Channel Research

Description: The evaluation of effectiveness of capacity building through training programs funded by the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Five training courses conducted over the past 25 years have been selected to be evaluated in order to guide future Finnish development policy on capacity building.
Time Period: January 2008 – August 2008
Country: Finland, Ethiopia, Palestine, Kenya, SADC
Client: Finnish MFA
Person days: 4 Consultants

Description: A study on the impact of conflict on PCD funded research projects in conflict and post-conflict settings. The study Included 4 Country: visits, 4 Country: projects-reports and one Synthesis report and two presentations for IDRC in Ottawa.
Time Period: February 2008 – February 2009
Country: Palestinian Territories, Kenya, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Colombia
Client: IDRC (International Development Research Council)
Partner: COWI DK
Person days: 2 Consultants

Description: On 26 December 2004, a first earthquake of an 8.9 magnitude on the Richter scale occurred below the Indian Ocean, northwest of Sumatra Island, causing a tsunami wave.

On 28 March 2005, a second earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale shook Nias to the ground. In Aceh and Nias, these earthquakes and the tsunami damaged most parts of the coastal areas, claimed heavy casualties, destroyed infrastructure, settlements, social facilities and government buildings, thus affecting the social and economic condition of the people. In order to maximize efficiency and effectiveness, the Government of Indonesia asked donors to pool their resources. In compliance with this request, the EC channeled its support for reconstruction through the Multi-Donor Fund for Aceh and Nias (MDF), which is administered by the World Bank (WB).

The EC contribution to the MDF is €203.5 million. The EC co-chairs the MDF together with BRR and the WB. The general objective of the evaluation is to appraise progress of the MDF, to identify lessons learnt and to provide recommendations for change and improvements in the next phase of its implementation.

This will be achieved through:

1. an assessment of the current MDF program, namely the achievements to date in relation to its stated results: (a) regenerated communities and community infrastructure; (b) reduced poverty; © restarted livelihoods; (d) repaired larger infrastructure; (e) rebuilt governance; and (f) sustained environment; its consistency with priorities as formulated in the RAP and EC Tsunami Indicative Programme; and the MDF contribution to the overall reconstruction effort in Aceh.
2. an assessment of the performance of the MDF as a tool for coordination, harmonization and policy dialogue in the context of the reconstruction process.

Time Period: November 2008 – March 2009
Country: Indonesia
Client: European Commission
Person days: 2 Consultants

Description: Study on the evaluability of support for dialogue processes.
Time Period: 2008
Country: Sweden
Client: Sida
Person days: 1 Consultant

Description: Organisational evaluation of UNOPS HQ in Nairobi.
Time Period: January – March 2008
Country: Kenya
Client: UNOPS
Person days: 1 Consultant, 16 days

Description: Mid-term Evaluation of the “Support Program to Initiatives for Food Security”, implemented by NGO Bevrijde Wereld in Mali, Burkina Faso and Senegal. The Program PAISA/MaBuSen (Support Program to Initiatives for Food Security in Mali, Burkina Faso and Senegal) is a regional program both implemented by West African and North partners. The evaluation specifically examines the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability of the program. It also includes cross-cutting issues such as gender and capacity-building for local structures.
Time Period: April – August 2008
Country: Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso
Client: Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Person days: 2 Consultants

Description: The main objective is to identify factors (conditions and programming modalities) that facilitate or hinder the research process for PCD-supported projects in countries and regions affected by violent conflict. Study commissioned by the OECD – through its network on Conflict, Peace and Development Cooperation (CPDC) and Governance (Govnet) – which aims at illustrating the challenges and potential of linking both fields in practice.
Focus on:

• Transitional Justice,
• Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR),
• Children in armed Conflict
• Economic and Social rights and service delivery in fragile states.
  Time Period: March – September 2008
  Country: Bosnia, Colombia, Congo, Timor Leste, Uganda
  Client: International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
  Partner: COWI DK
  Person days: 4 Consultants

Description: PNDDR is a 25 Mio. US$ reintegration programme for soldiers in the Republic of Congo. The programme is part of MDRP-Multi Country: Demobilization and Reintegration Programme managed by the World Bank
Time Period: February – July 2008
Country: Republic of Congo
Client: European Commission
Person days: –

Description: To provide systematic and objective assessments of EC-funded mine actions in the Middle East, to generate credible and useful lessons for decision-makers within the EC, allowing them to improve the planning and management of existing and future mine action projects, programmes, and policies.
Time Period: April – August 2008
Country: Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen, Iraq
Client: Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Deming on behalf of the European Commission
Person days: 2 Consultants

Description: Following-up on a report of the German Court of Auditors, the Budget Committee of the Deutsche Bundestag (German parliament) has requested the Federal Foreign Office (AA) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) to report on steps taken to improve on assessing performance and evaluating Germany’s voluntary contributions to International Organisations (I.O.). A major share of these contributions is earmarked for Humanitarian Assistance (HA) organisations and programmes, comprising emergency aid, including refugee aid (funded by the AA) and development-oriented emergency and transition aid, including food security programmes (funded by the BMZ).
Review of the current German system of performance assessments including (internal and external) evaluations of voluntary contributions to I.O. The sample selected for this study included the ICRC, WFP and UNHCR. The study looked at the evaluations functions of I.O., their systems for results based management and internal and external reporting.
Time Period: April – September 2008
Country: Germany, Global
Client: German Ministry of Development Cooperation, German Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Person days: 1 Consultant

Description: Channel Research is part of the review/advisory group – composed of evaluation specialists, conflict prevention and SSR specialists – that supports Saferworld’s work by offering geographical, issue, policy, research and programme expertise.
Time Period: May – December 2008
Country: UK
Client: Saferworld
Person days: 2 Consultants

Description: The evaluation of Swedish support to strengthening women’s participation in political and decentralization processes in Burkina Faso under the national democratic institute for international affairs “NDI”. The purpose is a learning opportunity for NDI and Sida as well as an input for Sida’s decision-making process with regards specifically to NDI and possible future contributions.
Time Period: June – August 2008
Country: Burkina Faso
Client: Sida
Partner: COWI DK
Person days: 1 Consultant

Description: The evaluation of the EC funded mine action in Eastern Europe, specifically Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, and Cyprus in order to generate credible and useful lessons for decision-makers within the EC, allowing them to improve the planning and management of existing and future mine action projects, programmes, and policies.
Time Period: July – October 2008
Country: Eastern Europe, specifically Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, and Cyprus
Client: Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
Person days: 2 Consultants

Description: The objective is to produce a revised strategy document for Denmark’s humanitarian aid for 2009-2015. The formulation of the revised strategy will ensure that the formulation process is conducted in a manner inclusive of partners and where appropriate include likeminded donors and the general public. And that the strategy becomes operational as a decision making tool, supporting the day-to-day managers of humanitarian aid.
Time Period: June 2008 – January 2009
Country: Denmark
Client: Danida
Partner: Cowi Denmark, Development Initiatives
Person days: 1 Consultant

Description: Evaluation of performance on behalf of Burundian refugees and returnees by DCA and its national partners over a twenty month period, according to OECD/ DAC criteria. Field surveys in western Tanzania and eastern Burundi, interviews, focus group discussions and document review to assess this programme’s relevance in a post-conflict context.
Time Period: August- October 2008
Country: Burundi
Client: DanChurchAid
Person days: 2 consultants

Description: AED is seeking technical assistance to support the development of a Monitoring & Evaluation Plan and M&E tools/approaches for the Peace Through Development (PDEV) program. PDEV is a three-year USAID-funded program that aims to reduce the threat of extremism and terrorism in Chad, Niger, and Mauritania through innovative development approaches. The program expects to achieve the following results: a) extremist ideologies supporting terrorist tactics are discredited, b) terrorists are denied support and sanctuary by improving governance and reducing ungoverned and poorly governed spaces, and c) terrorists are denied support and sanctuary by reducing the pool of potential recruits. Program activities targeting these results include a Community Youth mapping process, vocational training, income generation grants and micro-credit, religious education reform activities, radio chat shows targeting youth and governance issues, youth empowerment activities, governance activities, and intra-faith dialogues and peace messaging.
Time Period: September – October 2008
Country: Chad, Niger, Mauretania
Client: AED/ USAID
Person days: 1 Consultant

Description: The German government is supporting Mine Action in Afghanistan through the funding of two implementing partners: HALO Trust and Danish Demining Group.

As part of an ongoing monitoring and evaluation framework, Channel Research in collaboration with the Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Mine Action has been contracted to undertake an evaluation of the field programmes of these two partners.
Time Period: August – October 2008
Country: Afghanistan
Client: German Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Person days: 1 Consultant

Description: Joint Follow-up evaluation of the Tsunami Evaluation Coalition’s Linking Relief Rehabilitation and Development study. This particular evaluation is Phase II of the Tsunami Evaluation Coalition (TEC)‘s Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development (LRRD) study, Phase I having been carried out in 2005. It is being conducted simultaneously in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and the Maldives. It is not an evaluation of individual organisations or projects, but rather a broad evaluation of the overall tsunami aid effort to assess how effective aid has been in helping communities and governments to recover in the aftermath of the tsunami, and to compile some lessons learnt for future disaster response.
Time Period: September 2008 – May 2009
Country: Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives
Client: SIDA, DANIDA, Norad, Government of Netherlands
Partner: Dara, AIDMI, TeamCVoter
Person days: 13 Consultant
Download : 090920_Review_of_Joint_Evaluation_LRRD2_Channel.pdf
Download : LRRD-Summary_report.pdf

Download : Presentation of LRRD study and final results

Description: This training in evaluation of humanitarian action was held by Channel Research in cooperation with ALNAP. The training aimed to make evaluations of humanitarian action more effective in contributing to the improved performance of interventions and to improve the quality of the evaluation process.
Time Period: October 2008
Country: Belgium
Client: OCHA, WFP, ECHO, Oxfam America, Oxfam, Novib, Dara, ICRC, UNHCR
Partner: ALNAP
Person days: 2 consultants, 8 days

Description: Evaluation of Saferworld’s international, regional, national and local work funded by Dfid since 2004.
Time Period: December 2008 – July 2009
Country: UK, Bangladesh, Kenya, Kosovo, Moldova, South Sudan
Client: DfiD
Person days: 5 Consultants

Description: In depth identification process for the 2009 programming to uncover detailed information on:

• The problems faced by uprooted people and province specific priorities
• The options for the EC response and analysis of how the proposed intervention strategy will meet objectives
• The assumptions and risks for the programme

Time Period: July 2008 – November 2008
Country: Indonesia
Client: European Commission
Person days: 1 Channel consultant, 30 days.

Description: Description of how Norwegian NGOs became involved, which sectors and programs, how they chose their partners and assess against shifting political and humanitarian circumstances the results achieved through total assistance to Palestine in the period 1999 to 2006. The review intends to conclude and recommend future priorities for Norwegian NGO assistance to Palestinan civil society.
Time Period: April 2008 – August 2008
Country: Palestinian Territories
Partner: NCG, Norway
Client: NORAD
Person days: 2 consultants, 40 days

Description: Channel Research is part of the review/advisory group – composed of evaluation specialists, conflict prevention and SSR specialists – that support Saferworld’s work by bringing geographical, issue, policy, research and programme expertise.
Time Period: May 2008 – December 2008
Country: UK
Client: Saferworld
Person days: 2 consultants, 20 days.

Description: The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry for Development Cooperation are undertaking a comprehensive review of German funding for Humanitarian Assistance. During Phase I of this undertaking a number of International Organisations were assessed regarding their mechanisms to assess performance (internal systems, accountability, evaluations).
Time Period: May 2008 – September 2008
Country: Global
Client: BMZ (German government)
Person days: 1 consultant, 30 days.

Download : 081118_BMZ_Humanitare_Hilfe_phase1_Final_Zusammengeführt.pdf

Description: Regional evaluation of EC-funded mine actions in the Middle East to generate lessons for decision-makers within the EC, to improve management and planning of future and existing mine action programmes and adjust policies where needed.
Time Period: January 2008 – June 2008
Country: Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen
Client: GICHD
Person days: 2 consultants, 36 days.
Download : 080805 Regional evaluation of EC-funded mine actions in the Middle East_2002-2008.pdf

Description: Evaluation of a core funding provided by Sida to 5 research institutes on peace and security based in South Africa: International Institute on Security Studies (ISS), African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD), South African Institute on International Affairs (SAIIA), Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR), Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR)
Time Period: March 2008 – July 2008
Country: South Africa
Client: Sida
Person days: 2 consultants, 53 days.
Download : 080725 SIDA South Africa Research.pdf

Description: Originally a 3 years programme, which lasted 5 years, implemented by the ONEPA, National Administration School, and targeting capacity building through training sessions in Laos and France for diplomats, and justice related workers, as equipment to the relevant training institutes.
Time Period: March 2008 – August 2008
Country: Laos
Client: DGCID (French MFA)
Person days: 2 consultants, 36 days

Download : 0808117_French_MFA_FSA_Final_report_Laos.pdf

Description: Evaluation of a 4 year programme implemented by UNICEF West Africa Regional Office and National Offices in Mali, Niger, Ghana, Togo, against child trafficking through reinforcement of legal environment, implementation of a monitoring system in the community, implementation of relevant national services, prevention and sensitization.
Time Period: February 2008 – July 2008
Country: Mali, Niger, Ghana, Togo
Client: UNICEF Dakar
Person days: 3 consultants, 125 days.

Description: Study commissioned by the OECD – through its network on Conflict, Peace and Development Cooperation (CPDC) and Governance (Govnet) – and which aims at illustrating the challenges and potential of linking both fields in practice.
Focus on: Transitional Justice, Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) Children in armed Conflict, Economic and Social rights and service delivery in fragile states.
Time Period: February 2008 – September 2008
Country: Bosnia, Colombia, Congo, Timor Leste, Uganda
Client: COWI (SIDA / OECD)
Person days: 7 consultants, 190 days, 170.000 Euros.

Description: In accordance with the financing decisions for Indonesia Tsunami Reconstruction Support: Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Aceh, Nias and North Sumatra, the EC asks for the second external evaluation of the MDF programme.
Time Period: November 2008 – December 2008
Country: Indonesia
Client: European Commission
Person days: 2 consultants, 60 days

Description: Evaluation of the programme of promotion and protect the basic rights of Congolese refugees and to facilitate voluntary return or reintegration as a durable solution in 3 refugee camps. Programme funded by Norwegian Refugee Council and UNHCR.
Time Period: February 2008 – April 2008
Country: Burundi
Client: Norwegian Refugee Council
Person days: 2 consultants, 57 days

Description: The objective of the study is to contribute to the cooperation strategy process, providing Sweden with analysis on the relationship between poverty and internal armed conflict in Colombia, identifying the main traits of multidimensional poverty with a focus on the lack of human security, social capital, influence, power and choice.
Time Period: January 2008 – June 2008
Country: Colombia
Client: Swedish international Development Agency (Sida)
Person days: 3 consultants, 42 days

Description: The main objective is to identify factors (conditions and programming modalities) that facilitate or hinder the researcg process for PCD-supported projects in countries and regions affected by violent conflict.
Time Period: March 2008 – September 2008
Country: Bosnia Colombia Congo Timor Leste Uganda
Client: International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Person days: 4 consultants, 130 days

Description: On behalf of the Red Cross Movement the ICRC has contracted Channel Research to evaluate the Movement’s RFL response to the 2004 Tsunami disaster in South East Asia. The findings will contribute to the implementation of the new RFL strategy.
Time Period: December 2007 – May 2008
Country: Switzerland South East Asia
Client: ICRC, IFRC, Red Cross National Societies
Person days: 3 consultants, 150 days