Report From The Executive DirectorPerhaps the most important event in the life of the EFJ during the year 2001/2002 was the conduct of the first external evaluation of the Foundation’s procedures for governance, its operations and programme achievements from inception to 2001 – a period of eight years. The evaluation was commissioned by the Governing Board of the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative, the entity with the responsibility to the Government of the United States of America for the operations of the ten environmental funds in Latin America and the Caribbean set up under that initiative. The Secretariat of the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative was required to establish a schedule to conduct interviews of all ten funds, and when approached, the EFJ volunteered to be the first to be interviewed. This offer was made within the context of an organizational culture of regular internal reflection, and a conviction that an external evaluation could only serve to strengthen the organization and improve its productivity. Conducted by The Nature Conservancy on behalf of the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative, the evaluation exercise lasted from 8th - 25th October 2001, when the evaluation team presented a summary of the main findings and recommendations to the Board of Directors and Senior Staff. Read more>> |
