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...

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...

Phase I Study Research to Assess How Gender Equality Programming influences Humanitarian Outcomes
EVAL

The scope of the research is to assess the influence of GEP across the framework of humanitarian action (preparedness, response and early recovery), in key humanitarian sectors (i.e., shelter, health, water and sanitation, food distribution, protection, education [...] Read more...

Evaluation of capacity development and its impact on institutionalization of emergency preparedness and response (EPR) and Conflict/Disaster Risk Reduction (C/DRR) in the education sector in the West and Central Africa region (WCAR).
EVAL

UNICEF West and Central Africa Regional Office (WCARO) contracted 2 DARA consultants to conduct a multi-country evaluation study of its emergency preparedness and response (EPR) and conflict/disaster risk reduction (C/DRR) capacity development and institutionalization [...] Read more...

Inter-Agency Real Time Evaluation of the Humanitarian response to Pakistan’s Displacement Crisis in 2009
EVAL

This evaluation was listed by UNICEF as one of the best evaluations in recent years. The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) commissioned an inter-agency real-time evaluation to obtain real-time analysis and feedback to better focus and adjust on-going [...] Read more...

UNICEF Regional Training Course for Asia-Pacific: Approaching Monitoring and Evaluation as a strategic function
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The overall objective of the regional training course is to reinforce capacities of UNICEF Asia Pacific Country Offices to approach monitoring and evaluation as a strategic function. Type of services provided: Prepared and presented key note on evaluation [...] Read more...

The UN Emergency Response to the 2007 Tabasco And Chiapas, Mexico
EVAL

The purpose of this study was to establish how well the UN System, and individual UN-agencies, succeeded in responding to the emergency caused by the 2007 floods that affected Tabasco and Chiapas, in Mexico. The objective was to assess the most important strengths [...] Read more...

Inter-Agency Real Time Evaluation in Mozambique
EVAL

The need for an Inter-Agency Real-Time Evaluation (IA-RTE) was identified in the flooding disaster of Mozambique in early 2007 by the Regional Director’s Team members of RIACSO, the regional IASC forum, with strong support from the UNCT. As a result, it was [...] Read more...