Final evaluation: British Red Cross Syrian humanitarian response programme

The British Red Cross (BRC) has been working in Syria since the start of the crisis in 2011 in partnership with the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC). The latter plays the lead role within the Red Cross Red Crescent (RCRC) Movement and is the primary provider of humanitarian services in Syria. Through funding (£8 million) received from the Department for International Development (DFID, UK) in 2015, BRC supported SARC to implement a 27-month programme, the Syrian Humanitarian Response Programme (SHRP), aimed at enhancing SARC’s capacity and providing emergency relief assistance. As agreed with DFID, BRC commissioned an independent evaluation of the programme to assess results of SHRP and draw lessons for the future. This report summarises the methodology, findings, conclusions and recommendations from the external final evaluation, conducted during January-February 2018.