- Evaluation of Christian Aid's response in 2004 - 2005 to the food crisis in the Sahel (2006 - 2007)
In the summer of 2006, Christian Aid began an evaluation of its response to the food crisis in the Sahel, which covered operations in Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali. Groupe URD coordinated the evaluation team which included consultants from within Christian Aid as well as from outside it. This evaluation was carried out using the Quality COMPAS©. terms of reference.
This evaluation was in two parts. The first, from October to November 2006, focused on the first phase of the project (August 2005 to April 2006) and on the consolidation phase (June 2006 to February 2007). The second part, which took place in March 2007, was an evaluation of the project as a whole.
The analysis of the evaluation results highlighted the importance of the link between relief and development.

- Review of the WFP’s method of identifying needs
A number of evaluations were carried out in Afghanistan, Colombia and Laos with the goal of allowing the World Food Programme (WFP) to improve its methods and tools for evaluating needs in emergency situations.
The work was realised by Domitille Kauffmann, Karla Levy, François Grünewald and Anna Lear, with further participation by Bonaventure Sokpoh, Véronique de Geoffroy and André Prince
The reports are available in PDF format on the World Food Programme website:
- Afghanistan: Real-time review of selected food aid programmes implemented in Afghanistan and implications for emergencyfood security assesments
- Colombia: Estudio de situación de programas alimentarios y no alimentarios seleccionados e implicaciones para el diagnóstico de seguridad alimentaria en situación de emergencia
- Lao: Real-time review of selected food aid programmes implemented in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) and the implications for emergency food security assesments
- Synthesis: Synthesis of real-time review of selected food aid programmes in Afghanistan, Colombia and Laos

- The Quality Project in the Gulf of Guinea.
In 2003, Groupe URD provided methodological support for the ‘Study of food security and vulnerability in Guinea’. This was a study carried out by Action Contre la Faim – Spain in collaboration with Première Urgence.
Project report (only available in French)

- Study of food security in the forest region of Guinea affected by the influx of refugees from Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Full document available on request from Groupe URD.