicycles to state functionaries.
According to CDJP staff, they are invited by public sector actors and vice versa; therefore, they
developed a space for information exchange and strategies on the regular basis. Local authorities and
teachers in the Kailo territory have increased their knowledge in terms of public accountability and
human rights to the extent that these notions are taught to students at school. The relationship with
public sector actors is complicated by the tendency of public sector actors to ask for payment for
participation in activities organised by CDJP. CDJP targets the private sector as citizens in the project
with Cordaid, but does not specifically aim to influence private sector policy.
Environment/context
This dimension takes the wider environment into account. What is the degree of participation of the
SPO in defining the civil society interventions of the CFA/Consortium; to what extent is a context
analysis of the space and role of civil society in the specific country done as part of the programme
/project cycle; to what extent is the SPO is involved in studies on civil society?
Caritas Développement Kindu staff collect information about the changing socio-economic context, as
well as about political-security developments. These data are used in the elaboration of reports and
proposals. The organisation does not pay specific attention to the development of civil society as such
in Maniema, and it has not participated in defining civil society interventions by Cordaid/CoC.
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7. Discussion Given our findings, we think the project ‘Civic education of people of Kailo territory’ was reasonably
well-designed and implemented, as it tied into existing needs of authorities to develop a tax base for
the decentralised territorial entities, as well as educating people on how to hold the authorities
accountable when it came to public expenditure. The development of CLGPs allowed for the
involvement of these committees in the execution of the project, and represented a structure that
could potentially remain to sustain the intervention after the end of the project.
Nevertheless, the development of participatory governance seems a process that requires a more
long-term involvement. In this case, this one-year project was the only civic education project of
Caritas Développement Kindu supported by Cordaid. We would advise financing a similar project in
the future, on the condition that a more long-term perspective is taken (taking the sustainability into
account, even if the actual intervention lasts only a year). The current project clearly shows that two
years after the project ended, involvement of the authorities and the local committees has diminished.
We would also recommend that a future project is coordinated with other actors who are supporting
decentralisation processes in the same or similar areas, in terms of exchange of experience and
approaches on the ground.
With respect to the evaluation itself: it would have made more sense to only include Southern Partner
Organisations that would surely be funded during the entire evaluation period, to maximise the
potential effects of the projects under study. This would require a more stringent procedure for
selecting the SPOs and projects to be included in the evaluation.
8. Conclusion Here we provide an answer to the two evaluation questions:
1. What are the changes in civil society in the 2012-2014 period, with particular focus on the
relevant MDGs & themes in the selected country?
This project falls under the theme ‘good governance and fragile states’. Changes in civil society in Kailo
Territory during the 2012-2014 period are limited, but there are some tentative changes. Many
beneficiaries and school children have received education on participatory governance and human
rights – the notions of human rights and citizenship have been successfully included in the curriculum
of secondary education. Changes can be seen in the example of improved tax payment in Kailo
Territory, and the authorities which are being held accountable. The project has contributed to
increased communication and transparency between authorities and citizens, and as such to a
strengthening of the social contract at the local level. At the same time, the effects of the project seem
to be wearing off, two years after the end of the project. The committees that have been set up during
the project are no longer very active.
What is the relevance of these changes?
The relevance of these changes is two-fold. The changes are relevant because they contribute to the
viability of the ETDs, so that when the decentralisation is implemented a culture of participation
already exists. When citizens can hold their leaders accountable, this can foster a culture of
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transparency and public accountability, and ETD resources will be used for the development of the
area.
The changes are also relevant vis-à-vis the Theory of Change of Caritas Développement Kindu: they
contribute to the aim of improving socio-economic and health conditions, as well as the management
of natural resources, in the Diocese of Kindu. The increased awareness of human rights, coupled to
tools for participation in governance, can give citizens the ability to claim their rights and thus improve
their conditions of life.
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List of documents collected Caritas-Développement Kindu, Rapport annuel d’activités, exercice 2011, Kindu, Mars 2012.
Abbé Milambo Baika Munganga Augustin (Director of CDJP), document définissant les objectifs de la CDJP-Kindu.
Caritas-Développement Kindu, Rapport annuel d’activités, exercice 2010, Kindu, Juin 2011.
Caritas Développement Kindu, financement reçu de Cordaid
Caritas-Développement Kindu, Projet d’éducation civique des populations du territoire de Kailo :
rapport narratif final, Kindu, Octobre 2013.
Cellule Technique d'Appui à la Décentralisation. La Décentralisation en bref: la décentralisation au
service de la paix, de la démocratie, du développement et de l’unité nationale. Ministère de l'Intérieur,
Sécurité, Décentralisation et Affaires Coutumières, Kinshasa, 2013.
Commission Electorale Indépendante. Constitution de la République Démocratique du Congo, Loi
portant organisations des élections présidentielles, législatives, provinciales, urbaines, municipales et
locales, Décision No 003/CEI/BUR/06 du 09 Mars 2006 portant mesures d’application de la Loi No
06/006 du 9 Mars 2006 portant organisation des élections présidentielles, législatives, provinciales,
urbaines, municipales et locales, Kinshasa, Mars 2006.
Prévision des matières du cours d’éducation civique et morale (1ère et 2è) dans les écoles secondaires du territoire de Kailo en
province du Maniema, Kailo, 13 Avril 2012.
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20120427 104609 Rapport d'Activités 1
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FINANCEMENTS CORDAID A LA CARITAS DEVELOPPEMENT KINDU 2007 2012
Plan operationnel CDK
RAPPORT ANNUEL 2011
104609 Rapport Narratif final Octobre 2011 - Septembre 2012 Kindu
20111003 104609 Received Contract
CARIKIN 20121211 104609 Rapport Financier Final, Octobre 2011 - Septembre 2012
Baseline visit: 13-15 October, 2012
Endline visit: 13-16 August, 2014
Feedback workshop : February 4-5, 2015
ANNEX A Technical Reports Caritas Kindu
List of Informants Internal to organisation
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Joseph Kitumba Secretaire de Direction X X
Heritier Lutula Assistant chargé de programme X
Lambert Amzati Comptable Caritas Kindu X X X X X
Albert Ngoyi chargé projet Justice et Paix/
Directeur CDJP a.i.
X X X X X
Roger Mwaka chargé projet Bureau Diocesain de
Développment
X X
Stanislas Abeli Directeur Caritas X X X1
Shango Aimé Cesaire Directeur BDD X X
Jacques Kambere chargé projet Caritas X X X
Abbé Augustin Milambo Directeur CDJP X X X
Abbé Gaspard Lukongo Coordonnateur Caritas Kindu x X X2
Soeur Elisabeth Kyala finance and administration X
Fabrice Ashibo Itongwa chargé des Urgences X1
Abbé Francois Former Coordonnateur Caritas
Kindu
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Amuri Mashauri Léonard Président CLGP-Katako X X
Dita Yekuli Charles Secrétaire rapporteur CLGP-
Katako
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Mushabah Saleh Bénéficiaire X
Besides our meetings with Caritas Développement Kindu staff, we also had a number of meetings with
beneficiaries:
- CLGP-Kailo: Peneyambula Kanganga, Mutandi Katalo Bushire, Mwangu Adolphe, and Kasisa Balikongo
Augustin (1er conseiller, secrétaire rapporteur et membres), 14.08.2014
- 2 Women: Hélène (Trésoriere CLGP-Kailo) & Munguakonkwa (Présidente de Wamama Simameni, a
local non-profit organisation), 14.08.2014
External to organisation
Cordaid The Hague, Roos Wilhelm, 09.08.2012
SOCIMA (Société civile de Maniema), Me Guy Mupasa (vice president), 16.10.2012
Cordaid The Hague, Roos Wilhelm, 14.02.2013
Cordaid The Hague, Fanny Meeus, 23.05.2013
Boleko Ngeleza Mukota, Chef de cité Kailo, Kailo territory, 14.08.2014
Maurice Balungi, Kailo civil society president, Kailo, 14.08.2014