Project Overview - Evaluation
The evaluation plan had two areas of focus:
(1) monitoring of progress by FLAWI and ;
(2) self-assessment by the CUR following the project.
The project was carried out on schedule in Phase I but Phase II was extended
to accommodate the changes in philosophy and personnel that occurred as a
result of the national elections held in Senegal in February 2001 and the
change in the Principal Investigator at UNF. After the elections, Senegal
changed Ministers of Education several times, and in the fall of 2002, the
principal contact and director of the CUR in Bambey was replaced. In the fall
of 2001, several members of the grant team met in Dakar with the newly appointed
Minister of Education and representatives from Bambey to review the grant
and to agree on continued collaboration. In 2002, the Principal Investigator
of the project at UNF left the University for another position. In view of
these changes, the new P.I. requested, and was granted a nine-month extension
that was deemed necessary to complete the project objectives.
It is the opinion of the project team that in spite of the challenges created
from these changes in personnel, all project objectives were met or exceeded.
In addition, other positive outcomes occurred which are noted in the section
relating to future plans.
contact
Florida West Africa Linkage Institute
University of North Florida ; 4567 St. Johns Bluff Road,
South ; Jacksonville, Florida 32224
Telephone: (904)620-1950, Fax: (904) 620-1790
