Review of UNICEF's Evaluation of Humanitarian Action

This external review, commissioned by UNICEF’s Evaluation Office, examines UNICEF’s track record in evaluating its humanitarian-related programming. The Evaluation Office is currently completing the final phase of the Country Programme Evaluation (CPE) Methodology and Guidance Development Project, funded by DFID, and requested this review to inform and support the project with an eye toward determining whether and how the CPE model might be employed for the particular conditions, issues, and challenges of humanitarian response and transitions. The research comprised a survey of 82 evaluations and reports submitted to the Evaluation Office by field offices between January 2000 and June 2005, a document review of internal policy and general literature on evaluation of humanitarian action, and interviews with 16 UNICEF staff members from 10 Country Offices, the Regional Office for South Asia and at UNICEF Headquarters.