Strengthening Community resilience against extremism (SCORE) mid-term performance evaluation : final report

It is implemented by Act! from October 2014-September 2019. The evaluation team (ET) completed a desk review and in country data collection including key informant interviews (KIIs), focus group discussions (FGDs), and a mini survey. The evaluation concluded that SCORE approaches were correlated with observed changes in targeted communities (e.g., greater public awareness about CVE and conflict, decreased violent extremism (VE) recruitment, increased trust/tolerance between stakeholders, strengthened structures for responding to VE/conflict, etc.), though approaches varied in their success based on the operating context and how they were implemented by each sub grantee. Several SCORE activities have the potential for scaling or replication based on cost-effectiveness, though some would benefit from improvements or more research before a scaling decision is made. SCORE partially achieved its outcome of quickly intervening to mitigate incidents of VE and conflict through the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRF) mechanis - the mechanism achieved mitigation, though not as quickly as designed. SCORE’s capacitybuilding approach has been effective at increasing the capacity of sub-grantees, though additional capacity building in one or more areas is still required for the majority of sub-grantees. A few SCORE established and strengthened structures show evidence of beginning to be adopted or institutionalized by sub-grantees, national and county government entities, and communities, though future sustainability is not guaranteed beyond the short-term.