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Final Report on monitoring of the projects financed in 2009 by the Council of State Support to NGOs under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan |
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28 Jan 2010 |
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Following monitoring plan of the Council’s Secretariat, the employees of the Secretariat conducted monitoring of the Council-financed projects. We would like to present the following information regarding conducted monitoring of the Council-financed projects in 2009:
Results of the 2009 monitoring:
· 247 project proposals were financed by the Council;
· More than 260 monitoring were conducted;
· 9 NGOs did not facilitate project monitoring;
· 16 NGOs had problems related to documentation;
· Documentation of 13 NGOs did not fully cover project implementation processes;
· 36 NGOs had poor media coverage of implemented projects;
· 20 NGOs had various shortcomings in fulfilling contract commitments. As a result of continuous efforts by the Secretariat’s employees, these shortcomings were alleviated;
· 50 NGOs failed to complete projects on times stipulated in concluded contracts; thus, the Secretariat received official applications and granted permission to prolong periods of those projects;
· 25 NGOs failed to produce final reports on time stipulated in concluded contracts.
Accomplished works and achieved results
1. Number of people employed in project implementation:
· Permanently – 589 persons
· Temporarily – 501 persons
2. Equipments bought for project implementation:
· Computers – 59
· Printers – 37
· Copying machines – 10
· Other – 139
3. Number of held events:
· Training sessions – 245
· Seminars – 188
· Other events – 938
4. Number of printed resources and created internet sites:
· Books – 53
· Booklets – 55
· Brochures – 44
· Other – 75
· Internet sites – 12
5. Number of persons participated in held events:
· Training sessions – 18,961
· Seminars – 8,431
· Other events – 51,715
6. Number of beneficiaries: over 106,000
· Children – 19,090
· Youth – 29,482
· Other – 57,683
· Males – 60,233
· Females – 48,304
Shortcomings and weaknesses
· Poor relations of NGOs with the Council’s Secretariat
· Inability of NGOs to evaluate accomplished works and outcomes
· Inability to raise public’s awareness on projects being implemented
· Poor quality of printed resources
· Delay in submission of reports
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