Evaluations
How to improve humanitarian aid evaluation practices
Following the London, Geneva and Washington ALNAP Community of Practice workshops within the context of the Strengthening Humanitarian Evaluation Capacities initiative, in DARA we hosted one in Madrid on January 31st. A small but representative group of the Spanish [...] Read more...
Workshop: Strengthening humanitarian evaluation capacities
DARA will host an ALNAP workshop for Spanish-based evaluators 31st January- Strengthening evaluation capacities: Consultation and peer-learning with evaluators. The workshop will be an opportunity for evaluators to meet and share the practical issues facing [...] Read more...
Post-conflicts and post-disaster needs assessments: Development of capacity and tools
EuropeAid has awarded a five-member consortium, of which DARA is a partner, the project: "Post-conflict and post-disaster needs assessment: development of assessment capacity and tools". The consortium is led by Particip, and is composed of the European Center [...] 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...
DARA’s lessons learned at the 10th European Evaluation Society Biennial Conference 
DARA participated in the European Evaluation Society (EES) Biennial Conference held in Helsinki October 3rd-5th Riccardo Polastro, Head of Evaluation at DARA, presented lessons learned from real-time evaluations and complex emergencies Read more...
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...
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...
Mixed Method Impact Evaluation The Contribution of Food Assistance to Durable Solutions in Protracted Refugee Situations: Its impact and role in Chad 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 refugee [...] Read more...