Final Report for the Evaluation of Project - Y-PEER: Strengthening and Expanding Capacity for Delivery of High Quality Peer Education Systems in Arab States, Eastern Europe and Central Asia

This evaluation report provides the evidence that the Project (RMI5R208): “Y-PEER:
Strengthening and Expanding Capacity for Delivery of High Quality Peer Education Systems in Arab States, Eastern Europe and Central Asia” has achieved its desired goals and represents a very successful and worthwhile intervention.
Y-PEER, the Youth Peer Education Network, is a groundbreaking and comprehensive youth-to-youth initiative pioneered by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. Y-PEER is a network of more than 500 non-profit organizations and governmental institutions; its membership includes over 7000 young people from 38 countries who work in the many areas surrounding adolescent sexual and reproductive health. The global network, which is constantly expanding, consists of country networks from Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East,
North and East Africa, and most recently Brazil. Members of Y-PEER include young people who are active peer educators, trainers of trainers and youth advocates for adolescent sexual and reproductive health. These young people contribute to and benefit from the resource materials, tools, training programs and campaigns provided by the Y-PEER networks.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) engaged the services of the Sustainable Research & Development (SRD) to perform an evaluation of Y-PEER.
The evaluation process required a number of teams (comprising two international consultants per team) to visit 8 countries participating in the Y-PEER Programme.
Visits to each country were brief (three – five days) during which time, consultants gained an understanding of the implementation of the programme nationally, its achievements and challenges. Key personnel representing the UNFPA, Y-PEER programme management and key informants (collaborative organizations, stake holders, peer educators) were interviewed during the course of the evaluation mission The evaluation of the Y-PEER Network took place from December 2007 to February 2008. This report is based on the findings of the 8 in-country evaluation missions and the document reviews associated with these missions.
Section two of the report outlines the methodology undertaken for this evaluation, including the processes for data collection and the analysis of this data.
The achievements of the network are outlined in section two and are divided into two prime areas. The first details the structure of the evolving network and highlights the achievements in the development of this structure. This includes the development of partnerships; the development of the Global Advisory Board; the training models utilized and the communication models developed and utilized. There is also a detailed section on the extensive resourcing of the activity of the network.

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