Identifying gaps and initiating change to improve the humanitarian system as a whole
As well as being commissioned to evaluate specific projects or the overall response to a particular disaster /conflict by a single agency, DARA also carries out System-Wide Evaluations.
These types of evaluations look at the response by the whole humanitarian system to a particular disaster or complex emergency. The international response is evaluated across all sectors or themes helping to identify gaps in the whole system.
Painting of Tsunami wave on the walls of Meulaboh football stadium, Aceh Province, Indonesia. © Riccardo Polastro, DARA
DARA, as the only Spanish-based organisation, participated in both phases of the Tsunami Evaluation Coalition (TEC) and evaluated the funding response of multiple governments, the European Commission, NGOs and the International Red Cross Movement to the 2005 tsunami in south-east Asia.
Our experience in this evaluation, especially related to the right kind of aid reaching those most in need at the right time, led to the creation of The Humanitarian Response Index.
Inter-Agency Standing Committee Real-Time Evaluations are another example of the system-wide evaluations we undertake.
