CREDA carried out a Gender-Responsive Evaluation of the implementation of the “Strategy for the Protection and Integration of the Roma National Minority into Ukrainian Society 2013-2019”, involving project visits, in-depth interviews with representatives of public institutions, Roma NGOs, other donors and Roma community representatives.

Anthropological study of “Nadezhda” Roma neighborhood, Sliven. CREDA carried out participatory action research of the community relations and structures in a severely marginalized Roma neighborhood in Bulgaria to define recommendations for the design of a community empowerment project for increasing access to women’s health.

Facilitation of the strategy process of the Romanian American foundation by individual and group work with staff and Board to update priorities and objectives in the areas of rural development, technology and innovation and civic engagement, as well as to update of RAF’s evaluation and monitoring system.

Rapid assessment of the funding of the EEA Grants supporting Roma inclusion in Bulgaria and Romania. As a member of the consortium led by B&S CREDA teams in the two countries documented the results and outcomes of a sample of programs contributing to Roma inclusion in the two countries through documentary research, field visits and gathering […]

Strategic review of the funding environment for Roma inclusion in Macedonia and Romania.  The research assessed the existing donors’ policies and practices and reviewed the capacities of Roma CSOs to access funding and ensure sustainability of their advocacy work for Roma inclusion.

Impact assessment of the ROMED programs funded by the Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Commission. In partnership with B&S CREDA recruited teams in seven countries covered by the evaluation – Bulgaria, Macedonia, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Portugal and Ukraine and designed the methodology. CREDA provided team leadership in assessing the effectiveness, efficiency and impacts of […]

Assistance for development of learning systems and monitoring and indicators frameworks. Facilitating process of discussions of staff and Board, case study development and advice on monitoring and evaluation frameworks.

Organizational Development assistance to the Women Alliance Against Domestic Violence in Bulgaria. Assessment and assistance for improvement of the governance and management system of the Women Alliance, which is the leading gender NGO network in the country.

Midterm evaluation of the NGO Programs under the EEA and Norway Grants (2009-2014). The evaluation assessed the progress of the NGO Programs in 15 countries in Europe Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Greece, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain. The support provided by the EEA and Norway Grants was in […]

CREDA provided consulting assistance to the strategy process of the foundation with a special focus on the long-term grantmaking strategy in the area of community development and civil society, entrepreneurship, education and innovation. This involved a series of facilitated discussions between staff, Board and key stakeholders, using the method of theory of change.