The overall objective is to conduct an evaluation study of the project “Promoting the development of a Green Hydrogen Economy for South Africa” under the programme H2.SA which the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is implementing on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and in close cooperation with the South African government. The H2.SA programme has four components: 1) Strategy, policy & regulatory framework, 2) Private sector cooperation, 3) Capacity building, research & innovation and 4) Sustainability & just transition.

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Green hydrogen (GH2) will be one of the key energy carriers of the future and the basis for a variety of Power-to X (PtX) products like green ammonia and sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). For South Africa, with its outstanding potential of renewable energy sources and existing hydrogen production facilities, it will be a key component to decarbonize the production of domestic industries like mining, steel, manufacturing and ensure their future growth.  Furthermore, South Africa will benefit from the global demand and has the chance to become a major exporter of GH2 and PtX products. GH2 offers significant economic development and job creation and plays an integral role in supporting a just transition in the South African energy sector.

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Evaluation questions are tailored to evaluate the relation between the project and the programme (e.g., synergies between the projects in the programme and the project’s contribution to the programme).

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The central project evaluation is divided into 3 phases:

1) an inception phase, including an inception mission and mission workshop, covering all important aspects of the project and the stakeholders’ perspectives, establishing evaluability i.e. the examination of the project's results logic (theory of change), the collection of evaluation questions from the partner and target group perspective and finally the examination of available data, among other things, from the partner systems. The result of the inception phase is the inception report.

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2) a data collection and evaluation phase, including an on-site evaluation mission to collect the necessary data for the evaluation by conducting interviews with the involved stakeholders and by other methods defined in the inception phase. Data are then analysed, triangulated, assessed, and validated systematically. Based on the findings, the evaluation report is elaborated.

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3) a post-evaluation phase where the evaluation results are condensed into various formats to foster and facilitate the utilisation of central project evaluations. This includes creation of specific CPE short GIZ formats for publication purposes, preparation, and delivery of the presentation of the reflection meeting “Evaluated – what next?”, and finalisation of the evaluation report and incorporation of comments from the different parties involved.