Our Evaluations

Evaluations of SFCG programs are first and foremost a learning tool for the organization. Our approach to evaluation is based on the belief that we need to understand how and why our work makes a difference in order to do better in the future. As learning tools, our evaluations foster a spirit of inquiry and honesty, regardless of how challenging this may be to our organization. Our evaluations typically seek to accomplish one or more of the following:

• Identify and analyze intended and unintended change

• Assess processes and partnerships

• Examine sustainability, immediate results, and longer term results

SFCG's Evaluation Principles

• Capacity strengthening

• Context specific

• Utilization-focused

• Participatory

• Productively critical

• Evidence-based

• Culturally sensitive

• Ethical

Evaluation by Country

Scroll down for a short description of each evaluation, or click on the links below to view a summary of that country's evaluations.

2005 External Evaluation of Refugee Reintegration Project
The researcher for the 2005 external impact assessment of the Refugee Reintegration Project was Todd C. Cleveland. This document is designed to represent the key findings and lessons learned and is not a full programme-wide evaluation. [more]

2004 External Programme Evaluation
The evaluators for the 2004 external evaluation of Search for Common Ground in Angola (Centre for Common Ground or CCG) were Christian Bugnion, Daniel Ntoni-Nzinga, and Joao Kambowela. The evaluation looked at SFCG-Angola's work over the past year, assessed its impact on the current dynamic in the country, and offered suggestions in order to ensure continued success. SFCG's goal in Angola is to support sustainable peace and national reconciliation by working with Angolans to transform their society away from a culture of violence to one characterized by coexistence, security, social justice, and popular participation. [more]

2002 External Programme Evaluation
This external evaluation, conducted by Rowland Roome & Mario Kajibanga, examines the relevance of the programme (including its selection of target groups and partners) to the declared goals. CCG's declared organisational objective is to enable people from the grassroots to the leadership to resolve conflict and violence through non-adversarial means. [more]

2002 External Evaluation of Radio Soap Opera
This evaluation of the Centre for Common Ground's radio soap operas, Vozes Que Falam and Coisas Da Nossa Gente, was conducted by the National Institute of Statistics in Luanda, Angola. The soap operas aim to build the capacity of Angolans in conflict prevention and resolution. [more]

1999 Center for Common Gound Luanda, Programme Evaluation
At the time of this programme evaluation, the Centre for Common Ground in Angola was involved in a variety of projects and activities including conflict resolution skills training, consensus building facilitation of dialogue, consensus building training, video facilitated dialogue, production of conflict resolution materials, and theater and music productions. [more]

2011 Internal Report on "Supporting Key Actors To Mitigate Conflicts In The Great Lakes"
Between September 2008 and September 2010, Search For Common Ground implemented a regional conflict mitigation project in Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, supported by USAID's Office for Conflict Management and Mitigation. The project and its four complementary activities (Radio Program Convergences ; Common Ground Journalism Training ; Theatre Training and Festival and Student outreach activities) contributed to SFCG's regional goal of inspiring key people from diverse groups to become actors of social change and to actively contribute to peace and reconciliation in their communities and in the region. [more]

INTAMENWA! Les Indivisibles. Mobilisation of Burundian Youth for Political Reconciliation
As part of the multi-country Governance and Transparency Fund (GTF) program funded by UKAID, Search for Common Ground (SFCG) in Burundi implemented a three month project from June until September 2011 in support of its overall programmatic goal: to promote inclusive, effective and responsible participation in a process of social transformation toward a fair and equal society in Burundi. [more]

2010 Promoting Locally - Driven Transformation and Collaborative Action in Burundi
This external evaluation was conducted in October 2010 at the end of the two-year "Promoting locally-driven transformation and collaborative action in Burundi" project funded by the United States Agency for International Development. The project aimed to promote constructive political dialogue between and among parliamentarians and their constituents on issues of local and national concern, and foster dialogue and collaborative approaches to conflict between returnees and residents in return zones. The evaluation, conducted by Sylvestre Bigirimana, found the project had a positive impact nationally, particularly in areas where refugee returns and the subsequent potential for land conflict were high. [more]

2009 Évaluation D'impact du programme de Search for Common Ground au Burundi via les projects: Promotion de la liberté d'expression, appui à la réconciliation nationale, promotion de la gouvernance démocratique.
Le programme SFCG Burundi en 2006-2008 a été composé de trois projets :

1. « Promotion de la liberté d'expression »
2. « Appui à la réconciliation nationale » et
3. « Promotion de la gouvernance démocratique ».

2009 Accompagnement de la mise en place et du fonctionnement de la Commission Vérité et Réconciliation au Burundi'
"Support to the establishment and operation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Burundi", as part of the broader transitional justice process in Burundi.[more]

2008 Final Report: Mass Information in Support of Peaceful Congolese and Burundian Refugee Repatriation
This mixed internal-external evaluation measures the success of the 12-month regional project supporting the peaceful repatriation of Congolese and Burundian refugees.  With support from the United States Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, the project used radio programming, training and participatory theatre to enable the targeted populations to, in the case of returnees and residents, manage their conflicts effectively and nonviolently and, in the case of refugees, make an informed choice about, and be better prepared to face, the conflicts they will meet upon their return. [more]

2006-2008 Résultats-clés de l'Evaluation du Projet « Appui à la réconciliation nationale au Burundi »
Quatre grandes catégories d'activités ont été menées: formation des populations locales (membres d'association, groupes marginalisés) sur les thèmes de la réconciliation et la justice transitionnelle ; des émissions radiophoniques sous forme de tables rondes sur les thèmes touchant au rôle de la Commission Nationale Terre et autres Biens (CNTB), à la justice transitionnelle, à l'élaboration de projets communautaires et à la résolution pacifique des conflits ; facilitation du règlement des conflits fonciers en 2 collaboration avec la CNTB ; interventions communautaires sous forme de journées de solidarité et jeux-concours.[more]

2006-2008 Résultats-clés de l'évaluation du projet « Promotion de la Gouvernance Démocratique au Burundi »
Les résultats-clés, ci-dessous représentent les leçons apprises à travers l'évaluation du programme. Les résultats-clés des objectifs spécifiques de chacun des trois projets peuvent être trouvés dans 3 différents résumés disponibles. [more]

2006-2008 Key Findings from the "Promoting Freedom of Expression" Project Evaluation
The project "Promoting of Freedom of Expression" has improved the capacity of members of various target groups to become key players in the dialogue for social change, peacebuilding and reconciliation in their communities. All activities planned under the project have been completed on time and have taken the identified target areas into account, especially the training provided for journalists.[more]

2006 External Evaluation of Women and Governance Project
The "Women and Governance" Project Evaluation of 2006 was led by independent evaluators Véronique Parqué and René-Claude Niyonkuru in January/February 2006. The objectives of this evaluation were to determine the pertinence of the objectives and their degree of implementation, efficiency, impact and viability in accordance with proposal formulation. [more]

2004 External Mid-term Evaluation of Victims of Torture Project
This external mid-term evaluation was led by Dr. Sylvestre Barancira and Nathalie Zajde. The Victims of Torture project has the following goal: The reduction of negative effects of torture by assistance to victims and the prevention of acts of torture in Burundi. [more]

2003 Civil Society Dialogue with Parliamentarians, Case Study: Workshops on the Truth and Reconciliation Law
To facilitate educated discussions on the issues concerned in creating Truth and Reconciliation Commissions, Harvard Law School and Search for Common Ground developed a CD-ROM offering guidance from the experience of five countries that had established such commissions. [more]

2002 External Programme Evaluation
This document is an independent evaluation of the Search for Common Ground - Burundi programme conducted by Amr Abdalla, Noa Davenport, Leslie McTyre and Steven A. Smith. The overall goal of the Burundi programme is to reduce ethnic conflict and encourage reconciliation. [more]

1999 Field Survey on Burundian Radio Listening Habits, Reactions to Radio Ijambo Programs, and Crisis-Related Listener Needs
This survey was undertaken with two principal goals; first, to build indigenous survey capacity that could provide audience information at all stages, from the time of up-front situation mapping and program planning to follow-up evaluation and secondly, to gather information on the general patterns of radio listening, plus specific data on listener reactions to Studio Ijambo programs. [more]

L'Equipe Côte d'Ivoire - Final Evaluation Report
Since conducting the baseline research for L’Equipe (The Team) in October 2009, the drama was aired on the Ivory Coast’s national TV (RTI), only to be followed by a full blown civil war (referred to as the crisis in the Ivory Coast) in the aftermath of the presidential elections.   The crisis ravaged for about one year when the elected candidate Alassane Ouattara was finally inaugurated, and the outgoing president brought to justice.  Shortly after, on the recommendation of RTI, the drama was replayed on the air in 2011. [more]

Supporting a Conversation with Youth on Leadership
This mix-team evaluation analyzes the effectiveness and relevance of SFCG's ability to increase youth knowledge and skills of conflict resolution in Côte d'Ivoire. Funded by US Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, SFCG engaged with Ivorian youth through a series of trainings, exchange workshops and follow up session in order to increase youth's confidence to prevent violence and engage in the political arena.[more]

2009 EIDHR Listenership Survey
Between January 2007 and June 2009, Search for Common Ground (SFCG) carried out a 30-month project called Support of the Democratic Process in Côte d'Ivoire, with the financial support of the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR). The overall goal of the project was to promote and contribute to an inclusive and nonviolent electoral process in Côte d'Ivoire. Specific objectives of the project were to:

• Support the development of local structures that serve as platforms allowing multiple voices to be heard and to participate in civic and electoral education.

• Reinforce citizens' informed participation in the electoral process, particularly among youth and women. [more]

2007 Rapport d'Evaluation Du Projet en Côte D'ivoire :  Renforcement des capacités locales à réduire les conflits et facilitation du renforcement de la cohésion sociale et de la réconciliation 

Le projet de SFCG en Côte d'Ivoire intitulé « « Renforcement des capacités locales à réduire les conflits et facilitation du renforcement de la cohésion sociale et de la réconciliation »s'est déroulé en 2005-2007. Il a visé surtout à réduire les tensions entre les communautés, à développer la cohésion sociale et à faciliter la réconciliation entre les groupes et les communautés en renforçant les capacités locales à prévenir et gérer les conflits de façon non violente. [more]

2007 Study on Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices
The purpose of this study is to gather information on the knowledge, attitude and practice of Ivorians on democratic and electoral processes, civic education, good governance, conflict management and prevention. The key findings of this research will provide field-wide learning to both the next steps in the implementation of the two projects that SFCG and her two partners have to execute. The results of this Action Research will also contribute to SFCG Côte d'Ivoire's efforts for improved quality of programming. Moreover, the lessons learned inform programming of similar activities across several regions where SFCG works. This research will also create a scope to assess the extent to which SFCG's program in Côte d'Ivoire will strengthen local capacities to promote reconciliation and peace. [more]

2006 Overview: The Impact of Gimme6
The aim of the Gimme6 television project was to build mutual respect between Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot children. The television series introduces viewers to the shared aspect of their daily lives in an effort to foster an appreciation for differences both within their own communities and between the two wider communities. [more]

2012 Kesho Ni Siku Mpya - Lobi Mokolo Ya Sika "Tomorrow Is A New Day" Project Evaluation
"Tomorrow is a New Day" project, funded by the Dutch government, reaches soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) and civilians to improve civilian protection, fight impunity, and restore military-civilian relations.

[more]

2012 L'Equipe - Final Evaluation Report
Since conducting the baseline research for L’Equipe (The Team) in July 2010, L’Equipe Season One (12 episodes) was aired from The 27th August 2010 to the 31st March 2011 on Digital Congo, a national wide broadcasting station. Local broadcasters (18) started a month later and aired the series until late April 2011. Season Two (7 episodes) was aired at RTNC a National wide broadcasting station form the 3rd October 2011 to early January 2012.  Local broadcaster (10 TV station aired in the same period).   SMS quiz around the 7 seven episodes has been organized with the national wide broadcaster, and mobile cinema screenings were organized in different parts of the country.

[more]

2012 Project PEAR + (Phase III) – Final Evaluation Report
SFCG has been part of the Unicef PEAR + project since 2009. The last phase of the PEAR project (phase III, June 2011 – May 2012) aimed at applying the scenario of a "deepened increase of conflict sensitivity". SFCG's goals were the following:

• raise "conflict sensitivity" at the same level as the other intervention sectors (WASH, Education, Health and Protection) and;

• establish "conflict sensitivity" as a transversal dynamic, integrating the various aspects of each of these sectors.

[more]

2012 Summary Report on the Project "Integration Messages on Health" with the C-Change Programme
SFCG has recently completed a USAID funded project with the C-Change programme at Family Health International on the integration of messages focusing on malaria, TB, maternal and child health, HIV and water and sanitation. The messages are broadcast via a series of radio spots, and episodes from the radio series, Mopila, and the television series, The Team. The evaluation organisation, EXPERTS, carried out an evaluation of the programme in Kasai Occidental, Kasai Oriental, South Kivu and Katanga, speaking to a total of 4,000 people across the four provinces. [more]

2012 DRC Programme Evaluation
Search for Common Ground commissioned Channel Research to conduct an evaluation with the principal objective of strengthening their strategies for their work in the country. The OECD-DAC criteria of effectiveness, efficiency (in terms of cost-efficiency), and the sustainability of the programmes were used in evaluating five sample projects that SFCG selected. The evaluation also required a study of SFCG-DRC's learning capacity, which included a comprehensive review of the existing monitoring and evaluation system. Five projects were included in the evaluation covering a range of donors, tools (including radio, participatory theatre, reconciliation events, organisation of Tribunaux d'Expression Populaire, and mobile theatre) and thematic topics such as violence against women, good governance, and security sector reform. [more]

2011 "Emergency program for the Cholera prevention" - External Evaluation
In 2011, SFCG implemented the OXFAM GB cholera prevention emergency program by producing a series of radio spots and programs in the provinces of Equateur, Bandundu and the city-province of Kinshasa. The goals of this four months program (July 25th – November 25th, 2011) was to provide the population with quality information about cholera prevention and to promote positive attitudes and changes towards the prevention of this epidemic. This external evaluation report from December 2011 shows to which extent the SFCG radio programs and spots have contributed to meet the targets. The evaluation concludes that overall, the population exposed to the media has observed significant positive changes and attitudes that contributed to limit the epidemic in their household.[more]

2011 "Project d'urgence de prévention du choléra" - Evaluation externe
En 2011 SFCG a mis en place le projet d'urgence de prévention du choléra  d'OXFAM GB en produisant une série de spots et émissions radio dans les provinces de l'Equateur, du Bandundu et la ville-Province de Kinshasa. L'objectif de ce projet de quatre mois (25 juillet  - 25 novembre 2011) était de fournir à la population des informations de qualité sur la prévention de choléra et de promouvoir des attitudes et des changements positifs quant à la prévention de cette épidémie.  Cette évaluation externe de décembre 2011 indique dans quelle mesure les spots et émissions radio de SFCG ont contribué aux objectifs. L'évaluation conclue que de manière globale, les personnes exposées aux medias ont pu observer de façon significative les changements et les attitudes positives qui ont contribué de manière  sensible à freiner la propagation de l'épidémie du choléra dans leur milieu de résident (ménage). [plus]

2011 Joint Evaluation of Conflict Prevention and Peace Building in the Democratic Republic of Congo
In June 2011, the Belgian evaluation group Channel Research published the results of a joint evaluation commissioned to review conflict prevention and peace building policies in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The database of projects submitted by the Steering Committee contained 350 projects - 51 were selected as a sample for review through field visits, interviews; individual interviews with stakeholders, or based on available documents. The evaluation specifically refers to Search for Common Ground Program of Expanded Assistance to Returnees (PEAR) Plus Program, the media support program Conflict, Peace and Security - Civilian conflict prevention and peace building, and the civilian-military relations program Tomorrow is a New Day. [more]

2011 "Informing Refugees and Returnees on Gender Based Violence" Project Evaluation
This internal evaluation analyzes the effectiveness of SFCG's ability to raise awareness around the causes of gender based violence and the mechanisms to combat it and support survivors of sexual violence. Funded by US Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, SFCG implemented a twelve-month sensitization and dialogue strategy in North Kivu and South Kivu that involved Mobile Cinema screenings and youth-targeted radio programs...[more]

2011 "Vrai Djo" Project Evaluation
SFCG with funding from the British Government has used its expertise in mass communicationto launch a media campaign under the slogan "Vrai Djo". This slogan title means "Real Man", andchallenges men to improve their attitudes towards women. The aim of this campaign is to raiseawareness among men about their role in the elimination of violence against women...[more]

2010 Summer Children and Youth Programmes Evaluation
This program review of Search for Common Ground's Children and Youth Programmes in DRC was conducted in July and August 2010. Evaluation meetings, focus groups and observations were conducted over a period of six weeks and included close to one hundred individuals. The initial first thoughts following the review, was that SFCG-DRC's overall performance over the last five years, was very impressive...[more]

2010 "Kesho Ni Siku Mpya - Lobi Mokolo Ya Sika" Evaluation
This internal evaluation, conducted in late 2010, examines the implementation process, outputs and outcomes of SFCG's "Kesho Ni Siku Mpya - Lobi Mokolo Ya Sika": Tomorrow is a New Day project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the project sought to improve civil-military relations and improve accountability of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, particularly as concerns Military Code, rights violations and the dangers of impunity... [more]

2009 Impact des Emission du Centre Lokola a Kinshasa
This independent evaluation, commissioned by UNHCR, gauges the extent to which SFCG programming has achieved these goals.  A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods were used to analyze survey data and key informant interviews conducted in Uvira, Fizi, and Moba Territory between September and October 2008... [more]

2009 Rapport d'Evaluation Cinema Mobile Kamituga-Mwenga
Dans le cadre du programme « Cinéma mobile » en République Démocratique du Congo, une évaluation a été organisée dans le territoire de Mwenga, en vue de recueillir les données auprès des bénéficiaires sur leurs connaissances, attitudes face au viol et violences sexuelles et savoir l'influence que le film a eu sur les spectateurs. [more]

2008 UNHCR Evaluation of SFCG Programming in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
This independent evaluation, commissioned by UNHCR, gauges the extent to which SFCG programming has achieved these goals.  A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods were used to analyze survey data and key informant interviews conducted in Uvira, Fizi, and Moba Territory between September and October 2008... [more]

2008 Final Report for: Mass Information in Support of Peaceful Congolese and Burundian Refugee Repatriation
This mixed internal-external evaluation measures the success of the 12-month regional project supporting the peaceful repatriation of Congolese and Burundian refugees. With support from the United States Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, the project used radio programming, training and participatory theatre to enable the targeted populations to, in the case of returnees and residents, manage their conflicts effectively and nonviolently and, in the case of refugees, make an informed choice about, and be better prepared to face, the conflicts they will meet upon their return. [more]

2006 External Programme Evaluation
This 2006 externally led mid-term evaluation conducted by Mary Myers and Judy El-Bushra, of Triple Line Consulting ltd, was undertaken to provide an objective assessment of the programme's progress against its aims, and its impact to date. The review found that, in general, the programme is on the right track to achieve its purpose (laying the foundations for sustainable peace by enhancing informative and participative communication around the transition process and by contributing to the reduction of tensions in the Eastern Congo) through activities focused on conflict transformation, media training and, to a lesser extent, community reconciliation. [more]

2003 Programme Evaluation
This 2003 internally led evaluation conducted by Cheyanne Church, Mark Rogers and Adrien Sindayigaya focuses on the programmatic work of the Bukavu office of Search For Common Ground's Centre Lokole programme. The programme's overarching goals are to support the peace process, to promote unity for the Democratic Republic of Congo, and to reinforce the capacity of local organizations to resolve local conflicts through the use of media, arts, dialogue, and training programs based in peacebuilding centres around the country. [more]

2011 Report: Radio Programming to Support Participative, Transparent, and Credible Elections
This Final Report provides an overview of the opportunities and challenges faced by SFCG while implementing a USAID funded project that sought to ensure that Guinea's legislative elections were held in credible, participatory and transparent manner. [more]

2010 Project Evaluation: "Youth and Non-Violence"
The evaluation found that overall the Youth and Non-Violence project has improved the capacity of members of various target groups, especially youth, to become key players in the dialogue for social change, peacebuilding and reconciliation in their communities. [more]

2010 Baseline Paper: Urban Youth and Political Violence in Conakry
The central goal of this baseline report is to inform regarding the socioeconomic situation of Conakry's most conflict-prone youth and explain the danger of youth manipulation in the direction of political violence. [more]

2011 Evaluation Report: Promoting International Freedom & Understanding in Indonesian Pesantren
Search for Common Ground and P3M completed the implementation of "Promoting International Freedom and Understanding in Indonesian Pesantrens" during a two year span in 2010-2011 to promote religious freedom, pluralism and understanding of differences through youth-centered educational activities. This external evaluation addresses the relevance, planning, and implementation aspects of the project and assesses the impacts. [more]

2011 Project Evaluation: Countering and Preventing Radicalization in Indonesian Prisons
This external evaluation provides an overview of the strengths and weakness of a two-year project funded by the US Embassy Jakarta that aimed to counter and prevent radicalization in Indonesian prisons. In partnership with the Directorate for Corrections within the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, SFCG worked with key corrections institutions in vulnerable regions to transform the way in which prison officials handle terrorist and at-risk prisoners within the Indonesian correctional system. [more]

2009 Final Evaluation Report: Aceh Youth Radio Project
From April 2008 until February 2009, Search for Common Ground Indonesia implemented a pilot project entitled Aceh Youth Radio for Peacebuilding. With support from DFID and the World Bank, the project had the overarching goal of transforming the way Aceh youth handle conflicts from adversarial approaches towards cooperative solutions. [more]

2004 External Programme Evaluation
This external evaluation conducted by Indrian Lubis and Miryam Nainggolan, examines the community-based conflict transformation programming and the media programming. Common Ground Indonesia's goal is to create a shared life which is peaceful and just through transforming conflict, using methods which generate solidarity, participation and pluralism. [more]

For information on Jerusalem evaluations, please contact the Jerusalem office at jeru@sfcg.org.

The Team Radio Vernacular: Exposure, Attitudes and Interpersonal Communication about Political Processes (August 2012)
The purpose of this study was to investigate potential impact of radio broadcasts of The Team on Kenyan citizens' attitudes related to tolerance, communication, and participation in political processes.[more]

The Team: Kenya, Evaluation Results (March 2010 and March 2012)
As a response to the effects of the post-election violence in Kenya in December 2007, Search for Common Ground (SFCG) and Media Focus on Africa (MFA) developed and produced a TV and radio drama, The Team - an episodic series which asks a central question: "can Kenyans find a way to put the past behind them in order to have a better future"? [more]

2010 Evaluations of "Kilna Bil Hayy" TV Program
"Kilna Bil Hayy" is a children's program broadcasted on LBC during the summer of 2009, which has the a long term goal of building the psychological foundation for a future of peaceful co-existence and prosperity in Lebanon. To assess the progress and impacts of this program on viewers, both qualitative and quantitative evaluations were carried out. [more]

2012 The Team Tabella FC: Final Outreach Report
This is the final report based on evaluation of The Team (Children and Youth) project implemented by Search for Common Ground/Talking Drum Studio-Liberia. This report covers outreach activities beginning March 2011 for the mobile screening of The Team: Tabella FC, a television project funded with grant from the UK's Department for International Development (DFID), USAID, the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and the Norwegian government. [more]

2009 Liberia National Action Plan Survey Results
An outcome of the Internatioanl Colloquium on Women's Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security held in Monrovia in March 2009 was the inclusion of women in post-conflict reconstruction into the Liberian National Action Plan (LNAP). [more]

2009 Liberia Community Radio Case Study: The Sustainability Myth
This case study, carried out by Search for Common Ground in February 2009, explores exactly how these community radios are sustaining themselves, thereby revealing how the appropriate interventions aimed at increasing community radio's stability can be identified and their growth incorporated into the development agenda. [more]

2008 Supporting Women's Engagement in Peacebuilding and Preventing Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Post-Conflict Community Led Approaches
This baseline assessment was carried out between September and October of 2008, and assessed the existing baseline on project indicators, providing both qualitative and quantitative data against which the indicators could be measured. [more]

2008 Report of Evaluation: Facilitating Civil Society Dialogue and Development to Foster Accountability and Good Governance in Liberia
The two year project (October 2006 - October 2008) Facilitating Civil Society Dialogue and Development to Foster Accountability and Good Governance in Liberia had two principal objectives; to increase the capability of civil society to engage their new leaders on governance and accountability issues and to increase constructive engagement between the government and civil society on how the state is governed. [more]

2007 Final Report: Post Implementation Study for SFCG's Information and Outreach Efforts with Liberian Refugees in West Africa
The report measures the success of a 12-month campaign of mass information efforts from September 2006 to September 2007.  This campaign, implemented with the support of the United States Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (BPRM), focused on supporting the final phase of facilitated repatriation of Liberian refugees, targeting the host countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone... [more]

2007 Civil Society Assessment
In 2007 Search for Common Ground (SFCG), with support from DFID, conducted a civil society survey to gauge local organizations' capacity and their needs for support. The findings of this research are informing SFCG's ongoing partnerships and engagement with Liberian civil society organisations at the national and county level to make them more relevant and effective, with sustainable long-term results. [more]

2007 Media Mapping Assessment
In early 2007, SFCG undertook a 'media mapping' assessment to better understand existing communication practices around government policies. The research was national in scope and encompassed all media channels: radio, print and television. A number of methods including key informant interviews and surveys were employed to understand how individuals and communities are receiving public information and what they know about major government policies, and specifically the Poverty Reduction Strategy, Government Economic Management Assistance Plan, and the Youth Policy. SFCG has shared these findings with Liberian government ministries and other stakeholders, and is now working with them to develop strategies to address the challenges identified. [more]

2006 External Programme Evlaution
The purpose of this independent ex-post evaluation was to assess SFCG's overall program in Liberia covering the period of September 2003 - July 2006. The evaluation had two main objectives: To assess the extent to which SFCG's program in Liberia strengthened local capacities for peace in the eight communities targeted by the Next Steps in Peace program. The evaluation findings provide field-wide learning to both the Next Steps in Peace Project funder and SFCG. Evaluation results also contribute to SFCG Liberia's efforts for improved quality of programming. Additionally, the lessons learned inform programming of similar activities across several regions where SFCG works. [more]

2005 Talking Drum Studio Liberia: Listener Survey Report
Tinamenima is SFCG's community outreach arm, working directly in communities to facilitate dialogue and cooperative solutions. In December 2004 and January 2005, SFCG conducted a listener survey of 453 individuals in Monrovia and six counties. [more]

1999 External Evaluation of Talking Drum Studio
An external USIP (United States Institute of Peace) evaluation of Talking Drum Studio's radio programming in Monrovia, Liberia, was conducted by Amr Abdalla and Nancy Torrey. TDS's goal is to use media to promote and support peacebuilding efforts and conflict resolution in a post-civil war environment. [more]

1998 Audience Survey on Use of Radio in Post-War Peacemaking
These survey results are some of the first ever to report the Rapid Survey Method, a surveying method intended to be suitable for use in war-disrupted circumstances. The purpose of the survey itself was, among other things, to understand the demographics, proportions, and habits of listeners to Common Ground Production's Talking Drum Studio (TDS). [more]

Project Evaluation Report: Kosovo Youth for Democracy and Peace-Building
The Kosovo Youth for Democracy and Peace-building Project supported five youth-focused CSOs and built 150 young peoples' skills in mediation and multi-ethnic dialogue. These youth worked collaboratively to pursue a common goal of improving participatory democracy and respecting human rights in the Prishtina, Mitrovica and Prizren regions of Kosovo. In this final evaluation, young people who had participated in the project stressed the importance of continuing multi-ethnic projects in Kosovo. [more]

2004 External Evaluation of Nashe Maalo
Nashe Maalo, produced by SFCG-Macedonia ("Our Neighbourhood") is a television series aimed at promoting inter-cultural understanding among children with a view to conflict transformation. This evaluation focused on assessing the achievement of the intended objectives of Nashe Maalo as well as determining the breadth of listernship. In addition, the evaluation sought to ascertain the contribution of NM to the wider Macedonia situation, despite this not being part of the original project expectations. [more]

2011 The Team Morocco: Baseline & Final Evaluation Report
According to Search for Common Ground (SFCG)'s description in its Inception Report, The Team in Morocco "seeks to transform the relationship between individuals from two sides of the economic divide. The series dramatizes the wide and growing gap between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots' characterized in the relationship between the wealthy footballer, Mehdi and the poor footballer, Samir. Without the football pitch, these two would never come in contact. Therefore the series is primarily about social cohesion, It is a metaphor about Moroccan society today and asks a central question about how disparate groups can better understand one another. The Moroccan governance system is that of a constitutional monarchy, therefore our expectations of how we influence the relationship between the people and their representatives is quite different in this context . With discussion groups, talk shows and follow up participatory dialogue, The Team can help change the relationship between these two groups between one that is adversarial to one that is cooperative." Within this context, The University for Peace (UPEACE) was contracted to conduct research and evaluation of the impact and effectiveness of The Team in addressing the themes it presented. [more]

2010 External Evaluation: MediAction Project
In March 2010, Search for Common Ground (SFCG) Morocco concludes the implementation of a project entitled MediAction. The project has been implemented in partnership with the Initiative Nationale pour le Développement Humain (National Initiative for Human Development, referred to here as INDH) and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) through the British Embassy in Rabat, which is the main funder. [more]

2009 Youth Community and Mediation Centers (YCMC)
In collaboration with the local government, and with the support of the National Initiative for Human Development (INDH), Search for Common Ground (SFCG) implemented a project that aimed to prevent and mitigate communal conflict by engaging youth constructively in local democratic and economic development through the establishment of three Youth Community and Mediation Centres in Casablanca and one in Tetouan (YCMC project). [more]

2008 External Evaluation: ADR III Project
This evaluation pertains to the third phase (ADR III) of the SFCG Morocco's ADR program which was implemented between January 2007 and October 2008. [more]

2007 External Evaluation of Alternative Dispute Resolution Project
External Evaluation of the British Embassy Funded "Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Project": This external evaluation conducted in May 2007 by The People's Mirror – a Morocco-based center specializing in public opinion research on social and political issues – examined the second phase of SFCG-Morocco's (SFCG-M) support to the institutionalisation of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in Morocco. In keeping with SFCG's overarching objective of transforming the way the world deals with conflict, this program aims at introducing alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in Morocco. The ADR program was envisioned to assist in the facilitation of constructive relationships between protagonists, alleviate legal procedures, prevent long court delays, and reduce the cost of legal cases. ADR offers alternative mechanisms that could greatly assist judges, barristers and legal experts in expediting legal cases, finding creative legal ways to solve court issues and unclogging of institutional bottlenecks that usually characterize classic legal systems. [more]

2006 Baseline Report on Mediation Project
Baseline Report of SFCG-Morocco Support to the Formative Stages of Mediation in Morocco: This baseline has been carried out by Search for Common Ground Morocco (SFCG-M) and was undertaken by Kawtar Amraoui, programme Coordinator for SFCG-M from August to September 2006. The purpose of the study was to provide information against which the development of the 2nd phase of the SFCG Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) programme in Morocco could be monitored and assessed. [more]

2005 Evaluation of Alternative Dispute Resolution Project
Internal Evaluation of the British Embassy Funded "Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Project": This internally led evaluation conducted in October 2005 by Alice Rowley and Amine Ghoulidi examined the first phase of SFCG-Morocco's (SFCG-M) support to the institutionalisation of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in Morocco. The overall goal of the ADR programme is to improve justice administration in Morocco, and the first and third phases of the programme aim to build the capacity and sharpen the knowledge of Moroccan judges in ADR and mediation. The second phase is oriented towards civil society and lawyers and will provide training in mediation, ADR techniques and mechanisms to these groups. The evaluation was both reflective, assessing the implementation and outcomes achieved to date, and forward-looking, analysing the context and developing recommendations for future phases. [more]

2004 Community Development and Local Governance in Sidi Yahia Al-Gharb, Douar Chanti
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) initially conceived a conflict resolution training project in Sidi Yahia al-Gharb (SYG) which evolved into the building of a Community Resource Center in douar chanti, one of the poorest districts in SYG. [more]