Strengthening resilience through disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation

This document provides an evaluation assessing the performance, results, and sustainability of a project aimed to strengthen community resilience to disasters and climate change in eight high-risk communities across three Sudanese states. Running from June 2022 to June 2025, the project focused on disaster risk reduction (DRR), climate change adaptation (CCA), and the integration of Protection, Gender, and Inclusion (PGI) and Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA).

The key findings by evaluation criteria cover relevance, effectiveness, sustainability and cross-cutting key areas. From the evaluation of the project, three key recommendations were produced:

1. Ensure project design allows for flexibility and responsiveness to evolving community and institutional needs.
2. Institutionalize inclusive practices and targeted support to strengthen PGI mainstreaming across all levels.
3. Strengthen meaningful community engagement and ownership and improve the functionality and inclusiveness of the feedback system.