In this episode, the Global Community Engagement Resilience Fund (GCERF) (www.gcerf.org) fails to evaluate the effectiveness of its $ 1.1 Million USD received from Global Affairs Canada. GCERF claims to be achieving its 4 outcomes by funding organizations in developing countries to deliver services to achieve those outcomes. But GCERF provides no measures on these outcomes through outcome indicators nor any data related to those outcome indicators in the document they sent to Dr. Wand. This document was a response to his request for the outcome indicators and their data used to measure changes in these outcomes. The 4 outcomes that GCERF claims to be achieving with this $1.1 Million USD Government of Canada funding are:

1. Increased social cohesion
2. Increased ability to mobilize, organize, represent their own interests (agency)
3. Increased knowledge, skills, and subsequent increases in income/livelihoods.
4. Increased confidence, critical thinking, life skills, self-worth, resilience (sense of purpose).

GCERF claims on its website, "At grant level, each project is guided by a theory of change and a results framework with outcome and output indicators, requiring grantees to collect baseline data, report quarterly, and conduct final assessments."

GCERF is falsely claiming to Canadians that they have achieved these 4 outcomes because GCERF provides no outcome indicators nor data from these outcome indicators showing that social cohesion, agency, skills & income, or sense of purpose have increased.

Dr. Wand has sent his critique of this GCERF document to the Secretary of State for International Development as well as the shadow critics for International Development. He has recommended that all funding to GCERF be suspended until outcome indicators and the data used to measure the achievement of these outcomes is provided on their website for all grants including this grant, if such outcome indicators and data exist.

The names and emails for the Secretary of State and the shadow critics are provided below. Canadians can email these individuals requesting that outcome indicators and their data be provided on all partner websites as a condition of funding.

Secretary of State for International Development, randeep.sarai@parl.gc.ca

Conservative shadow critic, Lianne.Rood@parl.gc.ca,

NDP shadow critic, alexandre.boulerice@parl.gc.ca,

Bloc Quebecois shadow critic, Alexis.Brunelle-Duceppe@parl.gc.ca

GCERF has also been sent the critique of their response as well as an invitation to be on the podcast to respond and offer actions to address the absence of outcome measures for their expected outcomes or to respond in writing to evaluatecanadaaid@gmail.com.

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