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Regional DRR Mapping Exercise on Transnational Disaster Threats, April 2013, ECOWAS Commission, Abuja
The ECOWAS Commission hosted a two-day Regional DRR Mapping Exercise on Transnational Disaster Threats on 16-17 April 2013. The exercise was facilitated by the FOREWARN Initiative implementing partners, Humanitarian Futures Programme (HFP), King’s College London [...] Read more...
Real-time evaluation of UNHCR’s response to the Syrian refugee emergency in Jordan, Lebanon and northern Iraq
As the Syrian refugee emergency continues to escalate, with the 1 million mark reached in March, UNHCR has initiated a real-time evaluation of its response, focusing particularly on those countries receiving the largest numbers of refugees. The primary purpose [...] Read more...
Risk Reduction Index in West Africa: data collection and workshops
The Risk Reduction Index (RRI) data collection process in six study countries (Cape Verde, Ghana, Guinea, Niger, Senegal, and The Gambia) has now finalised. The process involved a questionnaire and interviews to a variety of key informants from a wide range [...] Read more...
Beneficiary Accountability in Haiti research case study
DARA Inc., our office in the US, has secured its first grant with the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation for an action research case study of good and poor donor practices in Haiti. The project aims to improve the quality, effectiveness, transparency and accountability of aid for disaster affected populations in Haiti and elsewhere. Read more...
External Evaluation of the Rapid Response to Population Movements (RRMP) Program
DARA has been commissioned by UNICEF to carry out the External Evaluation of the Rapid Response to Population Movements (RRMP) Program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The DRC suffers one of the most protracted humanitarian crisis in the world [...] Read more...
RRI in AllAfrica
Source: AllAfrica (in French) Sénégal: Atelier sur l'indice de réduction de risques de catastrophes, mercredi à Mbour Mbour — L'organisation internationale DARA, basée à Madrid, en Espagne, organise mercredi prochain, à Mbour, un atelier de restitution [...] Read more...
Risk Reduction Index Training of Country Focal Points in West Africa
Analysis of the Capacities and Conditions for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation The second Risk Reduction Index (RRI) Training Session for Country Focal Points in West African countries, Dakar, August 21st, marked the beginning of the RRI [...] Read more...
UNICEF lists two DARA RTEs among the best evaluations
UNICEF lists two of DARA's Real-Time Evaluations (2010 Pakistan Floods & 2009 Pakistan Displacement Crisis) among the best evaluations in 2009 and 2010. Read more...
Evaluation of FAO’s role and work related to DRR in Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean EVAL
The purpose was to evaluate the Role and Work of FAO in Disaster Risk Reduction within the overall framework of Disaster Risk Management, providing FAO’s Member Countries and FAO Secretariat with a qualitative assessment of the Organization’s activities in [...] Read more...
Mixed-method impact evaluation of food assistance to protracted Rohingya refugee populations of Bangladesh: 2002-2011 EVAL
The objective of the evaluation was to provide evidence and inspiration for future strategies to improve the contribution of food assistance to increased self-reliance and potentially to durable solutions for both refugees and host populations in protracted Rohingya [...] Read more...