Dara - UPDATE

We improve the quality of humanitarian aid and development through evaluation

UPDATE

 

ONGOING ACTIVITIES

Tsunami Evaluation Coalition
Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development (LRRD 2)

DARA evaluates the development projects financed by the Government of the Balearic Islands’ Foreign Aid Office
DARA will evaluate 11 development projects financed by the Government of the Balearic Islands in seven countries

23rd Biannual ALNAP Meeting in Madrid
A New Agenda for News Media and Humanitarian Aid

Larry Minear: “The HRI is worth strengthening”
Minear´s contribution to the HRI 2008

Evaluation: The Key to Quality Interventions
DARA evaluates the humanitarian action of the NGO Proyecto Solidario in Bolivia

Words Into Action: How to Act to Reduce Disaster Risk
DARA translates into Spanish a guide on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action

Participation by Crisis-Affected Populations in Humanitarian Action
A Handbook for Practitioners

How Does the HRI Contribute to the Reform of Foreign Aid?
DARA and the humanitarian community of Washington discuss the main contributions of the HRI

For a Transatlantic Strategy for Natural Disasters
DARA will be part of the steering committee of “Raising the bar” an initiative that will promote coordinated humanitarian action between the EU and the US

DARA Participates in the Evaluation of the Paris Declaration
DARA participates in the evaluation of the Paris Declaration with a study on aid effectiveness

The 2007 HRI Book Is Published by Palgrave Macmillan
The publication can be purchased online. Read the first chapter.
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES

How Does the World Respond to Humanitarian Crisis?
HRI 2008 Presentation in Madrid, November 26

Course on the Evaluation of Development Cooperation Interventions
Third year of the CECOD class
RECENT ACTIVITIES

European Evaluation Society
1st-3rd October, Lisbon

DARA Opened the AGIRE Seminar on the Value of Aid
Milan, 26 September

DARA Attended a SEGIB Meeting
24-25 September in Mexico City

Development and Disaster Risk Reduction, a Mutual Relationship
DARA participates in the debates at the Citizens’ Initiative Pavilion in the Expo Zaragoza

“The Human Face of Climate Change”
DARA participated in the first meeting of the Global Humanitarian Forum in Geneva

Humanitarian Response Index: A Participatory Process
DARA met with country donors and humanitarian actors in Geneva

Central American Youth Have Something to Say
DARA co-organised a meeting to promote greater leadership among young people

Evaluation of a Red Cross Educational Project in the Balkans
DARA evaluated a programme for the promotion of respect for cultural diversity in schools will be analysed

How Does the Climate Change Affect International Development?
The second edition of European Development Days will study in depth the link between both questions

At the Clinton Global Initiative DARA Commits to Creating the Humanitarian Response Index for the Next Three Years
The commitment was announced at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative held in New York
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