Evaluations
Technical Assistance to the Organising Committee of the International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security EVAL
One year after the Madrid bombs, the Club of Madrid organised a unique conference, the International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security. Its purpose was to build a common agenda on how the community of democratic nations can most effectively confront [...] Read more...
Workshops on Aid Harmonisation and Conflict Prevention in Burkina Faso. Elaboration of the Study “Towards a new Era in Development Aid: Building Effective Institutional Infrastructure in LCDs” EVAL
As part of UNDP’s Workshop on aid management tools, DARA reviewed the performance of the DAD database in Afghanistan and other applications such as DCAS, UNICEF’s, DevInfo, and the Egyptian Government’s DECODE. The Secretariat of Development Policy and [...] Read more...
Assessment of the Humanitarian Situation in Sudan, and the Consequences of Inaction for the Conflict Affected Population in Darfur EVAL
The assessment study: “Sudan: an unbearable indifference” was commissioned by FRIDE .The report included an assessment of the humanitarian situation in Sudan, and the consequences of inaction for the conflict affected population in Darfur. The report analysed [...] Read more...
Security and Defence Reform in Serbia and Montenegro EVAL
The program aimed to encourage and support senior elected officials and other civilian and military leaders in Serbia-Montenegro committed to undertaking critical reform issues. The Club of Madrid brought together experienced international leaders from among the [...] Read more...
DARA is evaluating humanitarian interventions in South and Central Somalia
DARA is undertaking an evaluation of the collective response in South and Central Somalia, commissioned by The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) for Somalia. Somalia is one of the most critical humanitarian situations in the world. Access and security [...] Read more...
Impact Evaluation of the National School Feeding Programme in Cambodia, commissioned by the WFP
DARA publishes its recently completed Impact Evaluation of the National School Feeding Programme in Cambodia, commissioned by the World Food Programme (WFP). 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...
Evaluation of DG ECHO’s Actions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
DARA publishes its report on the evaluation of the relevance, effectiveness and impact of DG ECHO’s actions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Read more...
Riccardo Polastro: “We draw lessons learnt that can be applied to other disaster-prone countries”
Three questions for Riccardo Polastro, team leader of the Inter-Agency Real-Time Evaluation (IA-RTE) in Philippines. Question: What exactly is an IA-RTE and what value does it have? Riccardo Polastro: An Inter-Agency Real-Time Evaluation is a snapshot of the [...] Read more...
European Commission evaluation: protection in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
DARA has been commissioned by ECHO (the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office) to carry out the "evaluation of ECHO’s action in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)". The evaluation purpose is twofold. It will look at the relevance, coordination, [...] Read more...