Abstract
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) retained consultants Ellen Kelly and Svetozara Petkova to conduct a formative evaluation of the Justice Sector Development Project II (JSDP II), in compliance with Section C.6 of the JSDP II contract. As set forth in the scope of work, there are two goals of theevaluation:To provide an objective analysis of the impact and success of the first three years of JSDP II to the overall development of the BiH rule of law sector.To examine the broad status of reforms and needs in the rule of law sector in BiH and to provide the USAID Mission with the optimal areas of involvement of JSDP II during the optional two years of the project.