Name: Mid Term Evaluation of the First Phase of the  Implementation of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness in South Africa Year: 2008 Client: National Treasury Country: South Africa Background: The Paris Declaration in South Africa was intended to increase the impact of aid in reducing poverty and inequality, increasing growth, building capacity and accelerating

Name: Mid Term Evaluation of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness Year: 2008 Client: Austria Development Agency Country: Uganda Background: On the 2nd March 2005, over one hundred Heads of Ministers and Head of Agencies and institutions managing and receiving development aid endorsed the Paris Declaration.  The Paris Declaration is an international agreement to which countries committed

Name: Review of the Results Based Performance Measurement Framework of ACBF Strategic Medium Term Plan Year:  2008 Client: ACBF Country: Zimbabwe Background: Building Foundation (ACBF) was increasingly faced with the challenge to demonstrate accountability, transparency and results to stakeholders. To address the requirements of this challenge, the ACBF recognized results-based performance monitoring and evaluation (M&E)

The Health Results Innovation Trust Fund was started in 2008 at the World Bank. The objective of the HRITF is to design and implement sustainable Results Based Financing (RBF) pilot programmes that cost-effectively improve maternal and child health outcomes (i.e. MDGs 4&5). Zimbabwe was at the time implementing a US$15 million HRBF in 18 rural

Name: Provision of a Programme Support Unit for the “Non-State Actors Capacity Building Programme” in Botswana Year: 2008-2012 Client: National Authorising Officer, Ministry of Finance Botswana Country: Botswana Background: The overall objective of the programme is to make the formulation and implementation of GoB policies, strategies, and related programmes more responsive to the needs of

Name: Study on Financial Sustainability Strategies of Civil Society Organisations Year: 2012 Client: EC/Government of Botswana Country: Botswana Background: The Non-State Actors Capacity Building Programme (NSA CBP) is a result of the Cotonou Agreement, a wider Agreement between countries in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) regions and the European Union relating to development cooperation.

Name: Technical Assistance to Malawi’s National Food Reserve Agency: Management Adviser Year: 2007-2008 Client: EC Delegation Malawi Country: Zimbabwe Background: In June 1999 the Government of Malawi established the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) to assume responsibility for the management and operation of the Strategic Grain Reserve (SGR).The NFRA structure was established as a Trust

Name: Technical Assistance to the Project “Implementation and coordination of agricultural research and training in the SADC Region” (ICART – 2) complementary phase Year: 2008-2010 Client: SADC Country: Angola, Botswana, Congo (Kinshasa), Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, ZimbabweSADC region Background: The project “Implementation and Coordination of Agricultural Research &

Jimat was engaged in the following activities; Conducted an assessment of potential commodity brokers to engage, capacity gaps amongst output marketing players and produced an inception report Developed responsive and tailored capacity development plans for key role players in the marketing of produce from leading commodity chains. This also included identification of issues that were

The goal of the project was to contribute to the reduction of teenage fertility through increased FP uptake and delaying sexual debut. Other intended results are reduced incidence of STIs among young people and increase uptake of ASRH Services such as HTC, VMMC, STI diagnosis and treatment, as well as uptake of GBV services. The

DAPP in partnership with TB Alert received funding from UKAID to implement a three year (2015-2018) TC TB/HIV project titled Reducing HIV and TB Burden by addressing stigma and improving awareness, diagnosis and treatment services amongst rural communities in two districts of Manicaland Province in Zimbabwe. DAPP Zimbabwe and TB Alert worked in the two

Name: Plan Malawi Evaluation of the Malaria Project Year: 2008 Client: Plan Country: Malawi Background: Malawi fully implemented the global strategy of ‘Roll Back Malaria’, which is aimed at reducing the burden of malaria by half in 2010. The major goal included, meeting targets for prompt treatment, ensuring proper chemoprophylaxis for pregnant women and increase

Name: Environmental Impact Assessment of Area 43, 46, 47 and 50 Lilongwe    Year: 2008-2009 Client: Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources Country: Malawi Background: The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources opened up four new locations, two were low-density residential areas and the others were commercial. The residential areas included Area 46 Sector II and

Name: Environmental impact assessment for the Bwengu-Chiweta Road Malawi  Year: 2010 Client: Government of Malawi Country: Malawi Background: During the period June 2010 to September 2010 Jimat concluded the design of drainage structures and materials prospecting and environmental impact assessment for the Bwengu-Chiweta Road. Objectives: The EIA looked at populations, fauna, flora, air, soil, water, humans, landscape,

Name: Development of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the proposed Irrigation Schemes in Honde Valley Zimbabwe  Year: 2011-2012 Client: World Vision Zimbabwe Country: Zimbabwe Background: World Vision Zimbabwe through partnership with USAID was operating a program, titled RSAPZ, in the Honde Valley region of Zimbabwe. The project aimed to revitalize smallholder agriculture production in

Name: Development of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the proposed Irrigation Schemes in Honde Valley Zimbabwe  Year: 2011-2012 Client: World Vision Zimbabwe Country: Zimbabwe Background: World Vision Zimbabwe through partnership with USAID was operating a program, titled RSAPZ, in the Honde Valley region of Zimbabwe. The project aimed to revitalize smallholder agriculture production in

Name Evaluation of Save the Children Norway Zimbabwe (SCNZ) Four Year Strategic Plan (2006-2009) Year 2010 Client Save the Children Norway Country Zimbabwe Background Based on Save the Children Norway global strategy, SCNZ developed a 4 year plan for the period 2006-2009. In this strategy SCN-Z selected four strategic objectives that are pertinent to the

Name: Malawi Labour Market Survey Year: 2008 – 2009 Client: TEVETA Country: Malawi Background: Technical Entrepreneurial, Vocational Education and Training Authority’s (TEVETA) mandate was to develop an integrated demand driven TEVET system. Since inception, the TEVETA embarked on a comprehensive reform process of the TEVET system to make it more efficient and responsive to the

Name: Summative evaluation for ‘Increasing utilization of comprehensive youth friendly Sexual and Reproductive Health services at district level in Zimbabwe June2006 – December 2009 and Formative evaluation for ‘Engendering HIV Prevention’: Reducing the vulnerability of women and girls to HIV infection in Zimbabwe’ Year: 2010 Client: UNICEF Country: Zimbabwe Background: Since 1992, the Ministry of

The Ministry Youth, Indigenization and Economic Empowerment, in conjunction with the Zimbabwe Youth Council has partnered with Unicef in delivering its mandate to provide evidence to the Government of Zimbabwe and interested on the investment potential among the youth. The ZYC seeks complete the last phase of investment case informed by the Youth Situational Analysis

Catholic Relief Services Malawi (CRS) contracted Jimat as an independent evaluator for a Gendered Food  Systems Landscape Analysis.  In this study, the team conceptualized gender as an important lever for progress across all aspects of the food systems. The main objective of this assignment was to analyse the food systems landscape in Malawi   The team

The purpose of the Gender Training Programme is to strengthen the analytic, programme and policy skills of the MOG and other Ministry personnel in order to contribute to the national development priority of advancing gender equality and womens empowerment in Zambia. Building on the training provided in the Introduction to Gender Equality Programming and Policy

Name: Women and Land Rights Project End of Term Evaluation     Year: 2011 Client: Action Aid Zimbabwe Country: Zimbabwe Background: Action Aid Zimbabwe conducted a baseline study on empowering women through land rights in 2009. The results of the baseline study indicated that women had limited access, ownership and control over land and other enabling resources

Name: Evaluation of the Women Accessing Realigned Markets (WARM) Project    Year: 2012 Client: FANRPAN Country: Malawi; Mozambique Background: Women Accessing Realigned Markets (WARM) was a three-year pilot project to help rural women farmers influence agricultural policy development in Southern Africa. The project sought to strengthen women farmers’ ability to advocate for appropriate agricultural policies and

Name: Evaluation of the Implementation of Legislation Policy and Programmes on Gender Based Violence by the National Prosecuting Authority SOCA Unit    Year: 2011- 2012 Client: UNICEF SA Country: South Africa Background: Violence against women has been one of the most prominent features of post-apartheid South Africa. While estimates of the extent of violence vary, the

Name: A Situational Analysis on the Gender Gaps in the Agricultural Sector     Year: 2007 Client: Zimbabwe Women’s Resource Centre and Network (ZWRCN) Country: Zimbabwe Background: Women are major contributors to the economy, both through the remunerative work on farms and through unpaid work they traditionally render at home and in the community. Yet in many

THE INDEPENDENT MULTI – DISCIPLINARY REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL RESPONSE TO HIV AND AIDS FOR THE FINANCI Name:  The Independent Multi – Disciplinary Review of the National Response to HIV and AIDS for the Financial Years 2010 to 2013 Year: 2011-2013 Client: National Aids Commission Country: Malawi Background: NAC put in place management, financial and monitoring

IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE EXPANDED SUPPORT PROGRAMME FOR HIV AND AIDS IN ZIMBABWE (ESP) Name:  Impact Assessment of the Expanded Support Programme for HIV and AIDS in Zimbabwe (ESP) Year: 2011 Client: DFID Country :Zimbabwe Background: Zimbabwe is implementing a comprehensive multi-sectoral response to HIV and AIDS. The Government declared HIV and AIDS a national

EVALUATION OF THE TRIPARTITE PARTNERSHIP IN HEALTH, HIV AND AIDS Name: Evaluation of the Tripartite Partnership in Health, HIV and AIDS Year: 2012 Client: Irish Aid Country: Lesotho Background: The Tripartite partnership in Health, a partnership between the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW), Irish Aid (IA) and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)

BASELINE STUDY FOR THE REDUCING HIV RELATED MATERNAL MORTALITY IN KENYA, SOUTH SUDAN, UGANDA AND ZAM Name:  Baseline Study for the Reducing HIV related Maternal Mortality in Kenya, South Sudan, Uganda and Zambia Year: 2011 Client: International HIV/AIDS Alliance Country: Kenya, Zambia, South Sudan and Uganda Background: The international HIV and AIDS Alliance has recently

A MARKET RESEARCH Name:  A Market Research     Year: 2005 Client: Furniture Paradise Country: Zimbabwe Background: Furniture Paradise (FP) a furniture shop that was once OK Furniture was bought from OK in November 2003 and since then has been operating as an independent organization from OK. In Harare there are seven (7) branches and three (3)

IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE PROGRAMME OF SUPPORT FOR OVC Name: Impact Assessment of the Programme of Support for OVC Year: 2010 Client: DFID Country: Zimbabwe Background: The Programme of Support (PoS) for the National Action Plan (NAP) for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) was established in 2006 in recognition of the lrge numbers of highly

IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION AND LEARNING SYSTEM (RAILS) Name:  Impact Assessment of the Regional Agricultural Information and Learning System (RAILS)  Year: 2012 Client: FARA Country: Ghana, Senegal, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Malawi Background: The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) is a continent-wide forum of stakeholders engaged in African agricultural research

MONITORING CONSULTANCY FOR PHASE II OF THE INCOME GENERATING PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME Name:  Monitoring Consultancy for Phase II of the Income Generating Public Works Programme Year: 2009 Client: EC Country: Malawi Background: The second phase of the Income-Generating Public Works Programme (IGPWP) was built on the successfully concluded first phase of the programme, which came

The project aimed to determine the human resource and institutional capacity of LAD to meet the existing demands for its services and to identify the resource and institutional capacities that will need to be addressed in order for LAD to expand services nationwide: currently the services are only offered in Harare and Bulawayo. Of specific

FINAL EVALUATION MDUNGAKASIYA ADP IN KASUNGU DISTRICTThe Objectives of the evaluation were: Program Relevance: The extent to which the objectives of the programs were consistent with the beneficiaries requirement, World Vision priorities and government policies on development Program Efficiency: The extent to which the economic resources/inputs such as funds expertise and time were converted to

LESSON LEARNING RESEARCH FOR THE STRENGTHENING SOCIAL CASH TRANSFER PROJECT THROUGH LINKING AND LEARNING Name: Lesson Learning Research for the Strengthening Social Cash Transfer Project Through Linking and Learning Year: 2012 Client: STOP AIDS NOW! Country: Malawi Background: The Government of Malawi with support from its development partners initiated the Malawi Social Cash Transfer Programme

FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITYThe overall purpose of this consultancy was to facilitate the development of a 5-year costed National Nutrition Strategy led by the Ministry of Health and Child Welfares National Nutrition Council. The consultant was expected to adopt an effective participatory approach which include and involved multi sectoral stakeholders. These included the government, 4

ICAI NUTRITION AND WASH REVIEW ZAMBIA Jimat managed to do the following activities; Familiarised with the tools Conducted a pre-test for the tools Collected quantitative and qualitative data from households and from Key informants on the coverage, effectiveness and beneficiary views and satisfaction in relation to Vitamin A Deworming,, Vaccination and Sanitation and hygiene services

 HARMONIZED SOCIAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMME IN ZIMBABWE Name:  Harmonized Social Cash Transfer Programme in Zimbabwe Year: 2011-2012 Client: Ministry of Labour and Social Services, Department of Social Services (DSS) Country: Zimbabwe Background: Harmonised Cash Transfer Programme (HSCT) is a key programme pillar of the revised National Action Plan for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (NAP OVC)

 OUTPUT TO PURPOSE REVIEW OF THE CHALLENGING THE FRONTIERS OF POVERTY REDUCTION PHASE I AND APPRAISAL Name: Output to Purpose Review of the Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction Phase I and Appraisal of Phase II Year: 2006 Client: DFID Country: Bangladesh Background: In 2002, BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) established a new programme –

 STRENGTHENING THE CAPACITY OF SADC COUNTRIES IN POVERTY MEASUREMENT DIAGNOSTICS MONITORING AND IMPAC Name:  Strengthening the Capacity of SADC Countries in Poverty Measurement Diagnostics Monitoring and Impact Evaluation Year: 2007 Client: SADC Country: Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Lesotho, South Africa, Mozambique, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Botswana, Mauritius Background: Member States as represented by the National Directors

IMPACT EVALUATION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING/SKILLS AND DEVELOPMENT AT JAIROS JIRI ASSOCIATION BULAWAYOBackground: The provision of vocational training skills has been over the years the ideal approach in imparting skills to youth with disabilities. However, due to the challenging economic environment in Zimbabwe, the type of training courses being offered need to continually match the current

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SADC REGIONAL VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSISCardno has a 9.7 million contract with DFID to manage a fund and provide technical services to assist SADC (Southern African Development Community) RVAA (Regional Vulnerability Assessment and Analysis) PMU (Programme Management Unit) to manage and implement DFID/SDC support to SADC RVAA Strategy to enhance regional and

HOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITY TO DISASTERSFarnpan developed a statistical index the Household Vulnerability Index for quantifying household vulnerability. The HVI is a composite measure that comprises 15 indicators of household vulnerability. On the basis of the 15 indicators, a statistical score is calculated for each household resultant index is used to categorizes households on the basis of

EXTERNAL EVALUATION OF IRC-UKS SIDA FUNDED HUMANITARIAN AGREEMENTThe purpose of the evaluation is to provide an independent systematic assessment of IRC-UK s HFA through the review, analysis and comparison of the three projects selected as samples from the overall Programme. The specific objectives were; To assess and report on the obtained and expected results (and

AGRA, COUNTRY CASE STUDIES ON THE PASS VALUE CHAIN STRATEGY AND ITS IMPACT ON SMALLHOLDER FARMER YIELD

JOINT REVIEW OF THE SDC RURAL WASH PROGRAMME IN ZIMBABWEThe goal of this Rural WASH programme (RWP), which runs from mid-2012 to June 2016 is to contribute to the reduction in WASH related diseases and womens workload, improve basic education outcomes, and gender equality; through the DFID contribution of 33 million in 30 target districts

PLAN MALAWI EVALUATION OF THE MALARIA PROJECT Name: Plan Malawi Evaluation of the Malaria Project Year: 2008 Client: Plan Country: Malawi Background: Malawi fully implemented the global strategy of ‘Roll Back Malaria’, which is aimed at reducing the burden of malaria by half in 2010. The major goal included, meeting targets for prompt treatment, ensuring

ZIMBABWE EVALUATION OF THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL PROCUREMENT PILOT PROJECT EVALUATIONUnder the 2008 Farm Bill, the US Congress authorized $60 million in Commodity Credit Corporation funding for USDA to implement a local and regional procurement project in FY 2009-2012. The pilot intended to study the timeliness and effectiveness of using local and regional procurement in