EVALUATION OF IOM’S INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HUMANITARIAN DEVELOPMENT PEACE NEXUS

This report is a thematic and strategic evaluation of the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) institutional approach to the implementation of the Humanitarian Development Peace Nexus (HDPN). The aim is to assess IOM’s integrated strategic approach, operationalisation of and contribution to the HDPN; and to provide recommendations on how to strengthen IOM’s work across the nexus to better address the needs and expectations of crisis affected populations.  

The evaluation was conducted in close consultation with the Department of Operations and Emergencies (DOE), the Department of Peace and Development Coordination (DPDC) and the Department of Programme Support and Migration Management (DPSMM), with the participation of IOM Senior Advisor on HDPN. The evaluation was carried out by a team of three consultants of Owl RE, evaluation and research consultancy, Geneva, Switzerland. It was completed remotely from November 2021 to June 2022.

The evaluation aimed to provide a global assessment while focusing on three case study countries as an illustration of HDPN implementation: Colombia, Iraq, and Somalia.  Ukraine was originally included but given the escalation of the conflict in early 2022, the focus was adjusted to use Ukraine only as an example where possible. The following research methods were used:  a document review; an online survey of IOM field staff globally with 58 responses received; semi-structured interviews with IOM staff and key stakeholders (89 persons); an analysis of HDPN presence in 17 IOM country strategies, plans, roadmaps and country crisis response plans and appeals; a checklist of eight HDPN dimensions and factors analyzed against the three case study countries.