Mid-Term Evaluation of the Northern Ontario Development Program (NODP)

Final Report

May, 2008

Tabled and approved at DEC on June 9, 2008

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Table of Contents

• Executive summary
• 1.0 background
  • 1.1 Understanding the NODP
  • 1.2 2008 Mid-Term Evaluation
• 2.0 Methodology/approach
  • 2.1 Evaluation Issues
  • 2.2 Evaluation Matrix
  • 2.3 Limitations of Methodology
• 3.0 Findings & analysis
  • 3.1 Program Relevance
  • 3.2 Design and Delivery
  • 3.3 Lessons Learned
• 4.0 Conclusion
  • 4.1 Program Relevance
  • 4.2 Design and Delivery
  • 4.3 Lessons Learned
• Management Response

Annexes (Separate document)

(Note: Annexes are available via an Access to Information)

• Annex A: List of Steering Committee Members
• Annex B: Program Related Documents Reviewed
• Annex C: Literature Review
• Annex D: Key Informant Interview Guides
• Annex E: Observations of Performance Measurement System

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Mid-Term Evaluation of the Northern Ontario Development Program (NODP) (PDF 247 KB, 59 pages)

Management Response to Recommendations in the 2007 Mid-term Evaluation of the Northern Ontario Development Program (PDF 10 KB, 2 pages)

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