Joint Programme Evaluation final evaluation report august 2016 DanChurchAid (dca) Jhamsikhel, Lalitpur Nepal Dr. Prakash Bhattarai and Dr. Dhruba Gautam

Annex 4: Evaluation Questionnaires for Field Research

Questionnaire

Questionnaire Related to ICAG
Key evaluation question

1. 
   How the ICAG programme has contributed to meet the DCA’s overall policy goal that poor women, men and representatives of civil society organizations enjoy their equal right to participate and encourage democratic, inclusive and accountable governance for equitable development?
   

Specific evaluation questions
Participation and Leadership

2. 
   How the ICAG programme has contributed to enhance the leadership capacity of discriminated women for furthering their participation in decision making processes within the state structures and social institutions?
   
3. 
   How the ICAG programme have contributed to increase Dalits and other excluded groups’ participation within state and social institutions towards the elimination of all forms of discrimination, including caste based discrimination both at the national and local level?
   
4. 
   How and to what extent the ICAG programme contributed to create an enabling environment for Women/ Human Rights Defenders (W/HRDs) and civil society organizations to enhance Dalits’ and women’s effective and meaningful participation in the political life?
   

Defending Human Rights

5. 
   How the ICAG programme has contributed to defend human rights violations and non-application of state legislation?
   
6. 
   How the ICAG programme has contributed to increase the role of WHRDs to bring to notice the infringement of rights and entitlements by the state or non-state actors?
   

Capacity Development

7. 
   What was the ICAG programme’s contribution to build partner’s capacity on strategic advocacy and skills in political as well as power analysis?
   
8. 
   How and to what extent the ICAG programme has contributed to build skills and competencies of women and men in elected positions?
   

Gender

9. 
   Can you please elaborate on gender dimension of the ICAG programme? How women from all segments of society have been benefited from this program?
   

Cross regional learning and cooperation

10. 
    How the DCA has facilitated cross regional organisational engagement and strengthened institutional partnership in active citizenship in Nepal, India and Bangladesh?
    

Questionnaire Related to MRP
Key evaluation question

1. 
   How and to what extent the MRP has contributed to develop and implement rights based migrant’s policies and programmes at the national, sub-regional and regional level?
   

Empowerment and capacity development of migrant workers and CSOs

2. 
   How MRP has facilitated to strengthen the capacity of civil society organizations to hold the governments and other duty bearers accountable for ensuring rights of migrant workers?
   
3. 
   Who are the most reached right holders under MRP and who were less reachable and why?
   
4. 
   To what extent MRP has contributed to improve the situation of impact groups? Who are the most benefited impact group under the MRP and how?
   

Contribution towards protecting the rights of migrant workers

5. 
   How MRP addressed the various rights issues specified in DCA’s project strategy paper? For example, non-discrimination, participation, rights to freedom of expression, assembly and association, rights to access of information, the right to work, the right to social security, and right from arbitrary arrest and detention.
   
6. 
   What remained the impact of advocacy for the rights of migrant workers at national, regional and international levels to make governments accountable, strengthen in-country services for migrant workers and create sustained pressure on governments?
   
7. 
   What remained the MRP’s contribution to make the government and other duty bearers accountable, especially in relation to specific issues such as protecting the rights of domestic workers, ratification of relevant Conventions, and implementation of rights-based migration policies?
   
8. 
   To what extent MRP has contributed to secure migrant workers’ rights through the entire cycle of migration? Which cycle has been its key focus and why?
   

Facilitating dialogue, promoting coordination, and movement building

9. 
   What remained the MRP’s contributions to influence policy dialogue and interventions at regional and international levels?
   
10. 
    How and to what extent the MRP has contributed to promote transnational networking and advocating with regional and global governance institutions to protect the rights of the migrant workers in South and Southeast Asia?
    
11. 
    How and to what extent the MRP has contributed to facilitate coordination between the civil society organizations and government institutions working on migration?
    
12. 
    What remained MRP’s contribution to strengthen the migration movement through its strategy to build alliance with other movements?
    

Gender issue

13. 
    Can you please elaborate on the gender dimension of MRP and how this issue has been incorporated in migration programming?
    

Questionnaire Related to RLSFS
Key evaluation question

1. 
   How the RLSFS programme has contributed to meet the DCA’s overall policy goal of resilient livelihoods and sustainable food security of excluded and marginalized women and men in disaster prone and food insecure areas?
   

Specific evaluation questions

Food security, natural resource management and disaster risk reduction

2. 
   How and to what extent the RLSFS programme has contributed to increase participation of excluded and marginalized women and men access entitlements on food security, natural resources, disaster mitigation, preparedness, and response?
   
3. 
   How the RLSFS programme has assisted to foster participation of excluded and marginalized women and men and their community organizations in policy dialogue with duty bearers on reforms & formulation of pro poor policies/laws related to food security, natural resources, DRR & CCA?
   

Access to livelihood and food security rights of excluded and marginalized communities

4. 
   How and to what extent the RLSFS programme has contributed to excluded and marginalized communities in forming and strengthening CBOs and built organizational capacity to dialogue with and influence duty bearers and CSO networks?
   
5. 
   How the RLSFS programme has supported to increase legitimate representation and active engagement of excluded and marginalized communities including women by 50% of the targeted rights holders in relevant local decision making bodies?
   

Sustainable and replicable farm/non-farm climate resilient livelihood models to enhance food security

6. 
   How and to what extent the RLSFS programme has contributed to excluded and marginalized communities using and promoting climate resilient livelihood models reducing the food insecure periods from 150 to 50 days (Models’ strength: low cost, replicable, easy to manage, innovative)?
   
7. 
   How RLSFS programme has fostered to local authorities acknowledge and promote climate resilient livelihood models in their development programmes?
   

Organisational capacity to empower excluded and marginalised communities

8. 
   How and to what extent the RLSFS programme has contributed to DCA and partners in documenting accountable and transparent governance (management systems, human resource development, policies and strategies)?
   
9. 
   How RLSFS programme has helped to partners in developing long term advocacy strategies on programme related issues?
   
10. 
    How and to what extent the RLSFS programme has assisted to improve the synergy with other programmes in SARO?
    

Questionnaire Related to Humanitarian Response

Key evaluation question

1. 
   How and to what extent the HR programme has contributed in reducing the vulnerability and suffering of the people in crises through relief assistance in a timely manner and live in dignity?
   

Specific evaluation questions

Food security

2. 
   How and to what extent the HR programme has contributed in securing the food through FI and NFI support, cash based intervention (conditional and unconditional), WASH support, etc?.
   

Livelihoods restoration

3. 
   How the HR programme helped in reducing the suffering and further deteriorating of the lives and livelihoods of the community in distress?
   

Improve social amenities

4. 
   How and to what extent the HR programme has restored the damaged infrastructure for safe mobility?
   
5. 
   To what extent the HR programme increased the disaster resilience of local communities, schools and relevant stakeholders through the development and implementation of community and school based DRR approaches.
   

Institutional building

6. 
   How and to what extent the HR programme has contributed in strengthening the DRR based institutions (CDMC, task force) through participating in community-led SBDP and CBDP?
   

Annex 5: List of people met in Nepal and Bangladesh

Bardiya, Kailali, Kanchanpur, Doti and Achham

1. 
   Ms. Tika BK, Bardiya, Cell: 9848082662
   
2. 
   Mr. Raj Kumar Tharu, Activist
   
3. 
   Mr. Ashok Jairu, NNSWA Kanchanpur, Cell: 9858750038
   
4. 
   Mr. Dharma Raj Pathak, FAYA Dhangadi, Cell: 9749005035
   
5. 
   Ms. Sashi Sob, FEDO Doti, Cell: 9848434479
   
6. 
   Mr. DinanathPaudel, DCA Doti, 9851248035
   
7. 
   Mr. Dal Bdr. Deuba, RDCDoti, Cell: 9848438684
   
8. 
   Mr. KeshabRawal, MDO Achham, Cell: 9851217778
   
9. 
   Three FGDs at Bardiya, two in Kanchanpur, four in Doti and three in Achham
   

Udaypur, Saptari and Sunsari

10. 
    Ms. Pratiksha Basnet, Jagaran Nepal Cell 9842050144 and LL 021 530995
    
11. 
    Mr. Hira Chaudhari, WOREC Udayapur Cell no-9847870055, 9852832504
    
12. 
    Dr.ShambhuKattel, LWF
    
13. 
    Mr. Jyotis Yadav, LWF
    
14. 
    Devnarayan Yadav, KVS
    
15. 
    Ms Mausam Rai, WOREC
    
16. 
    Two FGDs in Udaypur, 3 in Saptari and 3 in Sunsari
    

List of meeting participants at FAYA Dhangadhi

S.N.	Name	Position	Organization	Contact No.	E-mail
1	Sher Bahadur Basnet	Chairperson	FAYA Nepal	9858420854	[e-mail]
2	Dharmaraj Pathak	Program director	FAYA Nepal	9858420097	[e-mail]
3	DhanpatiDhungel	Partner and Policy coordinator	FAYA Nepal	9858420855	[e-mail]
4	Nityanand Joshi	Project officer	FAYA Nepal	9848429102	[e-mail]
5	Laxmi Bhakta Joshi	Field coordinator	FAYA Nepal	9848435638	[e-mail]
6	Dil Bahadur Kunwar	Finance officer	FAYA Nepal	9848471113	[e-mail]

Kathmandu

1. 
   Mr. Ram Hari Pant, Under Secretary, MOSTE
   
2. 
   Mr. Krishna PdGnawali, Under Secretary, MOHA
   
3. 
   Mr. BinodBhattarai, Under Secretary, MOAD
   
4. 
   Mr. Rishi Acharya, Under Secretary, MOFALD
   
5. 
   Mr. BirendraAdhikari, RRN
   
6. 
   Ms RenukaGurung, Oxfam
   
7. 
   Ms Niyama Rai, ILO
   
8. 
   Mr BasantaKarki, SAMI/HELVETAS
   
9. 
   Mr SatrighunaPdPudasaini, DG/DOFE
   
10. 
    Mr. ShyamJnavaly, ADRA
    
11. 
    Dr.SalilBhattarai, ADRA
    
12. 
    Mr. Anup, WVI
    
13. 
    Mr. Suresh Bhattarai, UMN
    

DCA partners consultation in Kathmandu

1. 
   Ms. Bijaya Rai Shrestha, POURAKHI, Cell: 9841404337
   
2. 
   Ms Upashana Pradhan, FEDO
   
3. 
   Ms AsmitaSapkota, WOREC
   
4. 
   Ms Sara Neupane, INSEC
   
5. 
   Ms TikaBista, Jagaran Nepal
   
6. 
   Mr. Gopal Dahal, LWF
   
7. 
   Mr. Tanka Nepali, DWO
   
8. 
   Representatives from NNDSW
   
9. 
   Mr. Govinda Pariyar
   

Dhading

1. Mr. BasantaBhattarai, DCA staff

2. Two local staffs from Action Nepal
Bangladesh

List of people consulted through Skype meeting (25-26 July 2016)

Name of interviewee	Designation	Organization	Remarks
Md. Faruque Ahmed	Secretary General	WARBE Development Foundation	DCA Bangladesh MRP– PT1 program partners
Ms. Sumaiya Islam	Director	Bangladeshi OvhibashiMohilaSramik Association (BOMSA)
Ms. NurunNahar	Program Manager – Market Development	ICCO - Cooperation	Market context in Bangladesh
Mr. Zakir Hossain	Director	NagorikUddyog	DCA Bangladesh ICAG – PT1 program partners
Ms. RekhaSaha	Director	Steps Towards Development
Advocate Md. Borkot Ali	Deputy Director (Legal)	Bangladesh legal aid and services trust(BLAST)
KhondokerShakhawat Ali	Development Sociologist	Think Tank Organization	Food Security Mapping, DCA program, social, economic & market context in Bangladesh
DCA Bangladesh Team Members		DCA	Overall DCA BD Progarm
Mr. Khaled	CEO	GMark	Most senior expert on market issues in Bangladesh
Professor Abrar's	Coordinator	RAMRU	Migrant Rights expert in Bangladesh
Bazle Mustafa Razee	Associate Director	FIVDB	RLSFS program partner
Mr. MamunurRashid	Head of Agriculture	RDRS	RLSFS program partner
Mr. Mohsin Ali, Mr. Ratan and others	Secretary	Right to Food Network Bangladesh	Right to food issue and DCA provided support to the network under RLSFS program
Dr. Dibalok Singh	Executive Director	DSK	RLSFS program partner

1^Rick Davies and Jess Dart. The Most Significant Change (MSC) Technique: A Guide to Its Use. 2004. (available at www.mande.co.uk/docs/MSC Guide.htm)

2^According to DCA partner in Bangladesh Step Towards Development, 19 marginalized women contested for local government election and 7 of them elected. Likewise, there has been an increase in women leaders from discriminated communities in Bangladesh. A total of 98 women leaders (compared to 15 in the beginning of the project) have become members of local governance structures (cooperatives, User groups/committees).

3^ Adequate staffing has an important role to play for enhancing the effectiveness of the project and this was a recurring concern raised by the respondents

4^ Some country specific information such as the existing laws and policies can be included separately in the orientation package

5^Specifically, humanitarian response programme is found in quite isolation than other programmes.

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