Evaluating Peacebuilding Activi - OECD

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✦ Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Table of contents
Executive summary
Glossary
Introduction
Chapter 1. Conceptual background and the need for improved approaches in situations of conflict and fragility
The need to better understand and adapt to conflict and fragility
Principles and objectives of peacebuilding and statebuilding support
Box 1.1. Key donor agendas for situations of conflict and fragility
Box 1.2. Principles for donor engagement in situations of conflict and fragility
Aid that does harm
Box 1.3. Do no harm – an example from Tajikistan
Box 1.4. Weaknesses around conflict analysis
Improving programme design and strategic planning
Chapter 2. Addressing challenges of evaluation in situations of conflict and fragility
Challenges to evaluations in situations of conflict and fragility
The high risk of violence
Complex and unpredictable contexts and interventions
Multiple actors
Weak theoretical foundations and evidence base
Challenges to data collection
Attribution
Politicisation
Box 2.1. Political constraints in conflict settings: lessons from Sri Lanka
Overcoming challenges to evaluation
Context as the starting point: conflict analysis
Conflict sensitivity
Evaluating conflict sensitivity (and effectiveness)
Chapter 3. Preparing an evaluation in situations of conflict and fragility
Defining the purpose
Box 3.1. Defining the purpose of an evaluation
Analysing conflict
Box 3.2. Two examples of the use of conflict analysis – Democratic Republic of Congo and Sri Lanka
Box 3.3. Checklist for reviewing a conflict analysis
Table 3.1. Some key questions for conflict analysis
Deciding the scope of the evaluation
Table 3.2. Examples of evaluation scopes
Box 3.4. Using conflict analysis to inform the scope of an evaluation in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Selecting evaluation criteria
Outlining key evaluation questions
Incorporating gender equality and women’s empowerment
Looking at the big picture
Selecting the best-fit evaluation methodology
Dealing with timing and logistics
Box 3.5. Conflict-related constraints on evaluations in Sri Lanka and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Co-ordinating with other actors
Working with local and country stakeholders
Considering a joint evaluation
Box 3.6. A joint evaluation in Southern Sudan
Writing terms of reference
Setting up evaluation management
Selecting the evaluation team
Controlling quality
Chapter 4. Conducting an evaluation in situations of conflict and fragility
Allow an inception phase
Identify and assess the theory of change and implementation logic
Causation: Between theory and outcomes
Figure 4.1. Assumptions underlying the theory of change in a fictitious peace journalism programme
Where do theories of change originate?
Box 4.1. Evaluating success and failure in peacebuilding
Gather data
Box 4.2. Building statistics for monitoring and evaluation in Helmand Province
Box 4.3. Examples of data sources from Somalia and Afghanistan
Criteria for evaluating interventions
Relevance
Effectiveness
Box 4.4. Evaluating the effectiveness of the German Civil Peace Service
Impact
Box 4.5. Quantitative methods to evaluate impact in settings of conflict and fragility
Sustainability
Efficiency
Box 4.6. Security costs
Other criteria: Coherence and co-ordination
Draw conclusions and make recommendations
Box 4.7. Can aid win over local communities? Testing the theory in Afghanistan
Box 4.8. Making recommendations for donors and the Government of Southern Sudan
Reporting
Inception report
Draft report
Final report
Management response and follow-up action
Box 4.9. Canada responds to the evaluation of peacebuilding support in Southern Sudan
Disseminate findings
Feed back into programming and engage in learning
Annex A. Conflict analysis and its use in evaluation
Table A.1. Summary of selected conflict analysis tools
Annex B. Understanding and evaluating theories of change
Table B.1. Common theories of change
Annex C. Sample terms of reference for a conflict evaluation
Bibliography