TBG’s development of the Thailand SitAn report was informed by UNICEF guidance including the UNICEF Programme Policy and Procedures Manual, the Guidance on Conducting a Situation Analysis of Children’s and Women’s Rights, and the Technical Note: Emerging Risk Informed Situation Anaylsis. Key emerging trends and analyses from the draft SitAn from UNICEF Thailand were then presented and discussed during a series of consultations using causality analysis, duty bearer role analysis, and capacity analysis with key national stakeholders for the new UNICEF Country Programme Document.

Working with UNICEF Uganda and key stakeholders, TBG developed a Multi- Sectoral National Strategic Framework for Adolescent Girls Programming. This was designed to foster more effective programmes targeting adolescent girls in order to eliminate all forms of violence and discrimination against them and to build on existing initiatives to advance the social, economic and participation rights for the marginalized adolescent girls. As part of this project, TBG conducted a desk review of the sector specific policies, strategies and guidelines on adolescent girls programming analyzing the current and changing environment

During the development of the DPRK SitAn report for UNICEF, the TBG team conducted a detailed review of all available sources of data and information, complemented by a series of key informant interviews carried out in collaboration with government and development partners to better ground the analysis in the realities of the country. Key stakeholders at the country and regional levels reviewed the report for quality assurance and validation. The SitAn report was prepared as part of the UNICEF Programming process that contributed to the UN Strategic Framework.

UNICEF Innocenti engaged TBG to develop an evidence gap map (EGM) focused on adolescent well-being. The purpose of the EGM was to provide an overview of the existing evidence on the effectiveness of interventions (at the macro, meso and micro levels) aimed at improving adolescent well-being in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The EGM focused on the key outcome domains of protection, participation and livelihoods. Interventions and outcomes related to transferable skills and youth employment will be excluded from the livelihoods domain.

UNICEF HQ conducted the Strengthening Humanitarian Action (SHA) Initiative in order to identify the best practices for conducting humanitarian action in crisis settings. One of the modalities that fell under the Initiative was the Direct Implementation Modality. TBG undertook the analysis and development of a direct implementation strategy for UNICEF to use as a tool to strengthen programme implementation during the onset of a crisis. TBG conducted interviews with senior level UNICEF representatives and undertake rigorous desk reviews of UNICEF’s past implementation strategies. The work was integrated into a comprehensive SHA Strategy.

UNICEF Sudan Country Office undertook the Strategic Process of Reflection (SPR), which prepare and position UNICEF to increase and improve its impact on women and children in Sudan. This process prepared the UNICEF Sudan CO for the Medium-Term Review (MTR) that was held in 2014. This external evaluation was a key component of the SPR process and went beyond the MTR and offer a foundation for the next country programme 2015-2020. TBG utilized a mixed-method triangulation-style methodology, drawing mainly on qualitative method, and simple quantitative method, as well as secondary analysis of previously collected empirical data.

This UNICEF project focused on a comprehensive Human Resource capacity assessment, and assessed the skills, competencies and required to plan and implement upstream programmes with enhanced emphasis on knowledge management, sector-wide expertise at policy, and technical level as well as policy dialogue, coordination, and consensus building. This was assessed against existing in-house capacities and adequacy of posts in the context to be performed. The broad assessment reviewed the governance and management of the office to provide a context for the detailed assessing of staff competencies.

AO South Sudan / Geographic and Demographic Survey of two States, Bahr el Ghazal and Lakes, to determine possible options for the delivery of basic production sector, livelihood, literacy and numeracy skills to pastoralist communities, with special reference to cattle camps – The FAO survey aimed to provide evidence for targeted programmatic interventions in delivering basic skills through the Pastoralist Field School (PFS). During the project, TBG sought to identify the geographical areas and the population (disaggregated by gender and age cohorts) to be reached by the programme during wet and dry seasons and at the household and cattle camp level.

UNDP Kenya – End-of-Project Evaluation for the Support to the Realization of Human Rights and Access to Justice in Kenya (2015) – The evaluation aimed to assess achievements made in influencing good governance, access to justice, and human rights in Kenya by three commissions including The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR), The National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC), and The Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ). During the evaluation, TBG analyzed the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, and sustainability of the seven results outlined for the programme.

UNFPA – End of Programme Evaluation of Africa Regional Office’s Programme – The comprehensive evaluation of the Africa Regional Programme provided an opportunity for UNFPA’s Africa Regional Office to review and analyze programme achievements and related strategies during 2008-2012, and better understand how these contribute to the UNFPA strategic plan outcomes. The Consulting Team employed a multi-method approach, including a rigorous document review of 240 UNFPA global and country reports; in-depth interviews with 40 select key informants from UNFPA and other stakeholders, both regional and in-country; two on-line surveys which solicited the participation of UNFPA country and sub-regional offices in the Africa region.

ESCWA – Evaluation of ICTD and SDD Subprogrammes – TBG’s evaluation of ESCWA’s ICTD and SDD subprogrammes was designed to provide a robust review of ESCWA’s programme performance in terms of technical and programmatic delivery to its member countries. ESCWA sought to integrate the lessons learned into the planning of future strategic frameworks, as well as to provide objective information to further inform the upcoming SDD biennium (2012-2013). The primary objectives of the evaluation included an assessment of (i) the effectiveness of the subprogramme in achieving its objectives and expected accomplishments.

TBG served as the Lead Evaluator to conduct a Joint Scoping Mission in Support of Recovery and Peacebuilding in Ukraine with the United Nations, World Bank and the European Union. In mid-2014, the Government of Ukraine (GoU) requested technical assistance and financial support from the inter¬national community to assess and plan priority recovery & peacebuilding efforts in the conflict-affected regions of eastern Ukraine. Following these requests, and within the framework of the 2008 Joint Declaration on Post-Crisis Assessments and Recovery Planning, the EU, UN, and WBG agreed to support the government in undertaking a Recovery and Peacebuilding Assessment (RPA)

Review of the UNICEF BNLSS Programme and Operations Business Model : TBG undertook a strategic review of the UNICEF presence in Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, and South Africa (BNLSS) to assess the extent to which the programmes and operations of these five Country Offices (COs) were fit for purpose. Being fit for purpose requires UNICEF to shift its resource requirements to reflect the reduced access to traditional ODA that accompany the BNLSS countries’ classification and its operational modalities to suit the six core roles it has identified for cooperation in the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey.

TBG, in partnership with ACTS Consultancy and Health Partners International, undertook and successfully completed the analytical study on “Innovation in Delivery of Better Basic Services: Challenges and Opportunities for Ethiopia.” The goal of the study was to support efforts in expanding access and improving quality of basic services in Ethiopia. The study was guided by three objectives, including: (i) to provide an overview of approaches to delivery of basic services (primarily in education, health, agriculture, water and sanitation, and rural roads) and trends and recent services improvements; (ii) analyzing the performance of delivery of decentralized services