Mid-term Review of the Diakonia Strategic Peace Building ... - Sida

A N N E X 2 – I N C E P T I O N R E P O R T
This is an important aspect of the review, as the evaluation performed in September
2011 had highlighted a series of deficiencies at that level. The evaluator will use the
recommendations from the evaluation to structure this part of the review and assess
the progress made by Diakonia on efficiency.
The review will mainly focus on assessing the extent to which Diakonia:
Has recruited some technical staff for the Harare office, with competencies in
capacity development and in the thematic area(s) that the programme is focusing
on; and/or
Is using more systematically competent local consultants to perform the capacity
development dimension of Diakonia’s work; and/or
Has revised its thematic priorities; and/or
Has mobilised more resources from the Nairobi office as a more systematic
technical support to the Harare staff.
Assessing sustainability
The review will mainly focus on two questions that were highlighted as weaknesses
in the previous evaluation:
- Is the programme supported by regional/national/local institutions?
- Has the funding base been diversified? How has the work to obtain financial
sustainability and reduce the dependency on Sida core support turned out?
Apart from making sure that the gathered information answers the evaluation questions,
our approach and the focus on the utilisation will ensure that the evaluation
process allows Diakonia, its partners and stakeholders to reflect on their work and,
thus, learn from the evaluation process.
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