SearchSearch forfor CommonCommon GroundGround The TeamThe Team Project Project EvaluationDraft Evaluation Report Report LeonardLeonard MavenekaMaveneka && NathanNathan MhunguMhungu 20142014 POLICYPOLICY DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT CCONSULTANTSONSULTANTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Evaluation Team, Policy Development Consultants (PDC), would like to extend acknowledgement of support provided by Search for Common Ground Zimbabwe Team throughout the Evaluation Process. Further acknowledgements go to The Team Implementation staff (Search For Common Ground; Centre For Conflict Management and Transformation; Mai Jai and Video Fair Trust) and independent consultants Hannibal Ndlovu and Wisdom Tayengwa for giving us their time during interviews that helped clarify to us the Project’s complexities and also for providing us the resources we needed to travel to the different project sites to carry out interviews and discussions with communities. PDC also appreciates the support provided by The Team in mobilizing Evaluation respondents at community, ward and district levels. Further acknowledgements are passed on to community leaders and all district level stakeholders who participated in the evaluation processes. The Evaluators hope that the Findings, Conclusions, Lessons Learnt and Recommendations in this report will inform future programming in peace building. SFCG Zimbabwe Evaluation Report Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................................................................. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 LIST OF FIGURES .............................................................................................................................................................. 4 LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................................................................ 5 LIST OF ACRONYMS ........................................................................................................................................................ 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................................. 7 The Team Zimbabwe ................................................................................................................................................ 7 Purpose of the Evaluation ..................................................................................................................................... 7 Evaluation Methodology ........................................................................................................................................ 7 Findings .......................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Recommendations ..................................................................................................................................................... 9 1.0 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ..................................................................................................... 11 1.1 Conflict Analysis ........................................................................................................................................ 11 Increasing levels of Dependency ................................................................................................................... 12 Defining Peace Building .................................................................................................................................... 12 1.2 Search for Common Ground Programme ..................................................................................... 13 The Team Zimbabwe ........................................................................................................................................... 13 Outreach .................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Objectives of the Project ................................................................................................................................... 14 1.3 Introducing the Evaluation ..................................................... 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Purpose of the Evaluation ................................................................................................................................ 14 Evaluation Objectives ......................................................................................................................................... 14 Evaluation Methodology ................................................................................................................................... 15 2.0 EVALUATION FINDINGS .............................................................................................................................. 16 2.1 Relevance ...................................................................................................................................................... 16 2.2 Effectiveness ................................................................................................................................................ 17 Modelling constructive societal change ...................................................................................................... 24 2.5 Partnership and Collaboration ................................................................................................................ 32 2.6 Going Forward .................................................................................................................................................. 33 2.8 Lessons Learnt .................................................................................................................................................. 34 3.0 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................ 34 3.1 Conclusions ......................................................................................................................................................... 34 3.2 Recommendations .......................................................................................................................................... 35 4.0 Annexes ............................................................................................................................................................... 37 4.1 Evaluation Terms of Reference Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant: Search for Common Ground Zimbabwe .............................................................................................................................. 37 4.2 Evaluation Data Collection Tools ..................................................................................................... 42 Annex Three: KABP Analysis Results ....................................................................................................... 58 Annex Four: Consultant CV Brief ..................................................................................................................... 75 Annex Five: List of People interviewed ..................................................................................................... 76 List of articipants in Evaluation FGDs & KAPB Survey ...................................................................... 76 SFCG Zimbabwe Evaluation Report Page 3 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Attitude Analysis ................................................................... 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SFCG Zimbabwe Evaluation Report Page 5 LIST OF ACRONYMS CBO Community Based Organization CCMT Centre for Conflict Management and Transformation CMED Central Mechanical Engineering Department CSO Civil Society Organization FGD Focus group discussions GDP Gross Domestic Product IVFT International Video Fair Trust KABP Knowledge Attitudes Behaviours of Practices RDC Rural District Council SFCG Search For Common Ground ZBC Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation ZTV Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation Television ZYWNP Zimbabwe Young Women’s Network for Peace Building SFCG Zimbabwe Evaluation Report Page 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Zimbabwe has been involved in a low intensity internal conflict spanning decades that has fundamentally shaped the national ethos and relations at the personal, community and national levels. Conflict manifested itself initially in the colonial war of conquest, which was followed by the Mashona rebellion and successive conflicts over land, which continued during the colonial