’s Human Development Index were missing as of 2018. On the latter, as far as we are aware, no documents have brought together lessons from multiple donors and NGOs, and thus learning has remained donor-specific or project-based. A further challenge, as evidenced in the evaluations analysed in this study, is that actors have yet to act upon lessons they have learned, suggesting that other barriers need to be overcome in implementation. As of 2018, there were 194 organisations registered with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA
7 Evaluating the partnership research process Jean-Marc Fontan and Denis Bussières Translation by Elizabeth Carlyse As part of the project Strengthening Knowledge Strategies for Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development: A Global Study on Community–University Partnerships, the team at l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM, www. aruc-es.uqam.ca) was given the task of developing an evaluation process for research partnerships. First, a definition of partnership research was developed. Second, the concept of evaluation is discussed and an attempt made to
5 Evaluating the mix: negotiating with multiculture Introduction The previous chapters have discussed the ways in which parents’ and carers’ discussion of school choice were infused with concerns about their children’s emotions and also how talking about school choice also frequently raised emotional responses. Chapter 4 focused in particular on ideas of threat and contamination which were produced when thinking of high schools and the presence of classed others. This ‘underclass’ was imagined as gendered, identified by both behaviour in and around the school
presented in full in the Annex to the article. What Civil–Military Relations Literature is Missing Humanitarian civil–military relations literature has grown in recent years, and studies vary from assessing coordination in specific emergencies from a military or humanitarian practitioner perspective, to evaluating cooperation in specific aspects of a response such as logistics, and generalised assessments of the status quo of civil–military coordination for humanitarian purposes. This section provides a brief overview of relevant literature and explains which gap
16 Evaluation of quality of drinking water in Romania (science shops) Norbert Steinhaus Context In Romania, most environmental problems, including deterioration of water source quality, have their origin in intensive industrialization and development of agriculture. Until 1990, there were no environmental protection policies/legislation/treatment facilities or accompanying measures in place. Until this case study, there were only a few studies on drinking water quality in the area. Those that existed were limited to questions of to what extent treatment in
in robust monitoring and evaluation (M&E): long-term tracking of refugees’ livelihoods outcomes post-training, adjusting programmes based on these outcomes and being honest about whether these outcomes justify the existence of these trainings at all – not to mention the time, effort and hope that refugees put into them. Part of this tracking should entail a deep understanding of the financial outcomes of ‘gigs’ that refugees secure, as well as a critical consideration of
response. Practitioners often use humanitarian standards to systematise the planning, implementation and evaluation of programming. These standards describe the broad principles and essential elements (i.e. specific benchmarks and actions) for high-quality response, reflecting best practices at a global level. Guidance documents – whether associated with specific standards or stand-alone – provide additional information and recommendations on priority issues. These resources are critical in ensuring high-quality implementation of activities. While there has been some
appalling human rights violations, as highlighted by the CRPD Committee (General Comment No.1 on Article 12, 2014). The ToC’s external working group itself comprised persons with lived experience of psychosocial disability, along with international development and humanitarian actors. Inclusion is also one of nine guiding principles within the ToC to ensure quality services, and one of three essential components of DfID’s suggested evaluative measurement system
CRASH produced a dossier on HIV 14 they produced a kind of historical perspective that is very useful. Bertrand: There is more talk of how the historical records of past missions may be used to help thinking through future ones at MSF or even the wider policies. You were yourself involved in an internal evaluation scheme, an interdisciplinary network dedicated to evaluation and feedback (RIDER 15 ) and you presented it as a project of ‘capitalisation’, a stocktaking of historical precedent. Could
Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) advocates rigorous gender-based analyses to inform intervention programmes ( UN OCHA, 2021 ). Key humanitarian and development donors have also placed an emphasis on gender equality when evaluating funding decisions. The OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC), for example, encourages its members to track and report gender equality results achieved by projects in order to ensure that they do not reproduce or exacerbate gender inequalities ( OECD, 2016 ). While most OECD donors stay to the minimum, governments such as Canada, Iceland