Evaluation of the Protection Standby Capacity (ProCap) and Gender Standby Capacity (GenCap) Projects

The Protection Capacity Standby Project (ProCap) and the Gender Capacity Standby Project (GenCap) are inter-agency resources to strengthen the humanitarian system’s capacity in protection and gender. The projects maintain rosters of senior experts deployed to countries in emergencies. The ProCap project has also developed a protection training for members of other surge capacity mechanisms. Both projects were initially designed as temporary stop-gap measures.

This evaluation was commissioned to inform the decision over whether the projects should now be phased out, maintained or expanded and to provide concrete suggestions for change. To do so, the evaluation assesses the projects’ effectiveness, sustainability and relevance, as well important success factors related to their management and administration. The evaluation’s findings are based on an extensive document review, two surveys with a total of 399 respondents, four country visits to Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Sudan and Pakistan and 199 interviews. Two learning workshops were conducted to verify findings and refine recommendations.