The Final Evaluation Report of the Partnership for Open, Distance, and Flexible Learning (ODFL) in the Pacific is now available.
The Partnership for Open, Distance, and Flexible Learning in the Pacific (the programme, ODFL) is a five-year initiative designed to enhance the capacity and efficiency of education sectors in the Pacific region by leveraging innovative delivery mechanisms and technology. The programme was targeted across nine Pacific Commonwealth countries: Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.
The programme consisted of four workstreams, with this Final Evaluation focused on Workstream 2 (Supporting youth employment) and Workstream 3 (Building resilience in Pacific education systems). The immediate response to COVID-19 (Workstream 1) and evaluation activities (Workstream 4) are out of scope for this review.
This evaluation provides a summative and formative assessment of the programme’s efficiency, effectiveness, relevance, sustainable development outcomes, gender equality, resilience, and strategic recommendations, drawing on a three-phase process involving desk reviews, primary and in-country data collection (surveys, focus groups, interviews, and workshops), and stakeholder feedback.
Report is available here: https://hdl.handle.net/11599/5959