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European Evaluation Society DARA workshop

Riccardo Polastro, Head of Evaluation at DARA, lead the workshop Principles and practices of evaluating humanitarian programmes, October 2nd, Helsinki. 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...

New report: Evaluation of the Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies (CBHA) pilot phase

The report of DARA’s evaluation of the Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies (CBHA) pilot phase has been published. The CBHA is a partnership initiative by 15 leading organisations which aims to strengthen the coordination and capacity of the NGO sector [...] Read more...

FAO disaster risk reduction evaluation

DARA is currently carrying out an evaluation of United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) work in disaster risk reduction in Asia and the Pacific, and in Latin America and the Caribbean. While most evaluations focus on emergency response, this [...] Read more...

WFP Impact Evaluations in Bangladesh and Chad

The World Food Programme (WFP) has commissioned DARA two impact evaluations of food assistance to the Rohingya refugee population in Southern Bangladesh, and Central African refugees living in camps along Chad’s southern border and nearby host communities. [...] Read more...

Humanitarian response in conflict: Lessons from South Central Somalia

"When will we ever learn, or rather, why do we never learn?." Humanitarian Practice Network at the Overseas Development Institute has published a special feature on the crisis in the Horn of Africa. Riccardo Polastro, Head of DARA’s Evaluation department [...] Read more...

UNICEF West and Central Africa evaluation of capacity development initiatives in Education in Emergencies

UNICEF has contracted two DARA consultants to carry out an evaluation of its capacity development initiatives on emergency preparedness and response (EPR) and Conflict/Disaster Risk Reduction (C/DRR) in the education sector, Read more...

Thematic Review and Capacity Assessment of Save the Children Denmark for DANIDA – New Report

Nordic Consulting Group has published the report of the thematic review and capacity assessment of Save the Children Denmark (SCD) for Denmark’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The review, in which DARA participated, analysed and assessed the organisation’ [...] Read more...

Evaluation of Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies pilot stage

DARA is undertaking an evaluation of the pilot phase of the Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies (CBHA) Read more...

New Report: Evaluation of Humanitarian Response in South Central Somalia

DARA publishes the report of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Evaluation of the Humanitarian Response in South Central Somalia 2005-2010. Read more...