The scale and breadth of DARA’s field research and evaluation work gives the organisation an unparalleled overview of what works well and what does not in aid – based on direct experience and evidence from the field:
Humanitarian Practice Network: Real Time Evaluations- Contributing to system-wide learning and accountability
Humanitarian Practice Network at ODI has recently published a special feature on Humanitarian Accountability. Riccardo Polastro, Head of DARA’s Evaluations department, has contributed a piece on Real-Time Evaluations. Read more...
Inter-agency Real Time Evaluation (IA RTE) of the Humanitarian Response to the Floods in Pakistan EVAL
This evaluation was listed by UNICEF as one of the best evaluations in recent years. The evaluation was commissioned by the Inter‐Agency Standing Committee (IASC), funded by OCHA and undertaken by a team of four evaluators between January and March 2011. [...] Read more...
Inter-Agency Real Time Evaluation of the Humanitarian response to Pakistan’s Displacement Crisis in 2009 EVAL
This evaluation was listed by UNICEF as one of the best evaluations in recent years. The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) commissioned an inter-agency real-time evaluation to obtain real-time analysis and feedback to better focus and adjust on-going [...] Read more...
IA-RTE Philippines of the Humanitarian Response to Typhoons Ketsana and Parma EVAL
The IA-RTE provided a snap shot of the current situation including real-time feedback and learning to the UNCT and to the IASC locally. The main objectives will be to learn from the initial phase of the response and to identify lessons that need to be taken forward [...] Read more...
Inter-Agency Real Time Evaluation in Mozambique EVAL
The need for an Inter-Agency Real-Time Evaluation (IA-RTE) was identified in the flooding disaster of Mozambique in early 2007 by the Regional Director’s Team members of RIACSO, the regional IASC forum, with strong support from the UNCT. As a result, it was [...] Read more...
Inter-Agency Real Time Evaluation of the Humanitarian Response to the 2010 Floods in Pakistan 
DARA publishes the report of the Inter-Agency Real Time Evaluation of the international humanitarian community’s response to the 2010 Floods in Pakistan. Read more...
DARA presents lessons from real-time evaluations at the 26th ALNAP Meeting
ALNAP has published the report “The role of national governments in international humanitarian response to disasters” of the 26th ALNAP meeting held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16th-18th November 2010. Riccardo Polastro, Head of Evaluations at DARA, presented [...] Read more...
Inter-Agency Real Time Evaluation (IA-RTE) of the Humanitarian Response to Typhoons Ketsana and Parma in the Philippines
During the third quarter of 2009, three typhoons swept across the Philippines. Typhoons Ketsana and Parma struck on the 26th of September and on the 3rd of October, causing extensive flooding. Typhoon Mirinae caused further casualties and destruction when it struck [...] Read more...
Inter-Agency Real-Time Evaluation of the humanitarian response to Pakistan’s 2009-2010 Displacement Crisis
DARA launches its report on the Inter-Agency Real-Time Evaluation (IA RTE) of the humanitarian crisis that affected Pakistan from mid 2009 until 2010, the largest internal displacement the world has experienced this century. The report, commissioned by the Inter [...] Read more...
Inter-Agency Standing Committee Real-Time Evaluation in Mozambique
A group of Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) agencies commissioned DARA to carry out a real-time evaluation (RTE) of the response to the Zambezi river floods and Cyclone Favio in February 2007. Being one of the first of its kind, this evaluation formed [...] Read more...
