Meta evaluation of 2014 IFRC evaluations

In line with the IFRC Evaluation Standard Operating Procedures, it was decided by the Planning and Evaluation department (PED) in 2015 that a meta-evaluation should be carried out to review the evaluations hosted in the IFRC Evaluation Databank. This is the first time a meta-evaluation of all IFRC secretariat evaluations has been carried out. Using an internal evaluator, a desktop review was carried out of all 38 evaluation reports published in the databank in 2014. Ten criteria based on good evaluation practice as highlighted in Section 5 were used when reviewing the documents. Overall findings illustrated that in 2014, there were more reviews and case study/research posted, than actual evaluation reports. In terms of follow up to the evaluations, only 2 management responses were attached to published reports (1 impact evaluation, 1 real-time evaluation) in 2014. More detailed key findings have been outlined in the report.