UNF-WHO COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund (SRF) Joint Evaluation (2021): Report

UNF-WHO | COVID-19 Solidarity Response FundJoint Evaluation Prepared for // UN Foundation and WHOBy // IOD PARCDate // 16 December 2021 IOD PARC is the trading name ofInternational Organisation Development Ltd Omega Court362 Cemetery RoadSheffieldS11 8FTUnited KingdomTel: +44 (0) 114 267 3620www.iodparc.com Acknowledgements This report was prepared by an IOD PARC team of three evaluation consultants, plus supportingresearch assistance and graphic design. The team was led by Matthew Crump, alongside NaomiBlight, Sonia Pérez, Josh Fuchs and Scott Cameron. Nick York provided independent expert adviceand quality assurance. We would like to acknowledge the many stakeholders, including Fiduciary and BeneficiaryPartners, as well as staff at UN Foundation and WHO, who kindly agreed to participate in thisevaluation and provide valued insights and contributions. The report has benefited from helpful advice and inputs provided by those staff working on the SRFthroughout the evaluation. Guidance and support throughout the process has been well receivedfrom the evaluation managers: WHO (Dr Elil Renganathan, the Director General’s Representativefor Evaluation and Organizational Learning (EVL); Alex Ross, Director a.i. Evaluation Office andSenior Adviser, Organizational Learning; and Rob McCouch, Chief Evaluation Officer), and UNF(Colleen Teixeira Moffat, Managing Director, Strategic Planning & Implementation). We particularlywish to thank Gaudenz Silberschmidt and Elisa Scolaro (World Health Organization), Kate Dodson(United Nations Foundation), and Sabrina Grassi (Swiss Philanthropy Foundation) who helped withconnecting us to partners, providing documents for the inception and main data collection phases,and responding to requests from the evaluation team. Table of Contents Acronyms and abbreviations ..............................................................................................4Executive summary ............................................................................................................6Introduction.......................................................................................................................11Background ...................................................................................................................11Evaluation purpose and scope......................................................................................12Users and uses .............................................................................................................12Evaluation context.........................................................................................................13Objectives of the SRF and pathways of change ...........................................................15Theory of Change .........................................................................................................15Methodological approach .................................................................................................18Assessment - Findings .....................................................................................................23Relevance/Coherence...................................................................................................23Effectiveness.................................................................................................................31Efficiency.......................................................................................................................46Gender, Equity and Human Rights in the Fund’s design and implementation ..............55Contextual factors affecting the Fund ...........................................................................57Internal factors in Fund’s achievements and challenges ...........................................58External factors in Fund’s achievements and challenges ..........................................60Learning ...........................................................................................................................61Conclusions......................................................................................................................63Recommendations: considerations for the way forward...................................................64AnnexesAnnex 1: Terms of reference ............................................................................................66Annex 2: Workplan ...........................................................................................................67Annex 3: Stakeholder analysis .........................................................................................68Annex 4: Evaluation matrix...............................................................................................76Annex 5: Interview guide ..................................................................................................85Annex 6: Stakeholders consulted .....................................