Evaluations & technical assistance

Evaluation of UNICEF’s Response and Recovery Efforts to the Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal
EVAL

DARA conducted an evaluation of UNICEF’s response and recovery efforts to the Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal between January and June 2016.  The evaluation assessed how core elements of the emergency response were addressed and the linkages between the response [...] Read more...

Evaluation of WFP’s assistance to refugees and internally displaced persons affected by insecurity in Mali
EVAL

DARA conducted an operations evaluation of the World Food Programme's (WFP) Regional Emergency Operation to provide assistance to refugees and internally displaced persons affected by insecurity in Mali. Following the outbreak of violence in the Gao, Kidal, and [...] Read more...

WFP Evaluation in Guinea Bissau
EVAL

Evaluation of WFP’s nutrition and livelihoods support in Guinea Bissau Guinea-Bissau is one of the poorest countries in the world, and the prevalence of malnutrition and food insecurity is persistently high. A coup d’état in 2012 and political instability [...] Read more...

WFP Evaluation in Zimbabwe
EVAL

Evaluation of WFP’s response to humanitarian needs and strengthening resilience to food insecurity in Zimbabwe In recent years, food production in Zimbabwe has been devastated by a number of factors including natural disasters and economic and political instability [...] Read more...

WFP Evaluation in Democratic Republic of Congo
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DARA carried out a strategic evaluation of the World Food Programme’s (WFP) activities in DRC, with a special focus on the interrelation between the different coordination mechanisms, and the roles of UN agencies and other key humanitarian actors. The outcomes [...] Read more...

WFP Operation Evaluation in Iran
EVAL

DARA conducted an Operation Evaluation for the World Food Programme (WFP) in Iran. Iran hosts the second largest number of refugees in the world, 95 percent originating from Afghanistan and 5 percent from Iraq. The majority of the refugees live in urban areas [...] Read more...

WFP Operation Evaluation in Somalia
EVAL

For over two decades Somalia has suffered from prolonged conflict, protracted crisis and insecurity causing massive damage to  human livelihoods and the provision of social services such as health, education, water, sanitation, food and nutrition. In addition [...] Read more...

RTE of UNHCR’s response to the Syrian refugee emergency
EVAL

From slow boil to breaking point: A real-time evaluation of UNHCR’s response to the Syrian refugee emergency The evaluation was conducted in June 2013 and was led by a team of independent experts, including Ed Schenkenberg, Chief Executive of DARA, as NGO [...] Read more...

External Evaluation of the Rapid Response to Population Movements (RRMP) Program in the Democratic Republic of Congo
EVAL

DARA was 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 RRMP was the largest single humanitarian response programme in the DRC after [...] 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...