CESAR undertook a cross-sectional survey of 270 non-profit organisations (NPOs) in all nine provinces of South Africa to profile NPOs in the country. A detailed profile of the NPOs in the health and social sectors were made available to the Health and Welfare Sector Education Training Authority for use.

The United Kingdom DFID contracted CESAR’s evaluation specialist as a key expert in the three-man team to conduct an independent baseline, mid-term, and end-term evaluation of an Adolescent Girls’ Empowerment Programme (AGEP in Zambia. The project spanned five years from 2012 to 2017 and aimed to use safe space clubs to improve health and educational outcomes among adolescent girls. The expert Evaluation Team conducted independent evaluations of AGEP to assess whether the intervention and research have been well-implemented. The team was also tasked to compare impact of the programme across similar programmes in the continent with the question: Is the Zambia programme the most cost-effective and efficient approach to empower adolescent.