The Strength in Solidarity (SiS) project started in 2012 to advance Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) ability to work with partners and to mutually share the expertise needed to operate optimally as organizations and sustainably deliver programmatically, even beyond individual projects. Project activities were designed to transform the systems, processes and skills used at CRS to help partner organizations become more effective, stronger and more sustainable. SiS was funded by a grant from GHR Foundation (GHR) from 2012 to 2019 supporting the agency’s efforts to transform the way it works in aligning its operations with its guiding principles of solidarity and subsidiarity, and particularly in relation toward the agency’s field partners.

The final evaluation (FE) is an opportunity to assess the overall achievements of the project, reflect on lessons learned and consider what comes next.