Publication: Deskstudy of Diakonia

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This desk study reviews 47 evaluation reports conducted between 2007 and 2010 with focus on projects directly supported by Diakonia, on partner organizations whose activities are support by Diakonia, or on a Diakonia country programme. The findings confirm that Diakonia's work is in line with Sida's civil society policy and that it provides manifestation of the strategy on the ground. Diakonia's efforts to integrate a gender and rights-based approach in its programmes have borne fruit and the partner organizations are empowering groups of rights holders to claim their rights and hold duty bearers accountable. The evaluation reports reviewed show great variation in quality. The usefulness of the majority of the reports can be questioned. This poses a challenge for Diakonia and the partner organizations in terms of learning and improvement. Diakonia is encouraged to continue its efforts to strengthen the capacity of partner organizations to develop monitoring systems that can capture results and contribute to learning.

Commissioned by Sida, Civil Society Unit/Department for Global Cooperation, under Sida's Framework Agreement for Reviews, Evaluations and Advisory services on Results Frameworks

Authors: Annica Holmberg and Daniel Genberg, Indevelop, 2011