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UNAIDS mandated ACT for Performance to execute the evaluation of Phase I of the Faith-Based Initiative

Published:
Country:
Global, African countries
Period:
May – October 2017
Client:
UNAIDS and PEPFAR
Donor:
PEPFAR
Budget:
CDN$ 87,243

UNAIDS mandated ACT for Performance to execute the evaluation of Phase I of the Faith-Based Initiative. This initiative was funded by PEPFAR who commissioned UNAIDS to implement it. Aligned with the objective to eradicate HIV-AIDS by 2030, this initiative is focused on the important role of faith-based organizations as both advocates to reduce stigma and discrimination and to provide care. The purpose of the project is to bridge important information gaps on the work of faith-based organizations in that field, to initiate global networking, and knowledge-sharing. The evaluation provided specific recommendations to inform the second phase to take place in 2017-18.

End-line evaluation of the project Improving Child Nutrition in Four Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

Published:
Countries:
Burundi, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Rwanda
Période :
March thru September 2017
Client :
UNICEF
Donateur :
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Budget :
US$ 125,000

UNICEF selected ACT for Performance to evaluate a $US 38.9 million Nutrition project, implemented in four African countries and funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

This end-of-project evaluation not only informed the stakeholders on the results of the project but also on the next phase, reason why the evaluation was done a few months before the closure of the project. In addition the evaluation also produced information for country nutrition policies, strategies, and programming. The findings, conclusions and recommendations of the evaluation were presented, discussed and validated at a workshop in Addis Ababa in July 2017.

UNICEF mandated ACT for Performance to execute an Evaluability study of the MDG 4 & 5 Acceleration Framework in the Provincial Health Divisions of Southern Ubangi, Kwilu, Kwango, and Congo central of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Published:
Country:
Democratic Republic of Congo
Period:
April – September 2017
Client:
UNICEF and Ministry of Public Health
Donor:
UNICEF
Budget:
US$ 75,446

UNICEF mandated ACT for Performance to execute an Evaluability study of the MDG 4 & 5 Acceleration Framework in the Provincial Health Divisions of Southern Ubangi, Kwilu, Kwango, and Congo central of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). We proposed realistic and feasible options for conducting an evaluation of the MDG 4 & 5 Acceleration Framework, and suggested a methodology and key questions to which the evaluation should respond in order to understand the value of the MDG Acceleration Framework approach, and given the constraints observed in its implementation related to the complex field operations. We also identified the expertise, efforts and budget needed for carrying out an evaluation.

ACT for Performance evaluated the World Health Organisation’s Tobacco Control program (MPOWER) in South East Asia Regional Member States.

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Country : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Timor-Leste
Period : August 2017 – April 2018
Client : WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
Donor : WHO

The WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO) is actively assisting eleven (11) member states in the region to implement the provisions stated in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) that was adopted in 2003 and came into force in 2005. Apart from Indonesia, ten out of eleven countries in the region have endorsed the convention i.e. Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Timor-Leste. The MPOWER technical package was introduced in 2008 to achieve the objectives of the FCTC and comprises six implementing proven measures to reduce demand for tobacco products, such as protecting people from tobacco smoke; enforce bans on tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorships; and raise taxes on tobacco.

Implementation and compliance of MPOWER have been regularly evaluated in Global Tobacco Control Reports and official reports from the FCTC to the Conference of the Parties. The current evaluation goes beyond these evaluations and provides important feedback for assessing the impact of FCTC implementation in the SEAR Member States after more than a decade of implementation of the treaty and the role of support provided by WHO to assist the countries in their tobacco control efforts to achieve the global, regional and national targets.

ACT for Performance already worked with the WHO in another multi-country evaluation, in the field of nutrition (11 Sub-Saharan African countries).

Development of National Capacity Strengthening Plan PRONAREC II (2017 – 2021)

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Country:
Democratic Republic of Congo
Period:
May 2016 – January 2017
Client:
National Secretariat for Capacity Strengthening (SENAREC)
Ministry of Planning
Donor:
World Bank
Budget:
US$ 125,000
The National Secretariat for Capacity strengthening (SENAREC) selected ACT for Performance to lead, support and facilitate the development of the second National Capacity Strengthening Plan (PRONAREC 2017 – 2021). The new plan prioritizes eight fields of action, based on an evaluation of the implementation of the first plan (PRONAREC 2011 – 2016) and an assessment of the of the current capacity gaps, in the light of an on-going decentralization and a modernization of the State. The assignment comprised an extensive document review, three field missions, during which many stakeholders were interviewed and a sample of four provinces were visited, and two validation workshops.