News: Joint Evaluations

2 May 2013: The ECB Project’s Niger Consortium planning joint evaluation

Following the joint needs assessment and advocacy work in Niger after the 2011 food crisis, the ECB Project’s Niger Consortium has decided to conduct a joint evaluation of the response. Read more

22 February 2013: The Good Enough Guide to Assessments (GEGA) – Feedback required

The Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS) in collaboration with the ECB Project are developing a new guide, entitled The Good Enough Guide to Assessments (GEGA). At present the resources available to build the capacity of staff to carry out needs assessments are limited, and in particular there is no guidance that pulls together critical lessons learned from previous assessments into a single usable handbook. The GEGA is being produced in order to fill this gap. Read more

10 May 2012: UN Inter-Agency Standing Group Releases First Draft of Horn of Africa Crisis Real-Time Evaluation

The UN Inter-Agency Standing Committee releases its Real-Time Evaluation of the response to the food crisis in the Horn of Africa. Read more

15 November 2011: AIM Standing Team Joint Evaluation Workshop a Big Success

6 October 2011: Inter-agency Standing Team improves accountability

Our new Accountability & Impact Measurement (AIM) Standing Team is a skilled inter-agency group that is championing accountability and impact measurement across agencies and regions. The AIM Standing Team is available for deployment to support field staff with assessments, evaluations, monitoring missions and members can train teams to implement accountability principals in practice. Read more

30 September 2011: Interagency AIM Standing Team learning workshop held in Indonesia

23 members from 14 different countries came together in Jakarta this week to take part in an ECB Accountability and Impact Measurement (or AIM) learning workshop. Read more

2 September 2011: Call for Consultant Proposals for "ECB-lite"

We're looking for a talented consultant to create a package that summarizes ECB tools, resources and practical examples for the humanitarian community. Read more

5 August 2011: Update on AIM Standing Team

The ECB Project is creating an inter-agency Standing Team who will be responsible for training others in the fundamentals of accountability and impact measurement and supporting joint evaluations. Read more

16 November 2010: Indonesia face testing times with twin disasters

Over the past two weeks, the Indonesia consortium agreed to test their recently drafted Disaster Response Engagement Protocols (DREP) and their new Joint Needs Assessment (JNA) database during two small scale emergencies. We share the highlights of this experience and celebrate the successes and challenges of this ambitious collaborative initiative Read more

16 November 2010: Evaluating the Haitian response together

Using a new participatory methodology, CARE and Save the Children in Haiti recently conducted a Joint Evaluation of their humanitarian response. The team faced several challenges early in the process, but once 30 national staff were leading focus group discussions, powerful inter-agency collaboration ensued. This experience contributes to a growing body of knowledge on Joint Evaluations. Read more