Countries
Mid term Evaluation of the WFP Country Programme in Mozambique
Members of DARA were commissioned to assess the WFP Country Programme in Mozambique. The purpose of the evaluation was to determine the degree to which objectives had been achieved according to UNEG’s evaluation criteria [link to UNEG site]. Mozambique remains [...] 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...
Evaluation of the ICRC policy on Internally Displaced Persons
DARA participated in the first evaluation of the International Committee of the Red Cross’ (ICRC) policy on internally displaced persons (IDPs). The evaluation was the first to look at the organization's operational position towards IDPs with the aim of [...] Read more...
Evaluations of DG ECHO’s Actions in the Saharawi Refugee Camps
In 2009, DARA was selected by the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid department to evaluate its humanitarian assistance to Saharawi refugees displaced by the conflict over Western Sahara. The three-month study, between April and June 2009, was the first [...] Read more...
Telediario TVE1 Spain: Interview with DARA´s Fernando Espada (Spanish) 
Interview with Fernando Espada from DARA on the response to the floods in Pakistan. (Spanish) Read more...
Stronger international coordination and leadership will provide better humanitarian aid to men, women and children in Haiti
After the International Donors' Conference in New York, DARA welcomes the outpouring of support but urges donors to address persistent and urgent humanitarian needs. On January 12th, an earthquake ripped through Haiti and in just 35 seconds killed an estimated [...] Read more...
Ross Mountain: “We need to go back to basics”
Following the tragedy that struck Haiti on the 12th January of 2010, the evaluation and humanitarian community has held a series of meetings to analyze and improve collaboration in evaluating the international response. In May, during the ALNAP and European Policy [...] Read more...
May 2010: Haiti- A shelter emergency
Haiti: a shelter emergency Op-ed published in El País, 31 March 2010, co-signed by Ross Mountain, Director General of DARA; Fernando Perpiñá, Secretary General of Club de Madrid; Emilio Casinello, Director General of Centro Internacional de Toledo para la [...] Read more...
Video: DARA Presents 2010 Haiti Earthquake Testimonials
DARA Presents 2010 Haiti Earthquake Testimonials Read more...
Impact Evaluation: the World Food Programme in Cambodia
DARA has been commissioned by the World Food Programme (WFP) to carry out an impact evaluation of the national school feeding programme in Cambodia. Currently, the programme is designed to benefit more than half a million of children in Cambodia’s most vulnerable [...] Read more...