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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...
DARA welcomes Ed Schenkenberg as new Chief Executive
Dear Friends, After a careful recruitment process, it is with great pleasure that we, together with the Board of Trustees, inform you that Ed Schenkenberg van Mierop, currently Executive Director of ICVA, will succeed Ross Mountain as Chief Executive of [...] Read more...
Changes to DARA’s Board of Trustees
Following DARA’s Board of Trustees meeting, the following changes to the Board are effective as of Friday December 14th2012: DARA has appointed three new Board Members: Silvia Hidalgo, Founder of DARA, who steps in as Vice Chair; Niels Dabelstein [...] Read more...
DARA and the Climate Vulnerable Forum at COP18
Bangladesh called for greater efforts from all countries, especially industrialized nations, to secure successful outcomes during his intervention as Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) chair at the COP18 President’s Stocktaking Plenary, Doha, December 3rd. In [...] 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...
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...
DARA and the Climate Vulnerable Forum at COP18 Doha
DARA and the Climate Vulnerable Forum hosted an official side event to the COP18 UN Climate Change Conference in Doha on December 3rd. The Climate Vulnerable Forum's latest flagship report, the Climate Vulnerability Monitor, reassessed the global costs of climate [...] 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...
DARA & the Center for Global Development: Climate Vulnerability Indices and Adaptation Finance
DARA & the Center for Global Development: Climate Vulnerability Indices and Adaptation Finance DARA and the Center for Global Development (CGD) organized a roundtable discussion in Washington, DC on October 1st, 2012 to increase understanding of climate vulnerability [...] Read more...