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Limited comparability. The pre-selected set of country studies includes no countries
in which the cluster approach has not been implemented and that could act
as a control group. Moreover, data allowing for an in-depth assessment of
the situation in country before the introduction of the cluster approach was
difficult to obtain. This limited the evaluation team’s ability to compare the
cluster approach to alternative coordination mechanisms. The evaluation team
sought to address this limitation as far as possible by identifying in-country
control groups on the sub-national level, such as regions with humanitarian
crises where clusters were not active.
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Limited involvement of affected populations and the government. As described above,
directly attributing changes in the situation of the affected population to the cluster
approach is difficult. However, all country evaluation teams conducted group
discussions with affected populations and used their input to verify findings and
hone the evaluators’ attention to critical issues through the collection of stories
and perceptions. Additionally, in some countries the evaluators had difficulties
gaining access to national and local government authorities.
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Evaluation and meeting fatigue. At least three country studies faced a high level of
evaluation and meeting fatigue among stakeholders in country. A more careful
case selection could have helped avoid related difficulties for both the evaluators
and country teams.
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No presentation of beneficiary-level baselines. The evaluation was also intended
to create baselines. The country reports provide an assessment of individual
clusters according to scaled indicators, which can be used as baselines for
cluster performance. The evaluation team also attempted to collect cluster-
specific technical indicators relating to the situation of affected populations.
Clusters, however, currently use a broad range of different indicators and their
systematic compilation and comparison would have exceeded the scope and
mandate of this evaluation. Moreover, several clusters are currently working on
similar initiatives. To avoid duplication, the evaluation team therefore did not
compile beneficiary-level baseline indicators.
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Preparedness. An important task of global clusters is to strengthen preparedness,
for example by strengthening surge capacities for technical and coordination
experts, stockpiling relevant equipment and materials (in the case of the service
clusters) and developing standard operating procedures. This evaluation did
not analyze the effectiveness of preparedness measures, since the subject was
sufficiently covered in phase 1 of the evaluation.
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