Evaluation of ECHO's Humanitarian Funding decisions in the Middle East

The objective of the report is to (i) assess the objectives achieved under the funding decisions in favour of the Palestinian populations in the Middle East adopted in 2002-2003; (ii) contribute to the programming of the next funding decisions; (iii) review whether the objectives pursued by successive funding decisions could be reflected in a Global Plan proposal, and under what conditions; (iv) present conclusions and recommendations at strategy, operational and sectoral levels in order to assist ECHO and other EC services to define a coherent and viable framework for future intervention; (v) assess the results of the funded operations for each objective/intervention sector as well as the results of the means employed; (vi) examine the implementation processes and capabilities of selected partners in key sectors of humanitarian assistance, and (vii) consider the use of different criteria and modus operandi for project implementation by ECHO partners, analysing whether it would be appropriate or not for ECHO to develop common guidelines for each sector and how this could best be achieved.