Annex 2: Evaluation Matrix - the Afghanistan Country Evaluation

• Author: Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) (European Commission), Landell Mills International
• Pages: 147-154

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Annex 2: Evaluation Matrix – the Afghanistan Country Evaluation

Criteria

Question

Sub-questions

Judgement Criteria

Methods &

sources

Analytical

methods

Relevance

1. To what extent did the

design and implementation

of EU-funded actions take

into account the needs of the

most vulnerable population

in Afghanistan, in particular

women, children, elderly and

disabled people, as well as

the needs of Afghan

refugees in Iran? To what

extent were beneficiaries

consulted in the design and

implementation of DG

ECHO-funded projects?

1.1 What evidence exists to show that

ECHO-funded agencies collaborated in

joint needs assessments and identified

pockets of unmet needs in different

areas and devised strategies to prioritise

needs in hard-to-reach areas?

1.2 Were affected communities

consulted in assessing needs and

identifying vulnerability, and is there

evidence that community feedback has

been taken into account in designing

response?

1.3 Were the needs identified

disaggregated by sex, age and disability,

as well as the types of refugees

consulted such as origin, status, gender,

age, rural/urban, in-camp/outside-

camps, etc. in Afghanistan and Iran?

1.4 What evidence and methodological

elements support the extent to which DG

ECHO interventions targeted the specific

needs of the most vulnerable

communities?

Use of joint and coordinated needs

assessments in planning & delivery of

humanitarian response by funded

agencies.

Evidence of consultation and

involvement of communities in needs

assessments and planning of response

SADD data on targeted beneficiaries

form basis of response plans through

ECHO-funded interventions.

Most vulnerable groups of communities

/refugees/ IDPs targeted based on

needs assessment data.