Evaluation
As a final evaluation, it seeks to understand the overall effectiveness of the programme and its level of sustainability once NRC leaves Liberia at the end of 2014. Key recommendations are also made on potential ways forward for NRC taking on GBV as a core competency globally.
The main findings of the evaluation are that:
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NRC played an effective coordination role by working in line with the National Plan Of Action For Gender Based Violence in Liberia and by partnering with the MOGD to enhance its coordination of GBV prevention and response efforts. Synergies between the NRC GBV programme and other NRC core competencies—particularly the ICLA programme—increased WISE women’s knowledge of land, housing and property (HLP) rights. NRC supported the MOGD to map GBV services, document their locations, train response providers, and produce referral posters for distribution nationwide.
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As one of NRC’s most important contributions, the programme increased the utilization and knowledge of the referral pathway countrywide. NRC also contributed to case management coordination, particularly by providing quality psychosocial support to GBV survivors and by creating GBV survival referral cards that helped to avoid duplication and improve the accuracy of MOGD’s data collection nationwide.
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NRC initially supported WISE communities through in-depth training and then through their own campaigns designed to further prevent violence in the community and promote the use of GBV services. NRC supported health; gender, police and courts through gap filing assistance, direct assistance, and coordination support both at the national and county levels. Seconded staff provided additional human resources to government offices and later moved to play a mentorship role through their presence in government offices, on-the-job training, advice and support to government staff.
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The programme that developed was relevant to the context; however, as the programme developed there did not appear to be sufficient consultation of survivors and community members. Without a mechanism in place to ensure that the project stayed relevant to the needs of the target groups, it is difficult to know whether their needs have been addressed. Creating a mechanism to understand this would improve the programme’s relevance and effectiveness and sustainability overall