Mid-Term Review 2016 – 2025

The Mid Term Review (MTR) of the Institute of Social and Economic Studies (IESE) was commissioned by the Embassy of Finland in Maputo with the purpose of assessing how IESE has met the objectives and targets established in its Strategic Plan (SP) 2016-2025. The Review’s scope of work included IESE’s progress related to areas of institutional development; quality, relevance, and impact of its scientific work; and IESE’s role in society and theory of change. It required recommendations for consolidation of IESE’s strengths, improvement of its weaknesses, and for IESE to take advantage of the opportunities and mitigate or avoid threats.
The Review was carried out between March and May 2022 combining qualitative with quantitative methods. Secondary data from documents, in particular from IESE’s documents, were analysed; primary data were collected via semi structured interviews, a focus group discussion and an online survey of 154 citizens (25% women) targeted from IESE’s audience. IESE staff, leadership, and members; stakeholders from civil society, universities, and research centres; funders of IESE and public sector actors, as well as sources from media and faith organisations were interviewed. Informants from international research institutions were also consulted. In total 50 people (48% women) from 18 institutions were interviewed.