Final Evaluation of the EC funded ‘Support to the Transformation of the Justice System: The e-Justice Programme. The Programme was a multi-annual budget support programme to the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development funded by the EC as part of the European Programme for Reconstruction and Development (EPRD) in South Africa. The e-Justice Programme was co-financed by the South African Government, the EC and Netherlands bilateral development cooperation programme.

The overall objective of the e-Justice programme is to ensure better access to and a more effective justice system for all South Africans in particular the poorest and remote populations and, beyond that, to create safer living conditions and a better business environment. The purpose of the programme is to reform and modernise the administration and delivery of Justice through re-engineering work processes, use of enabling technology, strengthening strategic planning and management capacity, organisational development and human resource interventions.

The objective of this evaluation was to assess the relevance, impact, efficiency and effectiveness of the Programme against the expected results on the basis of indicators formulated in the logical framework of the Programme. The focus is on whether the programme succeeded in fulfilling its purpose of contributing towards transformation of the justice system in South Africa. Thus while an assessment of the actual project activities and approach was conducted emphasis was on the impact the EC Programme had on the capacity and reform of the relevant institution and the sustainability of the programme outcomes.

A Final Evaluation report was prepared covering the following issues: relevance of the programme including an assessment of the programme objectives and the problems to be solved; programme preparation and design including assessment of internal logic and coherence; efficiency in terms of activities and results; effectiveness in achieving project purpose; impact and sustainability after external support.

Technical Assistance in:

• Evaluation of Sector Wide Programmes;
• Justice Sector Reform;
• IT including public sector business processes automation; systems development and re-engineering and e-government processes