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Policy Brief: Reintegration nach Rückkehr ins Herkunftsland: Grundlegende Anpassungen empfohlen

  • Dr Martin Bruder
  • Dr Johannes Erler (formerly Schmitt)
  • Dr Felix Leßke

Das Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) unterstützt in ihre Herkunftsländer zurückgekehrte Migrant*innen dabei, dort wirtschaftlich und sozial Fuß zu fassen. Aus Rückkehr soll nachhaltige Reintegration werden. Das DEval hat die Wirksamkeit der Maßnahmen des BMZ im Zeitraum von 2017 bis 2023 untersucht. Die Ergebnisse und Empfehlungen der DEval-Evaluierung zu Rückkehr und Reintegration werden in diesem Policy Brief zusammengefasst und analysiert. 

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  • Bruder, M., J. Erler und F. Leßke (2026), Reintegration nach Rückkehr ins Herkunftsland: Grundlegende Anpassungen empfohlen, DEval Policy Brief 1/2026, Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (DEval), Bonn

 2026  Accessible Instruments and structures of development cooperation Supraregional Policy Brief

Unterstützung von Dezentralisierungsmaßnahmen in Subsahara-Afrika durch die deutsche Entwicklungszusammenarbeit

  • Helge Roxin
  • Dr Christoph Dworschak
  • Haik Gregorian
  • Gabriel Odin

Diese Evaluierung untersucht die Unterstützung von Dezentralisierungsmaßnahmen in Subsahara-Afrika durch die deutsche bilaterale Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (EZ). Über einen Zeitraum von mehr als 30 Jahren suchte die deutsche EZ den am Prinzip der Subsidiarität orientierten Transfer von Macht, Verantwortlichkeiten und Geldern sowie Steuerkompetenzen von der zentralstaatlichen auf die subnationale Ebene zu fördern.

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  • Roxin. H., C. Dworschak, H.B. Gregorian und G. Odin (2025), Unterstützung von Dezentralisierungsmaßnahmen in Subsahara-Afrika durch die deutsche Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, Evaluierungsbericht. Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (DEval), Bonn, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21806353.

 2025  Accessible Fragility and conflict Africa Report

The Effects of Capacity Strengthening Interventions on Food Security and Nutrition. Evidence Synthesis of Development Cooperation in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Dr Cornelia Römling
  • Anna Sting
  • Laura Kunert
  • Carolin Wicke

Food insecurity and malnutrition remain a global challenge, with poverty being a main cause. Recent events with global repercussions, including the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine, have created shock waves that disrupt global food trade and inflate prices worldwide. Regional conflicts and environmental megatrends exacerbate the fragility of food systems. In sub-Saharan Africa, droughts and armed conflicts are especially challenging. This study provides a synthesis of rigorous impact evaluations on the effectiveness of capacity strengthening interventions in the area of food security and nutrition with a regional focus on sub-Saharan Africa. 

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  • Römling, C., A. Sting, L. Kunert and C. Wicke (2025), The Effects of Capacity Strengthening Interventions on Food Security and Nutrition. Evidence Synthesis of Development Cooperation in Sub-Saharan Africa, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21802965.

 2025  Accessible  Easy Language Instruments and structures of development cooperation Methods and standards Africa Report

Return and Reintegration: Evaluation of the BMZ’s support to promote sustainable reintegration of returnees from Germany in their countries of origin

  • Dr Johannes Erler (formerly Schmitt)
  • Lena Heller
  • Lea Jechel
  • Dr Felix Leßke
  • Dr Gabriela Camacho Garland
  • Dr Martin Bruder

This evaluation examines the BMZ’s support for sustainable reintegration in countries of origin for those returning from Germany between 2017 and 2023. The BMZ aimed to help returnees regain economic and social stability in their countries of origin, thereby ensuring that “returning leads to sustainable reintegration.” The objective of the evaluation is to retrospectively assess the measures commissioned by the BMZ to support the sustainable reintegration of returnees, thereby contributing to an evidence-based approach to policymaking in this field. The evaluation questions address the OECD DAC criteria of relevance, effectiveness, impact, sustainability and coherence, and refer to both the individual and institutional levels.

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  • Erler. J., L. Heller, L. Jechel, F. Leßke, G. Camacho Garland and M. Bruder (2025), Return and Reintegration. Evaluation of the BMZ’s Support to Promote Sustainable Reintegration of Returnees from Germany in Their Countries of Origin, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21802804.

 2025 Human Rights and Governance Report

Country-led Evaluation to Achieve the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Guide for Evaluation Commissioners

  • Ada Ocampo
  • Nea-Mari Heinonen
  • Dirk Hoffmann
  • Thomas Rossmueller

This "real life" introduction to evaluating progress on the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is based on emerging country experience from North and South, as well as wider past learning on sustainable development evaluation. It is the second edition of a guidebook first published in 2020, now containing additional country experiences of SDG evaluations as well as two new chapters, one on initiating an SDG evaluation and one on using the results of SDG evaluations to inform and influence policy and decision-making as a path towards sustainable change. Rather than a one-size-fits-all manual, this guide seeks to support evaluation commissioners, managers and professional evaluators to create tailored plans and approaches to SDG evaluation. It argues that a successful evaluation must be both built around existing national context and underpinned by the principles of the 2030 Agenda.

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  • Ocampo, A; N.-M. Heinonen, D. Hoffmann and T. Rossmueller (2025). Country-led Evaluation to Achieve the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs: A Guide for Evaluation Commissioners, Managers and Evaluators. Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Development Evaluation Unit, Helsinki.

 2025 Methods and standards Sustainability External Publication

The Footprint Evaluation Typology Guide

  • Andy Rowe
  • E. Jane Davidson
  • Thomaz K. Chianca
  • Anna Warnholz

This guide introduces a practical tool called the Footprint Evaluation Typology. This tool helps evaluators and decision makers answer a critical question: How much is the project, program, or policy we are evaluating beneficial or harmful to the environment? As evaluators, one of our key responsibilities is to ensure our conclusions are not only valid but crystal clear, so that decision-makers can fully understand the severity of any actual or potential impacts on natural systems. That’s what allows them to manage the intervention to benefit both people and nature.

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  • Rowe, A., Davidson, E. J. & Chianca, T. K., with Warnholz, A. (2025), The Footprint Evaluation Typology Guide, EvalConnect (DEval), Footprint Evaluation Initiative.

 2025 Methods and standards Sustainability External Publication
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