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[ KEY AID & CALP TRAINING ] Registration for our September course: "CALP Online: core CVA skills for programme staff" is still open! Through this 12-week online course, you will learn how to design, implement and monitor cash and voucher assistance programmes. Your trainers will be Hélène Juillard and Clément Charlot, CALP Network certified trainers and co-founders of Key Aid Consulting. Benefit from an early bird discount by paying up to July 28, 2024. Learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/4aBdXvJ

While visiting Ukraine in May for the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency response evaluation, we as a team of five evaluators conducted semi structured key informant interviews as well as focus group discussions supported by an online survey. Our outside Ukraine evaluation can already be accessed here https://bit.ly/3yqcfQg

Key Aid visited Ukraine in May to lead the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency Level 3 Evaluation of their Ukraine response. By doing so, we had the opportunity to witness and participate in activities organised by UNHCR and its partners to help internally displaced families.

Le 10 juin, l’Iram a présenté les résultats finaux d’un travail d’évaluation mené à partir de janvier 2023, portant sur la réponse du Programme Alimentaire Mondial aux urgences au Sahel et en Afrique centrale. L’équipe d’évaluation IRAM et Key Aid Consulting a analysé les principaux programmes menés par le PAM sur la période 2018-2023 dans huit pays : Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Centrafrique, Mali, Mauritanie, Niger, Nigeria, et Tchad. L’analyse s’est focalisée sur 12 thématiques principales, dont les programmes intégrés entre réponse humanitaire et développement, le renforcement des capacités nationales, les questions de genre et inclusion, la protection et la redevabilité, la sensibilité aux conflits, l’anticipation, les partenariats à différents niveaux. Ce travail a conduit à formuler 6 recommandations visant à faciliter l’adaptation des stratégies d’intervention du PAM aux évolutions en cours et projetées du contexte régional, marquées par des changements environnementaux et démographiques, plusieurs crises sécuritaires ouvertes, et des bouleversements politiques. Merci à toute l’équipe pour la finalisation de ce travail ambitieux (Henri Leturque, Helene Juillard, Marie Thoreux, Beatrice Noun, Maria Antonietta Maneschi, Johanna Jelensperger, Cécile Collin) et aux responsables du bureau d’évaluation du PAM.

Have you ever wondered what makes for a good market analysis in the humanitarian sector and which tools to choose? The recently updated Minimum Standard for Market Analysis (MISMA) covers five key actions to ensure quality and aims to help improve response analysis and programme implementation. Originally written in 2016 by Key Aid founder Hélène Juillard, it was updated by CALP Network in 2018 and the most recent revisions were completed late last year by Edward Fraser. Discover the latest version here https://bit.ly/4dOGGzR

Do you fancy meeting or catching up with fellow consultants working in the humanitarian and development world? Then join us on June 25th for the eighth edition of our consultants meet up, right before the summer. As usual, we will gather as of 6 pm at L'Ivress Sentier, a wine bar in central Paris. Hoping to see you there! https://bit.ly/3UIdbqL

Key Aid Consulting is no longer the new kid on the block! Today we're very pleased to celebrate our seventh year of existence. Like a fine musical instrument that improves in tone and resonance over time, Key Aid has the experience to bring its areas of expertise to a wide array of projects, clients, networks, and contexts, while still remaining youthfully agile, flexible, and client-oriented. We thank you for supporting us along this journey!

Key Aid Consulting was commissioned by Mercy Corps to conduct a Final Internal Performance Review (FIPR) of the Partnerships for Poland Response Program (2PRP) that aimed to strengthen local Civil Society Organizations in Poland and address the needs of the populations affected by the Russian-Ukranian war. Key Aid specifically focused on evaluating the project's effectiveness in enhancing the organizational and technical capacities of local partners. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3Uk1JkX

Key Aid Consulting was commissioned by the African Risk Capacity Agency to participate in the final evaluation of the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group payment process established in 2021 by the Mauritanian government. The objective of the evaluation was to consolidate learnings from the emergency planning following the 2021 drought and subsequent food distribution. Key Aid conducted interviews, community focus groups, and quantitative surveys, and provided concrete recommendations to improve implementation and beneficiary targeting. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3Wlhb2R

As a part of the Social Protection Technical Assistance (STAAR) facility funded by FCDO, Key Aid was commissioned to develop a strategic roadmap for Nigeria's National Cash Transfer Office by working in partnership with the NCTO and other key stakeholders. This roadmap specifies how the NCTO will fulfill its mandate by implementing action plans that mobilize people, processes, and partnerships, around nine pillars to cohesively deliver cash transfers to the poor and vulnerable across Nigeria. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3QmQNlu