Evaluering
Burmese Refugee Relief Program, TBBC
TBBC is a consortium of ten NGOs from eight countries working to provide food, shelter, non food items and capacity-building support to Burmese refugees and displaced persons living in refugee camps in Thailand. It also engages in research into the root causes of displacement and refugee outflows and lobbies on various strategic levels. The organisation receives support from 40 resource partners (donors), and has a current annual budget of US$ 33 million. NCCA/CWS has had an established partnership with the Thailand Burma Border Consortium since 1984 and has regularly supported the Burmese refugee program from that time. During this period, CWS staff have participated in Advisory Group Meetings and Donors' Meetings as well as visiting camp sites during visits for those meetings. NCCA/CWS is now a member of the Consortium and Board, with CWS holding the position of Secretary on the Board. CWS has received funding from the Australian Government through the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) for a number of years. This evaluation is a condition for the final acquittal of the current AusAID funding period. It is timely for the initiation of an external evaluation by CWS in the light of changes occurring within the organization to assess their development effectiveness and the need for current partner reviews.