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The final evaluation concerns the project 'Surviving the next David : helping vulnerable communities to cope with natural disasters in Dominica', carried out by the French Red Cross in collaboration with the Dominica Red Cross Society and funded by ECHO, the Humanitarian Aid Department of the European Commission. It is a fifteen-month programme taking place from 1 November 2007 to 31 January 2009.
The purpose of the evaluation is to study the impact of the project in terms of disaster preparedness and knowledge dissemination. It must take place between 20 December 2008 and 20 January 2009 and will include 31 working days.
Work plan and methodology:
The evaluation will be carried out over three periods.
1. A briefing will be held at the French Red Cross Headquarters and/or Delegation in Dominica for 3 days during which the information and documents necessary for the mission will be provided. The mission in the field will last 9 days.
2. Review of secondary data and briefing – FRC/DRCS (1 day)
- Discussions with the FRC project coordinator in Dominica
- Discussions with the Director General of the DRCS
- Analysis of the documents relative to the program:
- Review of the project documents (narrative and financial proposal, logical framework, work plan, intermediary reports and preliminary final report, as well as other documents relative to the running of the program).
- Preparation of the evaluation tools and of the action plan for the field visit
3. Field visit (10 days)
Collection of all required information:
- Interviews with the key actors of the project (technical and administrative team) and other institutional actors.
- Interviews with direct project beneficiaries and use of participatory tools (maps, diagrams, matrices, etc.).
- Group interviews with the technical team of the project and use of participatory appraisal techniques.
- Direct observation, visit of different sites and different communities and participation to activities of the project.
-- Review of documents of the French Red Cross
-- Review of documents of other institutions working in the same field
- Preliminary analysis of the data collected
- Preliminary presentation of the results of the evaluation to the team of the project and to the key partners.
- A debriefing at the FRC Delegation in Dominica for 1 day.
4. Report submission and discussion (17 days)
- The report will be drafted either in English.
- The draft report will be submitted to the head of mission and to the Headquarters at the latest 1 week after the end of the field evaluation.
- A debriefing with the Headquarters will take place upon reception of this first version to clarify misunderstandings and inaccuracies.
- Once the necessary amendments to the draft report have been incorporated, the revised text will be resubmitted to the FRC.
- The consultant will have 7 days maximum to submit a final report in a computer format.
Human resources: the consultant will be welcomed and accompanied by the FRC project team
Material resources: the FRC delegation will make available means of transportation, of communication and of work required for the proper conduct of the evaluation.