Evaluation of the Irish Aid Ethiopia CSP (2008-2012) Executive Summary

In early 2012 Irish Aid commissioned an independent evaluation of the Irish Aid Ethiopia Country Strategy 2008-2012. The evaluation was carried out by a team of consultants from ITAD Ltd. The following is the executive summary of the evaluation with two lesson learning briefs.

Evaluation of the Irish Aid Ethiopia CSP (2008-12) Learning Brief RBM

ABSTRACT

Mandat

L’évaluation a été confié au Centre International de Déminage Humanitaire de Genève (CIDHG) agissant en partenariat avec le programme universitaire indépendant Small Arms Survey. Le mandat comprenait:

• L'évaluation de l'efficacité des activités de dépollution de la zone de Mpila à Brazzaville;

• L'évaluation des processus de coordination entre les autorités nationales, l'équipe de l’action contre les mines des Nations unies (UNMAT), les partenaires d'exécution, les bailleurs de fonds et les autres parties prenantes;

RÉSUMÉ

En 2012, la région sahélienne d'Afrique centrale et de l'Ouest a de nouveau connu une grave crise alimentaire suite à la sécheresse qui a affecté la production alimentaire, fait grimper les prix des denrées alimentaires et exposé des millions de personnes, déjà vulnérables de manière chronique, à une nouvelle année de rigueur et de faim.

The performance of the International Food Policy Research Institute’s (IFPRI’s) research program that focuses on water resource issues is reviewed for the period 1994–2010 around the three themes that constitute the program: global modeling, river basin modeling, and institutions.

Executive summary

UNHCR’s 2011 emergency operation in North Africa, which followed the outbreak of civil war in Libya, addressed one of the largest mixed migration crises that the organization has ever encountered. The unanticipated emergency generated a massive influx of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Tunisia and Egypt, two countries which themselves had only recently experienced major political upheavals. As a result of these considerations, little contingency planning had taken place.

Experiencias y aprendizajes para el futuro

This report forms part of a one-year DFID-funded research project, implemented by Tearfund and ODI, that aims to explore the links between service delivery of water supply and sanitation and the wider processes of state-building and peace-building in fragile and conflict-affected states.

1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The purpose of this review is to examine the extent to which the goal, objectives and expected results of the Comoros Flash Floods emergency operation were achieved in terms of its relevance to the needs of the beneficiaries and its effectiveness and timeliness and assesses lessons to be learned for future operations.