EVALUATION ON SUPPORT TO PREVENTION OF TORTURE AND TORTURE REHABILITATION CENTRES SUPPORTED BY EIDHR The European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights Programme for All Countries Letter of Contract N°2007/143385 FINAL REPORT Prepared by: Nina Corsten Marjorie Farquharson Wa'il Kheir Ricardo Perez de Arce Araya Geetha Stephan Marie-Rose Zalzal June 2008 The project is financed by the European Union The project is implemented by IBF International Consulting Evaluation of the Impact of EIDHR Support for Torture -Prevention and Torture-Rehabilitation Centres 1 Final Report – June 2008 “This report has been prepared with the financial assistance of the European Commission. The views expressed herein are those of the consultant and therefore in no way reflect the official opinion of the Commission” Evaluation of the Impact of EIDHR Support for Torture -Prevention and Torture-Rehabilitation Centres 2 Final Report – June 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS: TABLE OF CONTENTS:....................................................................................................... 3 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................................................................... 5 2. ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS, AND GLOSSARY ...................................................... 11 3. INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................. 12 3.1. BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................ 12 3.2. OBJECTIVES OF THE EVALUATION ................................................................................. 12 3.3. THE EVALUATION TEAM AND ITS WORKING PROCEDURE ................................................. 14 3.4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................ 14 3.5. DISCLAIMER ............................................................................................................... 15 4. THE EIDHR PROGRAMME AGAINST TORTURE.......................................................... 16 4.1. FUNDING OF REHABILITATION FOR TORTURE SURVIVORS AND TORTURE PREVENTION ....... 17 5. PROGRAMME PERFORMANCE.................................................................................... 18 5.1. THE CALLS FOR PROPOSALS ....................................................................................... 18 5.2. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS: PROJECT FUNDS AND CORE FUNDING..................................... 19 6. ACCOUNTABILITY AND QUALITY CONTROL.............................................................. 22 7. THE SAMPLE................................................................................................................. 23 7.1. GEOGRAPHICAL COMPOSITION OF THE SAMPLE ............................................................. 23 7.2. STATUS OF THE PROJECTS IN THE SAMPLE.................................................................... 24 7.3. PROFILE OF THE SELECTED PROJECTS ......................................................................... 24 7.4. STRUCTURE AND LOCATION OF SELECTED PROJECTS AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT........ 24 7.4.1. EU-Beneficiaries Implementing Projects in their Own Country ..........................................24 7.4.2. Joint Projects of EU- and European Non-EU Partners: Beneficiaries and Partners in Several Countries .................................................................................................................................25 7.4.3. African, Middle Eastern/Asian, Latin American and Non-EU European Beneficiaries Implementing Projects in their own Country...............................................................................25 7.4.4. EU-Beneficiaries Implementing Projects in other Countries ..............................................25 7.4.5. Non-European Multi-Country Partner-Projects .................................................................25 7.4.6. Global Projects ...............................................................................................................25 7.5. SUMMARY OF PROJECT TYPES IN THE SAMPLE .............................................................. 25 8. EVALUATION OF THE FIVE CRITERIA......................................................................... 27 9. RELEVANCE.................................................................................................................. 31 9.1. DESIGN OF THE PROJECTS .......................................................................................... 31 9.2. THE LOGICAL FRAMEWORK APPROACH......................................................................... 33 9.2.1. Development of Indicators...............................................................................................33 9.3. PERFORMANCE OF PARTNERSHIPS............................................................................... 35 9.4. FINANCIAL RELATIONS BETWEEN PARTNER ORGANISATIONS ........................................... 36 9.5. THE EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCE, INFORMATION AND PRACTICES BETWEEN REHABILITATION CENTRES IN THIRD COUNTRIES AND IN EUROPE.................................................................... 37 9.6. RELEVANCE OF GATHERING SOME NATIONAL PROJECTS INTO REGIONAL PROJECTS ......... 38 10. EFFICIENCY................................................................................................................. 40 11. EFFECTIVENESS......................................................................................................... 43 11.1. RELATIONS TO TARGET GROUPS IN EU AND NON-EU EUROPEAN PROJECTS.................. 45 11.1.1. Target Groups and Access to Health Services in EU Member States..............................45 11.1.2. Target Groups and Access to Health Services in European Non-EU Centres..................47 11.1.3. Target Groups and Asylum in EU countries....................................................................47 11.2. MIDDLE EASTERN/ASIAN, AFRICAN, LATIN AMERICAN PROJECTS AND THEIR TARGET GROUPS .......................................................................................................................... 48 11.2.1. The Middle East/Asia ....................................................................................................48 Evaluation of the Impact of EIDHR Support for Torture -Prevention and Torture-Rehabilitation Centres 3 Final Report – June 2008 11.2.2. Africa............................................................................................................................50 11.2.3. Latin America................................................................................................................50 11.3. SOME COMMENTS ON OBJECTIVELY VERIFIABLE INDICATORS AND UNEXPECTED SIDE EFFECTS.......................................................................................................................... 51 12. IMPACT ........................................................................................................................ 52 13. SUSTAINABILITY......................................................................................................... 58 13.1. FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY ........................................................................................ 60 14. CROSS CUTTING ISSUES........................................................................................... 66 14.1. REHABILITATION AND PREVENTION ............................................................................. 66 14.2. GENDER IN REHABILITATION AND PREVENTION ............................................................ 68 14.2.1. Gender-specific Torture and Refugees Issues................................................................68 14.2.2. Gender and ‘Sexual’ Violence in Torture........................................................................69 14.2.3. Torture and Violence against Women ............................................................................71 14.3. VISIBILITY ................................................................................................................ 71 15. OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS............................................................ 74 15.1. APPLICATION PHASE ................................................................................................. 74 15.2. RELEVANCE ............................................................................................................. 74 15.3. EFFICIENCY ............................................................................................................. 75 15.4. EFFECTIVENESS AND IMPACT ..................................................................................... 75 15.5. SUSTAINABILITY........................................................................................................ 76 15.6. TECHNICAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT ........................................... 77 15.7. ACTION GRANTS AND CORE FUNDING ......................................................................... 77 15.8. STRUCTURE OF PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS........................................................... 78 15.9. GENDER .................................................................................................................. 78 15.10. SUGGESTIONS FOR THEMES TO BE INCLUDED IN CALLS FOR PROPOSALS:..................... 79 Evaluation of the Impact of EIDHR Support for Torture -Prevention and Torture-Rehabilitation Centres 4 Final Report – June