creda has over 20 years successful track record in providing high quality independent program evaluation, monitoring, impact assessment and strategic advice to public and private donors, NGOs and NGO coalitions. creda has completed over 40 consultancy projects in all Central and East European states. The company has completed assignments within individual countries, cross-border projects and large-scale initiatives of regional scope.
Past projects of creda have been mostly consulting for public and private funding agencies. They have included feasibility studies, forward looking assessments of the likely effects of new policies formative evaluations, monitoring of program performance and analyses of the effects and after effects of introduced policies or programmes (impact studies and summative evaluations).
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CREDA provides consulting services for the development of the first long term charitable strategy of the Tiriac International Foundation for support of initiatives in Romania in two main priority areas – education and sport with a focus on vulnerable children and youth in disadvantaged rural areas in the country.
Assessment of the implementation of the strategy of the Romanian American Foundation and assistance in design of the strategy of the foundation for the next five years. Assessment included documentary research, survey with all organizations supported under the three priorities of the foundation (Rural development, Technology and Innovation and Civic Engagement), as well as interviews with […]
Mid-term reflection on the strategy of the Romanian American Foundation. CREDA facilitated the reflection of Board and staff of the foundation on key aspects of foundations approach, extracting strategic lessons from implementation of current foundation’s strategy and identifying key strategic questions to be considered in its next five-year strategy cycle.
Midterm evaluation of the Green Programs of the EEA and Norway Grants in 12 countries in Europe. As member of the consortium led by B&S, CREDA together with its partner AVANGUARD recruited a specialized team, designed the proposal and methodology. CREDA also provided quality control management throughout the implementation of the evaluation and of its final […]
Strategy development. CREDA facilitated the discussions of the Board, management and local offices in Bulgaria, Haiti, Ethiopia and Vietnam to identify strengths and challenges of implementation of WWO programs in addressing the needs of vulnerable children, focus and approaches as well as key strategies of the organizations in the next five years.
Midterm Evaluation of the Local Development Programs of the EEA and Norway Grants in 15 European countries. As a member of the consortium led by B&S, CREDA contributed by recruiting the team especially in Central and Eastern Europe, designed the methodology, provided team leadership for implementing the evaluation and developing of the report, as well as […]
As a member of the consortium led by B&S, CREDA implemented monitoring missions to assess the progress of the implementation of two programs supported by the EEA and Norway Grants: “Local Development, Poverty Reduction and Enhanced Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups” and the “Culture”. Developed monitoring reports served for improvement of the two programs.
As a member of the consortium led by B&S, CREDA team carried out an in-depth monitoring assessmet to evaluate the progress and quality of the implementation of the “Local Development and Poverty Reduction, Enhanced Roma Inclusion” Program supported by the EEA and Norway Grants in Romania.
Mid-Term Evaluation of the Project of the Balkan Civil Society Development Network: “Protecting Civic Space – Regional Civil Society Development Hub”, funded by SIDA. CREDA assessed the effectiveness and efficiency of the established institutional set up for decision making on grants in support to enabling environment for civil society in the Western Balkans, as well as […]
Monitoring of the implementation of the Local Development, Poverty Reduction and Enhanced Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups program funded by the EEA and Norway Grants in Bulgaria. The assignment included two monitoring missions with a specific focus on achievements, challenges and risks in inclusion and equal participation of Roma vulnerable communities in local development initiatives. Developed reports […]
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.