n.a. 420 683 Value 2013 12/31/2015 Date Surpassed (163% achieved). The indicator was introduced in the 2013 restructuring to monitor progress on a new activity that supported the development of short courses for regional stakeholders in the Colombian STI system. The decision of the government to use regional royalties Comments (regalías) to finance STI activities at the local level found many regional stakeholders unprepared. The short courses served as capacity building for STI project development and implementation (see Section 2 for more details). Component 2. Strengthening COLCIENCIAS' capacity to promote development of human capital for science and technology Indicator Total number of students covered yearly by Ondas 8 0 1,200,000 1,536,479 2009 12/31/2014 Date Surpassed (146% achieved). The program finances STI Ondas education and research activities for pupils in pre-primary, basic and secondary education. The figure presented here is for the cumulative period 2011-2014 (after 2014 the program was financed through regional rather than Project funds). Note that the original design of the regalias indicator (as per PAD) indicates 1.2 million as rather than yearly, Comments target. The Bank team and the implementing agency share cumulative, the view that this was the result of a misunderstanding in Project preparation: the target set is unrealistic as annual achievement (yearly beneficiaries were approximately 300,000 as of 2009), and the indicator was always interpreted as cumulative during Project implementation. On average, number of students covered by has been 380,000 yearly Ondas in the period 2011-2014. Indicator 9 Monitoring and evaluation framework for designed Ondas No Yes Yes 2009 12/31/2015 Date Comments 100% achieved. The framework was completed in 2013. Indicator Number of doctoral graduates participating in the Labor Insertion 10 programs financed by COLCIENCIAS under the Project (cumulative) 0 15 29 28 Value 2009 2013 12/31/2015 Date
Value n.a. 420 683 Date 2013 12/31/2015 Comments Surpassed (163% achieved). The indicator was introduced in the 2013 restructuring to monitor progress on a new activity that supported the development of short courses for regional stakeholders in the Colombian STI system. The decision of the government to use regional royalties (regalías) to finance STI activities at the local level found many regional stakeholders unprepared. The short courses served as capacity building for STI project development and implementation (see Section 2 for more details). Component 2. Strengthening COLCIENCIAS' capacity to promote development of human capital for science and technology Indicator 8 Total number of students covered yearly by Ondas 0 1,200,000 1,536,479 Date 2009 12/31/2014 Comments Surpassed (146% achieved). The Ondas program finances STI education and research activities for pupils in pre-primary, basic and secondary education. The figure presented here is cumulative for the period 2011-2014 (after 2014 the program was financed through regional regalias rather than Project funds). Note that the original design of the indicator (as per PAD) indicates 1.2 million as yearly, rather than cumulative, target. The Bank team and the implementing agency share the view that this was the result of a misunderstanding in Project preparation: the target set is unrealistic as annual achievement (yearly beneficiaries were approximately 300,000 as of 2009), and the indicator was always interpreted as cumulative during Project implementation. On average, number of students covered yearly by Ondas has been 380,000 in the period 2011-2014. Indicator 9 Monitoring and evaluation framework for Ondas designed No Yes Yes Date 2009 12/31/2015 Comments 100% achieved. The framework was completed in 2013. Indicator 10 Number of doctoral graduates participating in the Labor Insertion programs financed by COLCIENCIAS under the Project (cumulative) Value 0 15 29 28 Date 2009 2013 12/31/2015