February 26, 2019
Research›Evaluations/Assessments
Preparing to Excel in Emergency Response (PEER) Evaluation Report
With emergencies increasing in frequency and severity around the world, local organizations are often the best placed to respond. To strengthen their capacity, CRS piloted three...More
October 1, 2018
Research›Case Studies
The Missing Link: The Role of Local Institutions in Refugee Response
Study Brief (8 pages) Full report (32 pages) This study attempts to answer the following research question: Can efforts to strengthen local partners take us farther in our quest...More
December 7, 2017
Research›Case Studies
Ukraine Crisis Response
In late 2014, instability spread to Eastern Ukraine when the Russian Federation annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and armed separatists took control of the Donbas region. The...More
November 30, 2017
Tools for Field Staff›Learning Briefs
What to Consider When Establishing a Strong Private and Public Partnership in Water Access and Management
From 2009 to 2013, Catholic Relief Services worked with private sector actors within two projects in Madagascar to improve access to safe water and sanitation services. This brief...More
November 30, 2017
Tools for Field Staff›Learning Briefs
Short-term Capacity Strengthening Interventions Can Lead to Sustained Improvement
Sustained social change requires profound change among individuals, teams, institutions, and even the external environment. Enabling and strengthening the capacity of these actors...More
November 30, 2017
Tools for Field Staff›Learning Briefs
Using CRS Partnership and Capacity Strengthening Approaches to Improve Early Childhood Development Service Quality
A CRS-supported project in Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania helped strengthen the capacity of ten local organizations to provide quality services to vulnerable children. This brief...More
November 10, 2017
Tools for Field Staff›Learning Briefs
A Journey of Partnership and Capacity Strengthening with the Government of Vietnam
French Spanish Fifteen percent of Vietnamese citizens have one or more disabilities. These include physical, mental, and emotional disabilities, many associated with the...More
October 19, 2017
Tools for Field Staff›Learning Briefs
A Partnership Against Malaria in The Gambia
This learning brief discusses how partnership and capacity strengthening may have influenced the success of malaria control interventions in The Gambia. The Gambia’s National...More
July 12, 2016
Research›Papers/Reports
Right to Learn
This report evaluates the impact of a CRS project in Laos that achieved a 7% increase in enrollment rates for children with disabilities - to 66%, an above national average in...More
July 12, 2016
Tools for Field Staff›Learning Briefs
Learning Briefs from CRS’s Response, Recovery and Resilience (R3) Program
These learning briefs share insights from disaster risk reduction projects in the Response, Recovery and Resilience (R3) program in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Haiti, India, Bangladesh...More
