Country Evaluations

Angola

1. 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.
    
   Click here to read the full evaluation description and Download the evaluation pdf
    
   
2. 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.
    
   Click here to read the full evaluation description and Download the evaluation pdf
    
   
3. 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. Key findings include:
    
   Click here to read the full evaluation description and Download the evaluation pdf
    
   
4. 2005 Independent Impact Assessment of Search for Common Ground in Angola's UNHCR 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.
    
   Click here to read the full evaluation description and Download the evaluation pdf

Burundi

1. 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.
    
   Click here to read the full evaluation description and Download the evaluation pdf
    
   
2. 2004 Victims of Torture Mid-Term Project Evaluation 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.
    
   Click here to read the full evaluation description and Download the evaluation pdf
    
   
3. 2002 Independent Programme Evaluation Search For Common Ground In Burundi 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.
    
   Click here to read the full evaluation description and Download the evaluation pdf

Côte d'Ivoire
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.

Click here to read the full study description and Download the study pdf

Democratic Republic of Congo

1. 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.

   Click here to read the full evaluation description and Download the evaluation pdf

2. 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.

   Click here to read the full evaluation description and Download the evaluation pdf

Indonesia
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.

Click here to read the full evaluation description and Download the evaluation pdf

Liberia

1. 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
   • 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.
    
   Click here to read the full evaluation description and download the Key Findings Document
    
   
2. 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.
    
   Click here to read the full evaluation description and Download the evaluation pdf

Macedonia
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.

Click here to read the full evaluation description and Download the evaluation pdf

Middle East
External Evaluators Nora Ingdal and Hanan Boudart of the Nordic Consulting Group undertook case studies of two SFCG-Middle East projects to evaluate not just those projects but also the broader Moderate Voices Programme. The evaluation focused on assessing the relevance, sustainability, effectiveness, and efficiency of the programme and providing recommendations for strengthening future programming. Moderate Voices aimed to promote moderation, dialogue, tolerance and non-violent conflict resolution in partnership with Palestinian civil society organisations (CSOs) and to build the ability of those CSOs to advocate for citizens' interests according to democratic and participatory principles.

Click here to read the full evaluation description and Download the evaluation pdf

Morocco

1. 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.
    
   Click here to read the full evaluation description and Download the evaluation pdf
    
   
2. 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.
    
   Click here to read the full evaluation description and Download the evaluation pdf
   
   
3. 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.
   
   Click here to read the full evaluation description and Download the evaluation pdf

Sierra Leone - Talking Drum Studio

1. 2007 Internal Evaluation of SFCG-SL Election Strategy: this internal evaluation was conducted in December by Ratiba Taouti-Cherif, SFCG's Design, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist. Targeting women and youth, the strategy focused on building capacity and establishing local structures that support a credible and free outcome in the elections. In addition to supporting an extensive national voter education campaign, including first time uses of television and live constituency debates with parliamentary candidates in strategic locations and on the radio, SFCG focused its efforts on leading the development of the Independent Radio Network (IRN) and National Election Watch (NEW).
    
   Click here to read the full evaluation description and Download the evaluation pdf
    
   
2. 2004 Evaluation of Search for Common Ground Activities in Sierra Leone: This full-programme evaluation was conducted in August by Paul Everett, Tennyson Williams and Mary Myers. The overall goal of the Talking Drum Studio programme is to build a tolerant, inclusive society for a sustainable peace.
    
   Click here to read the full evaluation description and Download the evaluation pdf
    
   
3. An external evaluation by Amr Abdalla, Susan Shepler and Suleiman Hussein was conducted in March, 2002. Though each radio programming strand has a different format, each of them have the same goal: to encourage peace and reconciliation.
    
   Click here to read the full evaluation description and Download the evaluation pdf

Ukraine
The Ukrainian Centre for Common Ground (UCCG), established in 1994, has for the past three years been implementing a pilot project in Victim-Offender Mediation (VOM) - the oldest, most widely used, and most research-based expression of restorative justice. Launched in 2003, the Ukrainian VOM programme is currently implementing pilot projects in seven regions - Chernivtsi, Crimea, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Luhansk and Sumy. Initiatives in Odessa and Lviv did not provide any tangible results.
 
Click here to read the full evaluation description and Download the evaluation pdf

U.S.A.

1. An external evaluation intended to assess the process and the outcomes of the HCCU Consensus Building Process, and to identify lessons learned that could contribute to improving the application of consensus building as a tool to develop more effective and broadly supportable public policy.
    
   Click here to read the full evaluation description and Download the evaluation pdf

 

2. An external evaluation by Daniel Bowling (PeaceBridge Communications) of the consensus building process with participants drawn from organizations representing views across the spectrum on the White House Faith-Based Initiative.
    
   Click here to read the full evaluation description and Download the evaluation pdf

Questions or comments? Contact ILR at ILR@sfcg.org