Evaluation of ECHO's Co-operation with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and IFRC Activities funded by ECHO, including the Partnership and Activities with certain EU Red Cross National Societies

This is a regular, scheduled evaluation of ECHO funding (2000 to 2003) of different members of the International Red Cross Movement (the Movement). Activities (projects) in three countries were non-randomly selected by ECHO for the evaluators to visit, i.e., Tajikistan, Tanzania and Iran. The headquarters of the Netherlands, the Spanish and the Finnish Red Cross (RC), as well as that of the Red Cross/EU Office (otherwise known as Bureau de Liaison in Brussels (RCBL) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Secretariat in Geneva were also visited. This, among other, to assess the interrelationships and the quality of partnerships and co-ordination issues among Federation members. The individually evaluated projects’ relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability are presented in ad-hoc fiches in Annex 2. The experience ECHO should draw from the deployment of nine ERUs during the Bam earthquake is then linked with some key recommendations for ECHO in this domain. Alternatives for the IFRC’s use of thematic funding are also proposed.