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Client: UNICEF Afghanistan
Partner: Premium Performance Consulting
Country: Afghanistan

ACTFOR Performance was contracted by UNICEF Afghanistan to serve as the third-party monitoring firm for the WASH programme (Water Supply, Hygiene and Sanitation). The monitoring exercise aims to provide reliable field-level information and triangulate multiple data sources to validate results reported by implementing partners, while identifying critical programme implementation issues requiring corrective action.

Specific activities to be monitored include:

o Construction of water supply system in rural and urban areas

o Rehabilitation of water supply system in rural and urban areas

o Community sanitation/ CLTS

o WASH in Institution (Schools and Health facilities)

Client : UNICEF Lebanon
Partner : Bridge Outsource Transform (B.O.T)
Country : Lebanon

ACTFOR Performance supports UNICEF Lebanon through the independent TPM (Third-Party monitoring) verification of training activities delivered by the Ministry of Education’s Department of Pedagogical and School Orientation (DOPS). The assignment assesses training quality, implementation fidelity, and alignment with programme standards, while examining their contribution to improved pedagogical practices in public schools.

Client : UNICEF Afghanistan
Partner : Premium Performance Consulting
Country : Afghanistan

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ACT for Performance monitors the implementation of community-based and public education in Afghanistan, focusing on girls’ access to schooling, the quality of teaching materials, and the effects of accelerated learning initiatives.

Client: UNICEF

Partner: Somali Research Association (SRA)
Country: Somalia
 

ACTFOR Performance conducted an independent evaluation of the United Nations Cooperation Framework in Somalia, aligned with the country’s National Development Plan. Using mixed methods, the team assessed the contributions of 24 UN entities and issued strategic recommendations to improve collective impact and coordination.

 

ACTFOR Performance conducted an independent evaluation of the UN Cooperation Framework in Somalia, aligned with the priorities of the National Development Plan. The exercise used mixed methods to analyze the contributions of 24 UN agencies and propose strategic recommendations on coordination and collective impact.

Client : UNICEF Lebanon
Partner : Bridge Outsource Transform (B.O.T)
Country : Lebanon

 

ACTFOR Performance monitored the implementation of the Child Protection Policy in schools and the education cash assistance programme. The review focused on logistics, school attendance impact, and payment security, resulting in actionable recommendations for programme enhancement.

 

Client: Millennium Challenge Account Senegal II
Partner: Core Advice
Country: Senegal

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ACTFOR Performance designed a performance evaluation system to align human resources with the strategic objectives of the Compact. The approach relied on structured performance goals and a 360-degree feedback mechanism, meaning it gathers input from peers, supervisors, and team members.

Client: UNICEF Afghanistan
Partner: Premium Performance Consulting
Country: Afghanistan

 

ACTFOR Performance conducted in-person verification of over 23,000 teachers across 1,713 public schools in three provinces. A follow-up post-payment verification covered a sample of 194,000 salary disbursements nationwide, supporting UNICEF’s large-scale teacher payment initiative.

Client : United Nations Development Programme – Afghanistan
Partner : Premium Performance Consulting
Country : Afghanistan

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ACTFOR Performance conducted field monitoring and a rapid impact assessment of a multisectoral humanitarian response across 9 provinces, including cash-based interventions to support vulnerable populations’ livelihoods.

Client: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Embassy of the Netherlands in Mali
Partner: Forex
Country: Mali

 

ACTFOR Performance managed a €21 million investment fund supporting local projects in water, food security, and environmental protection across 26 communes in Mopti, in partnership with local authorities.

Client : Global Affairs Canada
Partner : Forex
Country : Mali

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ACTFOR Performance evaluated Canada’s investments in health, governance, and rural development in Mali, with the aim of informing future planning amid ongoing national instability.

Client : UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office
Partner : Universalia
Country : Mozambique

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ACTFOR Performance contributed to the evaluation of UNICEF’s country programme in Mozambique by supplying nutrition specialists and coordinating field operations for data collection in the northern provinces of Zambezia and Nampula.

Client : Ministry of Population, Social Protection and Promotion of Women, supported by UNICEF
Partner : Core Advice
Country : Madagascar

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ACTFOR Performance, in partnership with Core Advice, conducted an organizational review of the Ministry to identify systemic bottlenecks and propose practical measures to strengthen Madagascar’s social protection system.

Client: Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA and UN Women
Partner: National Consultants
Countries: Benin, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Chad

 

ACTFOR Performance conducted a formative evaluation of the French Muskoka Fund, which aims to strengthen health systems to reduce maternal, neonatal, and child mortality across eight West and Central African countries. The initiative was launched following the G8 Summit held in Muskoka, Canada, in June 2010. The evaluation assessed the Fund’s relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, inter-agency coordination, and integration of gender, equity, and human rights dimensions.

Client: Global Affairs Canada
Country: Ivory Coast

 

ACTFOR Performance advised the Canadian government on the development of a future bilateral programme in Côte d’Ivoire, through an exploratory mission and consultations with key stakeholders in Abidjan.

Client : UNICEF
Country : Democratic Republic of Congo

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ACTFOR Performance conducted the evaluability study and full evaluation of the acceleration framework targeting child mortality reduction and maternal health improvement in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Client: UNICEF
Country: Democratic Republic of Congo

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ACTFOR Performance evaluated the outcomes of a global initiative implemented by FIND with WHO support to improve quality control and best practices for malaria rapid diagnostic tests. The project established sustainable international and national standards to guide malaria diagnosis quality in endemic countries.

Client: UNICEF
Donor: European Union (EU)
Country: Ethiopia

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ACTFOR Performance assessed the results of the nutrition component of a European Union-funded resilience project. The initiative targeted adolescent girls, pregnant women, and children under five across 17 vulnerable districts to improve food and nutrition security.

Client: UNICEF
Country: Indonesia

 

ACTFOR Performance conducted a formative evaluation of UNICEF’s partnership strategies in Indonesia. The study assessed their contribution to the 2016–2020 country programme goals in areas such as health, education, child protection, and disaster risk reduction. It included consultations with government actors, civil society, and private sector partners, and provided recommendations to enhance relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability.

Client: Health System Strengthening for Better Maternal and Child Health Project (PDSS)
Donor: World Bank
Country: Democratic Republic of Congo

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ACTFOR Performance, in partnership with KIT Royal Tropical Institute, conducted a mid-term impact assessment of performance-based financing across 42 health zones. The study relied on surveys with health centers and households to assess the impact on service use, quality, and health outcomes.

Client: WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Donor: WHO

Countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Timor-Leste

 

The WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO) is actively assisting eleven (11) member states in the region to implement the provisions stated in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) that was adopted in 2003 and came into force in 2005. Apart from Indonesia, ten out of eleven countries in the region have endorsed the convention i.e. Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Timor-Leste. The MPOWER technical package was introduced in 2008 to achieve the objectives of the FCTC and comprises six implementing proven measures to reduce demand for tobacco products, such as protecting people from tobacco smoke; enforce bans on tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorships; and raise taxes on tobacco.

Implementation and compliance of MPOWER have been regularly evaluated in Global Tobacco Control Reports and official reports from the FCTC to the Conference of the Parties. The current evaluation goes beyond these evaluations and provides important feedback for assessing the impact of FCTC implementation in the SEAR Member States after more than a decade of implementation of the treaty and the role of support provided by WHO to assist the countries in their tobacco control efforts to achieve the global, regional and national targets.

ACT for Performance already worked with the WHO in another multi-country evaluation, in the field of nutrition (11 Sub-Saharan African countries).

Client: UNAIDS and PEPFAR
Donor: PEPFAR
Country: Africa (multiple countries)

 

UNAIDS mandated ACTFOR Performance to execute the evaluation of Phase I of the Faith-Based Initiative. This initiative was funded by PEPFAR who commissioned UNAIDS to implement it. Aligned with the objective to eradicate HIV-AIDS by 2030, this initiative is focused on the important role of faith-based organizations as both advocates to reduce stigma and discrimination and to provide care. The purpose of the project is to bridge important information gaps on the work of faith-based organizations in that field, to initiate global networking, and knowledge-sharing. The evaluation provided specific recommendations to inform the second phase to take place in 2017-18.

Client: UNICEF

Donor: Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Countries: Burundi, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Rwanda

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UNICEF selected ACTFOR Performance to evaluate a $US 40 million Nutrition project, implemented in four African countries and funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

This end-of-project evaluation not only informed the stakeholders on the results of the project but also on the next phase, reason why the evaluation was done a few months before the closure of the project. In addition the evaluation also produced information for country nutrition policies, strategies, and programming. The findings, conclusions and recommendations of the evaluation were presented, discussed and validated at a workshop in Addis Ababa in July 2017.

Client : UNICEF and Ministry of Public Health
Donor: UNICEF
Country: Democratic Republic of Congo

 

UNICEF mandated ACTFOR Performance to execute an Evaluability study of the MDG 4 & 5 Acceleration Framework in the Provincial Health Divisions of Southern Ubangi, Kwilu, Kwango, and Congo central of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). We proposed realistic and feasible options for conducting an evaluation of the MDG 4 & 5 Acceleration Framework, and suggested a methodology and key questions to which the evaluation should respond in order to understand the value of the MDG Acceleration Framework approach, and given the constraints observed in its implementation related to the complex field operations. We also identified the expertise, efforts and budget needed for carrying out an evaluation.

Client: National Secretariat for Capacity Building (SENAREC); Ministry of Planning

Donor: World Bank

Country: Democratic Republic of Congo

 

The National Secretariat for Capacity strengthening (SENAREC) selected ACTFOR Performance to lead, support and facilitate the development of the second National Capacity Strengthening Plan (PRONAREC 2017 – 2021). The new plan prioritizes eight fields of action, based on an evaluation of the implementation of the first plan (2011 – 2016) and an assessment of the of the current capacity gaps, in the light of an on-going decentralization and a modernization of the State. The assignment comprised an extensive document review, three field missions, during which many stakeholders were interviewed and a sample of four provinces were visited, and two validation workshops.

Client: UNDP Sub-regional Response Facility, Amman

Donor: United Nations Development Program

Countries: Jordan, Lebanon

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ACTFOR Performance was requested by the UNDP Sub-regional Response Facility in Amman, Jordan to do a study of the financial flows and the effectiveness of aid into Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt; five countries affected by the Syria refugee crisis. The study was based on a review of documents, visits to Jordan and Lebanon, where many stakeholders were interviewed, and a short survey. Our team gathered and analyzed financial data over the last five years, looked into aid modalities, evaluated the effectiveness of the humanitarian response, and the quality of coordination mechanism, and provided recommendations to harmonize short term humanitarian needs and long-term development needs (increasing the resilience of these countries). The study was updated in January and February 2017, on the basis of new datasets.

Clients: Project Support Unit of the Canadian Embassy in Dakar ; UNDP office in Dakar ; Working Group on Monitoring and Evaluation of Public policies (Presidency, Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Finance)

Donor: Global Affairs Canada

Country: Senegal

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ACTFOR Performance was mandated by the clients to assess the relevance, effectiveness and efficiency of existing, and sometime overlapping mechanisms in Senegal to evaluate public policies, and, in particular, the Emerging Senegal Plan. The team examined the mechanisms in various sectors, including an assessment of the indicators, tools utilized, data collection methods, actors involved, and reports produced. The team also analyzed the level of coordination and harmonization between the various mechanisms, and assessed the strengths and weakness of the organizations involved, using the SWOT model. Recommendations were presented to improve systems alignment and harmonization

 

Clients: National Nutrition Program, Ministry of Health (PRONANUT); UNICEF-Kinshasa

Donor: UNICEF

Country: Democratic Republic of Congo

 

UNICEF mandated ACTFOR Performance to facilitate a participatory planning process to develop the national multisectoral nutrition strategy for the DRC, including an operational plan and detailed cost estimates. After a thorough document review and an international comparative study, our team held meetings with all stakeholders, organized strategic planning and operationalization workshops, and developed a financing model to estimate implementation costs in detail. Relevant stakeholders validated the proposed strategy at a national forum .

Clients: Department of Health, Nutrition and Development, World Health Organization (WHO)

Donor: Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and International Development, Canada

Country: Sub-Saharan Africa

 

WHO mandated ACTFOR Performance to evaluate its Project “Accelerating Nutrition Improvements in Sub-Saharan Africa”, which was financed by Canada (18 million USD). Our team evaluated the relevance, results, effectiveness and efficiency of the project and formulated recommendations with regard to possible adjustments for the remainder of the project period and to improve overall project management.

Clients: UNDP with the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Paraguay

Country: Paraguay

 

This study project concerns the evaluation of the management of essential public resources in Paraguay. It includes an analysis of the supply chain for medicines and medical equipment under the responsibility of the Ministry of Health, an assessment of social spending between 2012 and 2016 to inform budget decisions, and an examination of the planning and management of food supplies in schools. The aim is to provide recommendations for improving efficiency, compliance and the strategic use of public resources.

Clients: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Countries: Argentina, Egypt and Russia

 

Organizational Review of the Communication Support Centres (CSCs) in Buenos Aires, Cairo, Moscow commissioned by the Institutional Performance Management Unit of the International Committee of the Red Cross. The ICRC operated with four communication centres around the world and wanted to review the CSCs management model, capacities and practices and roles and responsibilities of the different stakeholders by examining their needs and expectations concerning the hub. The review focused on the capacity, performance and relevance of the CSCs and their mission with a focus on ownership, relationships with stakeholders, decision-making, accountability, budget management and efficiency-value added).