Evaluation at a Glance: Chad
WFP-UNHCR Mixed Method Impact Evaluation in Chad The Contribution of Food Assistance to Durable Solutions in Protracted Refugee Situations: its impact and role in Chad CLIENT World Food Programme and UNHCR COUNTRY Chad TEAM Pierre Leguéné* [...] Read more...
ALNAP: A call for evidence-based decision-making in humanitarian response
Source: ALNAP By Riccardo Polastro The ALNAP 2013 Annual Meeting held in March focused on evidence following the increasing demand of donors and humanitarian agencies for evidence-based and measurable responses. Evidence of needs and how we respond to [...] Read more...
Evaluation at a Glance: Bangladesh
WFP‐UNHCR Food Assistance Impact Evaluation in Bangladesh The Contribution of Food Assistance to Durable Solutions in Protracted Refugee Situations: its impact and role in Bangladesh CLIENT World Food Programme and UNHCR COUNTRY Bangladesh [...] Read more...
DARA matters
By Ed Schenkenberg van Mierop This year DARA will celebrate its 10th anniversary. In these ten years, DARA has become a force to be reckoned with in humanitarian policy and thinking. As a small independent organisation, DARA has been able to deliver high quality [...] Read more...
Study: How to Define and Measure Value for Money in the Humanitarian Sector
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and one of its long-standing partners in contexts strained by armed conflicts, the International Committee if the Red Cross (ICRC) have commissioned InDevelop, in collaboration with GRM and DARA, [...] Read more...
Ed Schenkenberg on Humanitarian Standards
The Joint Standards Initiative (JSI) was built by the HAP Standard, Sphere Project and People in Aid on the premise that there are too many existing standards for colleagues on the ground to make sense of and adequately put them into practice. The JSI meeting [...] Read more...
ICRC Panel Discussion: Humanitarian principles revisited? Current and future challenges
The International Review of the Red Cross and the Centre for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action (CERAH) convened a panel discussion ‘Humanitarian Principles Revisited? Current and Future Challenges’, Geneva, March 21st. Read more...
How to improve humanitarian aid evaluation practices
Following the London, Geneva and Washington ALNAP Community of Practice workshops within the context of the Strengthening Humanitarian Evaluation Capacities initiative, in DARA we hosted one in Madrid on January 31st. A small but representative group of the Spanish [...] Read more...
Workshop: Strengthening humanitarian evaluation capacities
DARA will host an ALNAP workshop for Spanish-based evaluators 31st January- Strengthening evaluation capacities: Consultation and peer-learning with evaluators. The workshop will be an opportunity for evaluators to meet and share the practical issues facing [...] Read more...
DARA welcomes Ed Schenkenberg as new Chief Executive
Dear Friends, After a careful recruitment process, it is with great pleasure that we, together with the Board of Trustees, inform you that Ed Schenkenberg van Mierop, currently Executive Director of ICVA, will succeed Ross Mountain as Chief Executive of [...] Read more...
