The scale and breadth of DARA’s field research and evaluation work gives the organisation an unparalleled overview of what works well and what does not in aid – based on direct experience and evidence from the field:
Final evaluation of the project. “Strengthening the health sector of Giza’s Government, Egypt, Phase I and II” EVAL
The project “Strengthening the health sector of Giza’s Government” was a project funded by the Spanish bilateral cooperation aid in response to an interest expressed by the Egyptian authorities; it addressed some of the structural weaknesses identified in [...] Read more...
Evaluation of housing construction projects in Indonesia and Sri Lanka, from the Tsunami Special Plan of the Spanish Red Cross EVAL
The evaluation sought to learn from the important operation of the Spanish Red Cross (SRC) in the December 2004 tsunami hit areas of Sri Lanka and Indonesia. The evaluation covered three projects of housing construction in Kalutara (Sri Lanka), Aceh Barat and [...] Read more...
Evaluation of the relevance and effects of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) operational position on Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) EVAL
The purpose of this evaluation is to provide the general management of ICRC with an independent assessment of the relevance, coherence, and effects of the operational position of ICRC on internally displaced persons, considering the reform of the humanitarian [...] Read more...
Joint Follow-up Evaluation of the TEC-LRRD Evaluation (LRRD 2) EVAL
The TEC evaluation had five parts and four parts concentrated largely on process issues – coordination, need assessment, capacity-building and funding – while the LRRD part looked at outcome issues as well: what were the consequences of successful and unsuccessful [...] Read more...
Mid term Evaluation of Programme for Community and Economic Development for displaced populations to new settlements and for host communities in Galle and Kalutara districts, Sri Lanka EVAL
This intervention is made up of 4 communities (spread out between the districts of Galle and Kalutara) where the Spanish Red Cross had already implemented projects of permanent accommodation for populations displaced by the tsunami. The direct beneficiaries (those [...] Read more...
Intermediate Evaluation of the Community Based First Aid Project, CFBA, with rural population from Aceh Barat, Indonesia EVAL
The objective of the intervention in Indonesia is to improve the health of some 15,000 people in the sub-districts of Meurebo, Kaway XVI and Bubon. These are extremely vulnerable communities, affected by the tsunami and by years of armed conflict. Access to [...] Read more...
Technical Assistance to IBIS: Elaboration of West African Strategy EVAL
IBIS works in five regions, with the most recent being West Africa. The regional presence covers a country programme in Ghana and humanitarian/rehabilitation project implementation in Liberia and Sierra Leone. The West Africa programme is expected to grow considerably [...] Read more...
External Evaluation of the International Development Projects funded by the Government of Balearic Islands. EVAL
DARA has conducted external evaluations of 11 international development projects, financed by the Government of Islas Baleares, evaluating both internal processes and results and providing the NGOs that implement the above mentioned projects on the field, with [...] Read more...
HAP Audit of Danish Church Aid, 2008 EVAL
Audited Danish Church Aid Headquarters against the HAP standards. HAP standards have been introduced to make humanitarian action accountable to intended beneficiaries through self-regulation. An agency certified against the HAP Standard means that it has been [...] Read more...
Raising the Bar: Enhancing transatlantic governance on disaster relief and preparedness EVAL
The Raising the Bar Project is designed to enhance transatlantic coherence and cooperation in humanitarian action. Over 18 months, a project team based on a unique network of transatlantic organizations conducted field-based empirical research to provide an in [...] Read more...
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