**4.2 Management model description**

A common challenge in isolated electrification systems is to ensure the long-term project, for instance, in terms of sufficient maintenance and access to spare parts. To reinforce this challenge, the organizers of the project focused on developing an appropriate "management model".

The management model is a management tool developed in consensus with all stakeholders involved in the project, which aims to develop business service structure, and skills and abilities for the collective and individual sustainability. It contains regulations and operational rules governing the role of each different actor. Specifically, there is an operatormanager of the community that is in charge of the maintenance and management of all the systems. Users pay a monthly fee that goes to a fund for the maintenance of systems and possible replacements of equipment (batteries, etc.). A committee of users is also formed to supervise the technical and financial performance. The municipalities and town halls are the owners of the systems and are responsible for their long term sustainability.

The coordination mechanisms among stakeholders in these projects are:


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**5.2 Definition of the evaluation criteria** 

beneficiaries.

organizations.

Relevance

appropriate to the context in which it is framed.

CRITERIA INDICATORS COMPONENTS

Adequacy of the project

Adequacy of the project to local priorities

Complement with other

actions

Design of the intervention

to local needs

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The data collected from the surveys was processed and systematized in a database; SPSS was the information processing computer software used. In the same way, data collected from interviews was processed and compared providing greater reliability evaluation.

The evaluation criteria were defined between the technical and social specialists of the promoter institutions and the external evaluator team. Criteria were defined before starting to collect information and results to ensure maximum objectivity. The defined evaluation criteria were: 1. RELEVANCE. This criterion assesses the suitability of the intervention in terms of local needs. It evaluates whether the proposal is technically valid, solves real problems and is

2. EFFICIENCY. This criterion examines the relationship between enforcement activities and compliance with the results and the relationship of these with the investment. 3. EFFECTIVENESS. This criterion measures the degree of compliance with the initial specific objectives of the projects and the actual outcome of the expected benefits to the

4. IMPACT. This criterion examines the net effects of the project from a broad perspective,

5. SUSTAINABILITY. This criterion analyses the possibility of consistent positive effects of the project once the foreign aid ends, taking into account all relevant factors. 6. COHERENCE. This criterion analyses the compatibility between the objectives, activities and expected results of public policies and recommendations of international

7. FACILITIES: This criterion checks the compliance with the Bolivia IBNORCA NB - 1056.

socioeconomic context?

Does the intervention correspond to priorities and needs of the

Have the actions proposed in the project been able to solve the problems identified? Have they taken into account the

Which are the priorities of government intervention in the

Which are the priority interventions of local government in the

Is the project aligned with the priorities of national and local

Does the project being completed in a real way in the area? Are there mechanisms for coordination between different

Has the project taken into account the views and opinions of local staff? Which have been the levels of participation of them

Do the planned activities actually lead to the fulfillment of the intended outcomes? Is internal logic of the program the best

territory and the sector involved in the project?

way to address the identified problems?

Have the needs of communities changed after the first identification? What changes have there been?

Table 1. summarizes the indicators and related components for each of the criteria.

population?

area?

actors?

government?

in their formulation?

taking into account all stakeholders, and projects in the medium term.

 Once the project finished, the management committees are required to perform preventive maintenance and to collect monthly contributions from users. In addition, each committee has at least one technical operator per municipality, who is also a beneficiary and each member received additional training which has been provided to them focusing on equipment maintenance and financial management.
