WYG wins Mine Action Evaluation work through GEFA Framework
PRESS RELEASE
8 APRIL 2013
WYG wins Mine Action Evaluation work through GEFA Framework
Following a drive to diversify into new donor-funded markets, WYG has been successful with the Global Evaluation Framework Agreement (GEFA) having now secured its first commission.
This final phase of a 30-month long mine action evaluation project covers Cambodia, Mozambique, South Sudan and Sri Lanka. The key objectives are:
- To examine whether the Conflict, Humanitarian & Security Department (CHASE) mine action programme has delivered development benefits to mine affected communities
- To evaluate whether the centrally delivered CHASE programme is the most effective and sustainable mode of delivery to enable national mine action agencies to prioritise and deliver mine action programmes in their own countries
- To assess whether the programme delivered value for money on behalf of the UK taxpayer
The CHASE mine action programme is a £30m, 8 country programme focused on clearing land mines and other explosive remnants of war. A key feature of the mine action strategy is a new emphasis on the linkage between de-mining and development. The evaluation will also review the objectives, outputs and outcomes, modalities of delivery and synergy with other DFID mine action programmes.
WYG International Managing Director, Keith Cook (pictured), said: “The evaluation is expected to draw lessons for the evolution of the Government’s mine action strategy, recommend changes and improvements to the delivery mechanisms including sustainability, accountability, value for money and the delivery of results, and inform next steps in programming.
Keith continues: “The larger global mine action community will be interested in the findings, particularly as they will address the links between development and mine action and, therefore, will be disseminated widely across the sector.”
DFID is a ministerial department which leads the UK government’s fight against world poverty, with a focus on health, education, economic growth and the private sector, governance and conflict, war and sanitation.
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