Objectives

To assess the impact, efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability, and relevance of a conflict transformation project in Jammu and Kashmir carried out by Conciliation Resources (CR), an independent UK based NGO that works on peacebuilding and policy dialogues on peace processes. The project funded by the British government’s conflict pool aimed at strengthening civil society’s capacity for conflict transformation on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) by facilitating shared analysis, dialogue and practical engagement at regional and across LoC levels and to link them to other peacebuilding efforts.

Geographical spread

Jammu and Kashmir (both sides of the LoC in India and Pakistan).

Key areas/components

Evaluation of all the components in the project including education, trade, youth, marginalized groups, diaspora engagement, conflict transformation workshops. The evaluation was done through extensive document surveys and interviews in Jammu and Kashmir.

Key outputs

Report of 25 pages with an executive summary, outline of the evaluation methodology and structure, and analysis of the findings of the project’s relevance and validity, achievement and impacts, effectiveness and efficiency, M&E and communication, sustainability, lessons learned and recommendations for the next phase.

Year/period

May-June 2011

Client

British High Commissions, Islamabad and Delhi; INTRAC