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| Project: Multi-donor evaluation of support to conflict prevention and peacebuilding activities in Southern Sudan, 2005-2009 |
| Country: Sudan |
| Client: Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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| ITAD, in partnership with Channel Research, is currently implementing stage one of this multi-donor evaluation led by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, one of a series of similar evaluations covering other countries (Sri Lanka, Haiti and DRC). |
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| In 2005 the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed, officially ending the war between the Government of Sudan in the North and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) based in the South. Since then a study conducted by the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs has shown that evaluations on the impact of donor support to Southern Sudan have lacked clarity, comprehensiveness and information on actual results of field-level assistance.
This evaluation seeks to redress this “knowledge gap” by
(i) assessing the extent of progress in implementing the CPA in the run-up to elections scheduled for Feb 2010 (and a 2011 referendum on Southern Sudanese independence);
(ii) providing an insight into the effects of humanitarian, reconstruction and development efforts on peacebuilding processes in Southern Sudan; and
(iii) providing lessons to be learnt in future policy-making processes here and elsewhere in post-conflict situations.
Ultimately the evaluation seeks to determine the impact of conflict prevention and peacebuilding interventions and to test the validity of theories on how these interventions will bring about change. |
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| Services provided: The first stage, due to take place between Nov 2009 and Dec 2010, consists primarily of desk-based analysis and preparatory work for the sample-based evaluation of the second stage, and is separated into four activities (conflict analysis, policy and strategy analysis, portfolio analysis, and evaluation and research document analysis). By mid-January we are required to produce three outputs:
(1) A collation/summary and typology of existing literature (2005-2009) on all external inputs to Southern Sudan relating to peacebuilding.
(2) The extraction and preliminary evaluation of key findings emerging from this. How successful have the international community been in meeting the requirements of peacebuilding/conflict prevention in post-CPA Sudan?
(3) A selection criteria (drawn from the typology) for which projects we will choose to evaluate in more detail in stage 2 fieldwork.
The second stage, due to take place between February and June 2010, will be based on a case study approach combined with an evaluation framework and will be fully-defined on completion of the activities of stage 1. |
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