Resilience Evaluation, Analysis and Learning (REAL) Award

About

Since gaining prominence among governments, donors and implementers in the wake of repeated drought crises in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel, the concept of resilience and its relevance to addressing key issues of vulnerability and extreme poverty globally has continued to evolve. A key element of this evolution has been continual refinement of methods of data collection and analysis of resilience at multiple scales aimed at promoting evidence-based policy and program design and implementation guidance.

Increasing frequency and intensity of large-scale, complex crises throughout the world, and a desire among governments, donors and implementers to use limited resources most effectively make the need for learning related to resilience analysis and programming more critical than ever if we are to break the cycle of crises among extremely vulnerable households and communities.

The overall aim of the REAL Award is to inform and improve resilience policy and programming through strategic analysis, capacity strengthening and knowledge sharing.

For a 2-page brief describing the REAL Award, please click here. 

Partners

Members of the Resilience Evaluation, Analysis and Learning (REAL) consortium – Save the Children and its partners CORE Group, Food for the Hungry, Mercy Corps, and TANGO International – have been intricately involved in building the intellectual capital around resilience concepts, analysis, measurement, learning, and knowledge management related to resilience-related program design and implementation for USAID. Each of these partners is also member of the Technical and Operational Performance Support (TOPS) Program through which the REAL Associate Award was granted.

Objectives

The (REAL) Award provides rigorous analysis, relevant knowledge, and applicable guidance on best practices for resilience measurement, program design and implementation. This is achieved through a range of complementary activities:

Knowledge Capture: Identification of promising practices and use of existing data for context-specific resilience analysis

Knowledge Generation: Development of practical tools and guidance, adapted for multiple contexts and users


Knowledge Application: Demand driven capacity building through focused transfer of skills related to resilience analysis and program design

Knowledge Sharing: Collaboration and coordination among network actors enhanced through exchange of knowledge and information on best practices

Resources 

Evaluation/Analyses

PRIME Project Impact Evaluation: Report of Recurrent Monitoring Survey 2 (RMS-2) by Lisa Smith, Tim Frankenberger, Suzanne Nelson. Review the brief here. 

Zimbabwe Resilience Research Report - Final, by Stephanie Martin, Monica Mueller, Suzanne Nelson, Justin Mupeyiwa, Jason Taylor, Tiffany Griffin

Pastoralist Areas Resilience Improvement and Market Expansion (PRIME) Recurrent Monitoring Survey 2014-15 Deep Dive: Uncovering the Pathways to Resilience, by Tim Frankenberger and Lisa Smith

Nepal Resilience Research Report - Final, by Tom Bower and Monica Mueller, with contributions from Arif Rashid, Tiffany Griffin, Mara Mordini, Chung Lai, Olga Petryniak, Mark Pommerville, Rebecca Goldman and Rajesh Dhungel.

Bangladesh Resilience Research Report - Final, by Victoria Brown with contributions from Tiffany Griffin, Chung Lai, Rafiqul Islam, Jillian Waid and Matthew Will. 

Nigeria LSMS Resilience Analysis - Phase I, by Brad Sagara, Patrick Baxter, Rafael Corral, Chris Gray, Galia Rabchinsky, Kaitlyn Turner, Jon Kurtz and Tiffany Griffin.

Mali Resilience Research Report by Victoria Brown, Mark Langworthy, Monica Mueller, Tom Bower and Lisa Woodson

Technical Meeting Notes

Resilience Evaluation, Analysis and Learning (REAL) Project Value for Money Technical Meeting Summary Notes, by Tom Spangler

Guidance Documents

An Overview of the Recurrent Monitoring Survey (RMS) by Tim Frankenberger, Lisa Smith, and Tiffany Griffin

Resilience Measurement Practical Guidance Series: An Overview

Resilience Measurement Practical Guidance Series: Guidance Note 1 - Risk & Resilience Assessments, by Eric Vaughan and Sarah Henly-Shepard

Resilience Measurement Practical Guidance Series: Guidance Note 2 - Measuring Shocks and Stresses, by Brad Sagara, Eric Vaughan, Chet Tamang, Tim Frankenberger, Tiffany Griffin, and Jon Kurtz

Resilience Measurement Practical Guidance Series: Guidance Note 3 - Resilience Capacity Measurement, by Eric Vaughan, with contributions from Tim Frankenberger, Christy Forster, Sarah Henly-Shepard, Kristin Lambert, David Nicholson, Brad Sagara, and Tiffany Griffin

Resilience Measurement Practical Guidance Series: Guidance Note 4 - Resilience Analysis, by Brad Sagara, Lisa Smith, Tim Frankenberger, Jon Kurtz, and Tiffany Griffin

Resilience Measurement Practical Guidance Series: Guidance Note 5 - Designing and Planning for Resilience Monitoring and Evaluation at the Activity Level, by Diana Picon

REAL Resilience in Action Series

Gender Equity and Social Inclusion, by Audrey Anderson

Resilience Workshops

Horn of Africa - Using Resilience Data for Programming Decisions Workshop Final Report, by Elizabeth Cuellar, Carrie Presnall, Maryada Vallet, Vicki Brown, Emma-Perez Baker and Padraic Finan

Asia Resilience Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Workshop Final Report, by Tim Frankenberger, Mark Langworthy, Karyn Fox, Brad Sagara, Ratri Sutarto, Karine Garnier, Greg Collins, Dr. Pedcris Orencio, Tom Spangler, Nigoon Jitthai and Padraic Finan.

Asia Resilience Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Workshop Resources

Concept Notes

Integrating Gender into Resilience Analysis: A Conceptual Overview, by Kristi Tabaj, Tom Spangler, Laurie Starr, Audrey Anderson, Karine Garnier and Tiffany Griffin.

Measuring Resilience Across and Between Scales and How to Do It, by Chris Béné

Meetings and Events

The Resilience Evidence Forum (REF) 
Washington D.C. 
October 2-3, 2017 

REAL Technical Meeting, Value for Money (VFM)
Save the Children, 899 N. Capital St. N.E., Virginia Conference Room
March 23, 2017, 1:00 – 4:00 PM EST

More Information

To learn more about the Resilience, Evaluation, Analysis and Learning (REAL) Award, contact Tom Spangler at Save the Children.