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| March |
- Study of humanitarian needs in Chad for current and future operations by DG ECHO
The overall objective of this study is to analyse three specific subjects related to the humanitarian situation in targeted areas of Chad. The information gathered will allow better planning of humanitarian operations and will reinforce the coordination and complementary nature of operations, particularly in relation to other LRRD operations planned by the European Commission, but also in relation to the initiatives of other major donors.
The main focus of this field study is the issue of LRRD (Linking Relief Rehabilitation and Development).
The three principle themes which will be analysed are:
1. The return of internally displaced persons: a forecast of the nature and volume of humanitarian aid which would be needed and the conditions which would permit the return of 180000 internally displaced persons currently living in Eastern Chad;
2. The integration of refugees from the Central African Republic: an analysis of the food security situation of refugees from the Central African Republic currently living in Southern Chad, and the aid needed to allow them to become fully integrated in Chad;
3. Sector-based analysis of water and sanitation projects in zones populated by Sudanese refugees in Eastern Chad: analysis of emergency humanitarian aid in water and sanitation provided to Sudanese refugees in Eastern Chad and detailed technical recommendations to move towards long-term assistance in this sector.
The results of this project should:
- allow ECHO to define its operational strategy in Chad;
- provide the necessary elements to improve the links between the European Commission’s operations and mechanisms in Chad so that there is a link between emergency, rehabilitation and development;
- help ECHO and the Commission to improve coordination between donors, whether this is with member states or with other major donors (USAID).
This kind of diagnosis carried out by external consultants to help ECHO to define its strategy has never been done before (another similar project is taking place in Southern Sudan). It is an internal exercise for ECHO. |
| February |
- Diagnosis of the NSP ("National Solidarity Program") M&E system in Afghanistan
Groupe URD has recently been commissioned by the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) to carry out an evaluation of one of the flagship programmes in Afghanistan’s reconstruction process, the National Solidarity Program (NSP), for which one of the main donors is the World Bank. This programme, which aims to consolidate the development of community networks throughout the country, is currently being implemented by over thirty international and Afghan NGOs (FPs: facilitating partners), under the supervision of the MRRD. It is a very complex programme and there has been a lot of criticism that it lacks flexibility and is not suitably adapted to the reality of the Afghan context. The MRRD is keen to adopt a quality approach in its supervision of the programme. It has therefore asked Groupe URD to carry out an evaluation of the programme’s “monitoring and evaluation” system. This will involve meeting with the different stakeholders in Kabul and in regional offices, FPs at provincial and district levels, and the local communities. The objective is to identify where the system is not working and to make recommendations. In the longer term, a new monitoring tool will be developed (based on the Quality Compas). |
| November |
- "Ex post evaluation of Programmes Nationaux de Réhabilitation des Quartiers Populaires in Tunisia (PNRQP n°2 and n°3)", for the French Development Agency. October-December 2007
Groupe URD is conducting an evaluation for AFD of French aid to the Tunisian state in the last ten years for programmes to improve the living conditions in poor neighbourhoods which are precarious and anarchic and have no basic services. This aid has been provided for national rehabilitation programmes and the creation of infrastructure. The evaluation will use five OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) criteria: relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability. |
| August - September |
- Evaluation of the WFP "Oil for Girls" programme
Since 2001, the education sector in Afghanistan has become considerably more structured. Different reforms have been put in place to improve teaching conditions and give young Afghans access to primary and secondary education. The schooling of girls remains a problem with only 40% attending school, compared to 70% for boys. In certain regions, and particularly the south of the country, the percentage of girls who go to school is below 10%. Several programmes implemented by NGOs and UN agencies aim to increase the percentage of children in education, and particularly the percentage of girls. For several years, the WFP has been running a programme called “Assistance to Girls’ Primary Education” in provinces where food insecurity prevails. In the Kabul zone (regions in the center and south-east of the country), vegetable oil is distributed to girls who go to school more than 22 days per month in order to encourage families to send them regularly.
The WFP asked Groupe URD to carry out an evaluation in three provinces (Pakta, Parwan and Dai Kundi), in order to evaluate the impacts of this programme and to make proposals to improve its quality. Interviews with families who send their girls to school and with others who don’t made it possible to analyse the different factors which prevent or hold back girls from going to school. The conclusions of this research are not available to the general public for the time being. |
| April - May |
- Evaluations of Christian Aid programmes in the Sahel (Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Niger)
Apart from the concrete recommendations made for the projects, this evaluation focused on two major issues in linking relief and development:
- How can development aspects be integrated concretely into an emergency programme and vice versa?
- In terms of emergency warning and preparedness, what activities should NGOs be involved in with regard to state and UN systems which showed their limits during the previous crisis?s How can funding agencies be convinced of the importance of warning and preparedness? |
| March |
- Evaluation of water and sanitation programme by Solidarités in Indonesia.
Evaluation of a water and sanitation project carried out by Solidarités following the earthquake which hit the province south of Yogyakarta in May 2006. This evaluation had a double objective: firstly, to evaluate the impact of the project (which ended on 21 January 2007), as requested by the funder, ECHO, and secondly, to use the Quality COMPAS method and the Dynamic COMPAS as part of the ongoing test of the Dynamic COMPAS in Solidarités. |
| January - February |
- Evaluation of the “Classe de lecture” project by ASMAE in India
This involved evaluating the programmes of ASMAE’s six partners in this country, three of whom are in Maharasthra and three in Tamil Nadu.
- Evaluation of a water and sanitation project in the north of Afghanistan for CORDAID (the Dutch branch of Caritas)
Evaluation of a water and sanitation project run by the Afghan NGO, NPO-RRAA, between 2005 and 2006. |
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