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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examples of creda clients and projects
Study on Roma Inclusion Under the EEA and Norway Grants. The task of this study was to overview all of the funding in the field of Roma inclusion provided by the EEA and Norway Grants in five of the countries with the largest Roma population: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and the Slovak Republic. The […]
Evaluation of the first three years of the operation of the Romanian American Foundation. The assessment involved review of all grants of the foundation, interviews with the Board and staff and key stakeholders. Recommendations served as a basis for the starting strategy development process of the foundation.
RIGHTS was a two-year project implemented by Università degli Studi “Guglielmo Marconi” (USGM) in Rome, Italy, in partnership with eight organizations (universities, secondary schools and NGOs) from Italy, Bulgaria, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey. The project is coordinated by USGM. It was co-funded by the EU Lifelong Learning Program and was aimed at at […]
Human Institutional Capacity Development (HICD) assessment of the Public Administration in Kosovo. This was a part of a larger assessment, commissioned to JBS by USAID Kosovo. The purpose was to review needs, opportunities and provide recommendations for the forthcoming 10-year Legacy High Education program of USAID Kosovo in four priority developmental areas – Rule of Law, […]
Evaluation of the Project “Promoting participatory field work at grass-root level in marginalized and traditional Roma communities’ implemented by Amalipe (Bulgaria), Liga Pro-Europe (Romania) and Arsis (Greece) and funded by EC Fundamental Rights and Citizenship.
Impact assessment of the institutional development support to Roma NGOs in the region. CREDA assessed all institutional grants to Roma NGOs in Bulgaria, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and Slovakia the Roma Initiatives Program of Open Society Foundation (Budapest) in the period 2000-2010. The assessment served for the redesign of the strategy and support to institutional development of Roma […]
Assessment of the effect of the program upon the grant-implementing NGOs in terms of organizational sustainability, professional development of the teams, prospects for future successful interventions in the area of childcare.
External evaluation of Safe Communities project, implemented by the Centre for Inclusive Education with the financial support of Oak Foundation. The project was aimed at building safe and positive environment for children by strengthening the capacities of institutions and organizations that provide direct services to children to guarantee children safety and developing effective pilot model […]
Feasibility study and development of concept for launching of a Child protection Regional Resource Center in Southeast Europe. The study involved interviews with a variety of stakeholders in the Balkans working in the area of child protection and will serve as a basis for funding the Center by the OAK Foundation.
Assessment of the institutional support to the National Network of Children (NNC)– uniting more than 80 CSOs and networks working for the rights of children; focus on the organizational development of the NNC; effectiveness of its governance and management and of network’s advocacy and outreach capacity; effectiveness of participation in EU level platforms like “Every […]
Organizational review of the International Renaissance Foundation in Ukraine with a focus on the effectiveness of governance and management structure and practice, as well as the partnership and outreach capacity of the foundation with key stakeholders in the country, and level of interaction with networks and programs in the framework of the OSI in the region.
Assessment of the impact of the JOBS Business centers and window offices for increasing access to employment of Roma in Bulgaria. The research was to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the approach and models developed by JOBS program and to provide advice to the Board of the ABF for its grantmaking in the area of […]
Strategy development assistance to assist the strategic planning of the BDF, which as a unique platform of local philanthropists in the country (corporate donors and Bulgarian Foundations). Interviews with members and participating in writing the report to the Board and management.
Evaluation of the Joint History Project (JHP) in Southeast Europe of the Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Thessaloniki. The study was commissioned by the Social Transition Team, Office of Democracy, Governance and Social Transition of USAID,DC and contracted to CREDA by JBS International., Washington DC. The JHP is a large-scale regional initiative active in Albania, […]
Development of three evidence-based cases from Southeast Europe to serve as practice examples for the position paper “Capacity Development of public institutions and Social inclusion”, developed by UNDP to inform the work on the Regional Human Development Report on Social Inclusion in CEE and NIS.
CREDA was contracted to assist the Trust in designing and organizing the group discussions of NGOs from Central and Eastern Europe at the Civil Society Forum, September 2009 in Bratislava. Based on the analyses of the results of focus group discussions in the different countries, CREDA, together with the CEE Trust defined the themes of […]
The Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation is a 10 year $ 30 mln grantmaking initiative, funded by the GMF, the USAID and the C.S.Mott foundation to support democracy and regional cooperation in the Wider Black Sea Region. It provided civic participation grants in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and supports cross-border and […]
Interim Evaluation of the Project for Community foundations in Bulgaria. The evaluation was to serve to management and the Board of the Trust in deciding how to continue the project in Bulgaria, and how to use some of the learning in its programming in other countries in the region.
Evaluation of the Program for Consolidation of the Non-profit sector in Bulgaria. The Program was based upon the establishment of five issue-based advocacy coalitions in the areas of environment, social issues, local and regional development, human rights and culture and art. Each of the five coalitions was assessed regarding their organizational effectiveness, achievements and potential […]
Final evaluation of the four year “Roma Integration Program”, funded by the USAID Budapest and implemented by Partners for Democratic Change. The Program aimed at increasing access to social, employment and education service to Roma in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. The evaluation studied the impact of the program and systemized lessons that can […]