On the 21st of September, Salome Gelashvili, senior researcher at APRC, attended workshop on the topic of “Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) of the M4P and Value Chain Projects supported by SDC in the South Caucasus” organized by Swiss Cooperation Office for the South Caucasus.
The objective of the workshop was to analyze the elements of the monitoring framework in Cost-Benefit Analysis/Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CBA/CEA). The workshop started with a presentation of the study conducted by the director of Consulting Gmbh Stefan Joss and Ketevan Gogotchuri, ISET alumni from the class of 2015. The presentation was followed by panel discussion about the different ways of doing CBA and its importance for development projects.
As a panel member, Ms. Gelashvili talked about CBAs conducted by APRC in 2014 and their implications for ongoing and future development projects. The workshop concluded with group work devoted to the discussion of baselines assessments and impact studies.
