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:
Intermediate Evaluation of the Project “Peace building in the Balkans through actions that contribute to the respect of ethnic and cultural diversity among youth and children of the Balkans region, Bosnia Herzegovina and Serbia.” EVAL
Spanish Red Cross (SRC) supports peace-building and conflict resolution efforts in the Balkans. Focus of interventions is on respect for human rights, tolerance, peace-building and reconciliation. Interventions are designed from a multicultural perspective given [...] Read more...
Thematic study on the Paris Declaration, Aid Effectiveness and Development Effectiveness EVAL
Prepare Evaluative Framework (Conceptual and Theoretical) for Second Phase of the Evaluation of Paris Declaration. The assignment focused on four central stages: Analysis of key concepts and causal relationships in the PD, including analysis of the evolution [...] Read more...
HAP Audit of Mercy Malaysia, 2007 EVAL
MERCY Malaysia has gone through a 100% growth curve in the last 5 years. In 2005 they recognised that they needed to consolidate and strengthen their position as well as seek quality assurance. They have demonstrated total commitment to align themselves with key [...] Read more...
Evaluation of DIPECHO (Disaster Preparedness ECHO) Action Plans in Central America EVAL
The purpose of this evaluation was to assess the progress made towards enhancing resilience and reducing vulnerability to natural disaster of the most at-risk populations and the institutions of Central America. The focus was on reviewing DIPECHO and measuring [...] Read more...
Evaluation of People In Aid’s impact and effectiveness 2007 EVAL
People In Aid is an international and global network of development and humanitarian assistance agencies. In 2007 the People In Aid network was counting with 112 members. In 2007, People In Aid commissioned DARA to evaluate its performance during that year. [...] 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...
Study on Complementarities, Competition and Convergence in Humanitarian Quality Assurance EVAL
The project consisted in elaborating an independent mapping of complementarities, areas of competition, and options for closer cooperation between members of a group of humanitarian quality assurance organisations. The Group had set in place a number of activities [...] Read more...
Development and Implantation of an M&E system for FRIDE EVAL
The project consisted in the identification, design and support for the implementation of a Monitoring and Evaluation system for the Spanish think-tank FRIDE. The final objective of such system is to provide assurance of the academic quality of the publications [...] Read more...
Evaluation of Specific Rehabilitation and Reconstruction projects in the Special Tsunami Plan (PEM) framework EVAL
DARA carried out an evaluation of five post-emergency projects implemented by the Spanish Red Cross in Indonesia and Sri Lanka. The five projects were namely: 1. Environmental clean-up in communities affected by the earthquake in the Galle and Kalutara districts [...] Read more...
Study on Private Financing of Humanitarian Action 1995-2005 EVAL
The purpose of this project was to undertake a study of the trends concerning the commercial sector engagement within humanitarian action, a study compiled by DARA and commissioned by the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI [...] Read more...
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