However, the 2008 evaluation of the programme concluded that, despite progress observed in the capacity of competent authorities, much remains to be done. While it might still be too early to assess long term impacts, because capacity building programmes need time to generate effects on the ground, it appears that the project was insufficiently endowed with financial resources in view of its extremely ambitious objectives. Important delays to the programme’s implementation until the second quarter of 2006 led to the compression of some activities for a much shorter implementation period and the impossibility for others to be completed before the end of the project, foreseen for end 2007. Implementation of technical assistance activities requires a long-term commitment and needs time for planning and delivery.