The Implementation of Non-Government Organazation Assisted Educational Projects in Addis Ababa City Administration
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2016-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This research aims to determine whether the prearranged educational investments and other
planned activities organized by NGOs underAddis Ababa City Administration Education Bureau
achieve their objectives within their predetermined time frames and budgets or not . To do this,
cross sectional descriptive survey design and a mixed research method were employed.
Quantitative data collected via structured and unstructured questionnaires withproject
department heads (n=17), executive officers (n=7), educationalexperts (n=24)with total
fromAAEB (n=48), andproject execution officers (n=44) and projectmanagers (n=22) with total
from NGOs (n=66) and qualitative data collected via semi-structured interviews (n=24) &
(n=22) from AAEB and NGOs respectively with total 46 interviewee.Additionally, institutional
documents were reviewed to inform the study.Simple random technique was used to select
execution officers & experts and purposive sampling techniques was applied for acquisition of
department head and project managersfrom Both AAEB and NGOs respectively to collect
quantitative and qualitative data. Quantitative data were analyzed via SPSS V.20 computer
software and qualitative data were analyzed by narration of themes.The major findings of the
study has indicatedonthe status of the major projects implementation processes; degree of
involvement of stakeholders in plan and design of projects were less, the extent of planning for
project implementation was midway, key stakeholders were not involved in the planning as
expected and project managerswere averagely capable to manage overall projects. Furthermore,
findings of the study has revealed aims and objectives of the projects were not entirely decided
by stakeholders, there were gap between intended and achieved objectives, risks of the projects
were considered only some extents before commencement of project and need assessment were
not conducted properly before project starts.In addition, findings of the study has indicated that
there were challenges that hindered the implementation of projects at starting time of the
projects, middle of the projects and finishing on a time of the projects.Even though the problems
were averagely serious at all stages, degree of being seriousness were more critical at finishing
time of the projects.Moreover, the findings of the research underlined that the involvement of
stakeholders in M&E was less and no skilled expert in M&E of projects implementation, more
concern was given for formal M&E system.On basis of the findings obtained and conclusions
reached at the recommendation given for instance key stakeholdersadvised to participation on
planning, designing and deciding project objectives and aims to termination of the projects,
consider the risks of projects and made need of assessment before commencement of the project
implementation andassign right project managers at right position at right time and regularly
updates managers’ skill by offering necessary training, more concern given to finishing time of
the project to mitigate problems, formulatesystematic follow-p mechanisms, arrange intensive
training in project implementation for those experts, create awareness for beneficiaries,offer
training for M&E offers and use both formal and informal M&E interchangeably.
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The Implementation, of Non-Government Organazation