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

Mid-term Review of the Diakonia Strategic
Peace Building Programme in Zimbabwe
This report presents the findings of the mid-term review of Diakonia’s Strategic Peace Building programme in Zimbabwe for the
period 2012-2014, funded by Sida/Embassy of Sweden in Zimbabwe. This mid-term review shows that numerous positive changes
have taken place since the previous evaluation in 2011. The new institutional set-up has laid the ground for the development of a
relevant and necessary process for critically assessing and learning from the shortcomings of the previous programme. Diakonia
has been able to develop a capacity development strategy of remarkable quality, and is now considered as a reliable partner adds
value to the democratisation process in the country.
Diakonia still faces a series of challenges in relation to strategic planning; the conflict analysis does not clearly lead to priorities for
programming, the logical framework is too general and fails to reflect what the partners want to achieve. There is a need for
further reflection on what the programme is really about and what it may realistically achieve. The review also shows that the
success of the current programme depends, to a large extent, on the capacity of Diakonia to create a sense of common interest
among its partners.
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