Enhanced Civic Understanding & Engagement Project: End-of-Term External Evaluation

Mthente was commissioned to undertake an end-of-term evaluation of the two-year project entitled: “Enhanced Civic Understanding and Engagement (ECUE) Project,” which commenced in May 2015. The ECUE Project was funded by the European Union (EU) Delegation in South Africa, and was implemented by the Cape Town Refugee Centre (CTRC) in partnership with the Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights (DOI) at the University of the Western Cape, and the KwaZulu-Natal Christian Council (KZNCC).

The objective of the evaluation was to “assess the progress” of the project according to its relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, outcome, and impact. This was achieved by assessing the project outcomes and impact on the lives of key beneficiaries who were directly involved in project activities in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, and by consulting the quantitative data in the form of records, attendance registers, and financial information. The target sites for the evaluation were Capricorn, Joe Slovo and Bellville in the Western Cape, and Isipingo and KwaPata in KwaZulu-Natal.