ROMs main objective is at the micro level, where it informs stakeholders of project performance and helps project managers to think in result oriented terms. It provides direct feedback on success and problems during implementation and gives recommendations on how to improve operations. It enables project managers to take informed and timely decisions. However, for its day-to-day management needs, project management will need more detailed information than ROM can deliver. Therefore additional internal monitoring and reporting schemes are, or should be, put in place by project managers. As an added value, ROM provides statistical data on overall EC development portfolio performance in respect of criteria relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability. Performance can be compared across regions and over time. The statistical information can support key management and strategic decisions in EuropeAid and DG Enlargement. Lessons learned and experiences collected in ROM, and extracted from ROM through qualitative studies, can feed into strategic planning and the ex-ante assessments of projects through the Quality Support Groups. ROM therefore contributes directly to the learning cycle in EuropeAid. The mission in Pakistan concerned the evaluation of school rebuilding programmes in part funded by the EU after the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan was hit by an earth quake in 2005.
Elementary school rebuilt after earth quake. North West Frontier Province, Pakistan.
