Real-time Evaluation of the FAO Emergency and Rehabilitation Operations in Response to the Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami

The RTE was designed to: (1) Provide immediate feedback and guidance to FAO management on strategic and operational achievements (what works well) and constraints (what doesn't work well) in order to improve impact, timeliness, coverage, appropriateness, sequencing and consistency of operations; (2) Provide accountability to the affected populations, governments, donors and other stakeholders on the use of resources in order to reinforce participation, transparency, and communication; (3) Identify gaps or unintended outcomes, with a view to improving the FAO strategy and programme approach, orientation, coherence and coordination; and (4) Draw lessons on FAO's capacity to respond in a timely and adequate manner to sudden natural disasters and to support livelihood recovery and development efforts in the agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors.