External Evaluation of ACT Appeal SYR121

The evaluation aims at assessing the achievements, quality and overall impact of ACT humanitarian response and to evaluate the ACT Appeal mechanisms and processes to the crisis in Syria based on the following specific evaluation objectives:
1. Assess to which extent the planned results were achieved as outlined in the ACT appeal SYR1212.
2. Review the performance of requesting members, implementing partners and the ACT secretariat in relation to the Appeal SYR121 in terms of management, fundraising, coordination, reporting, monitoring and evaluation, visibility, communication and dissemination of information and partnership with local actors.
3. Identify lessons learnt and best practices used by ACT members, partners and the ACT secretariat to date to inform follow-on appeals/revisions and to improve wider ACT Alliance future emergency response strategies.
The evaluation is carried out within the framework of the ACT Alliance’s commitment towards quality, accountability and continuous improvement (learning). In order to promote learning, the conclusions and recommendations will be shared among ACT Alliance members and discussed with interested members in two debriefing meetings, one in the region and one in Geneva. Each ACT member involved will be requested to prepare an action plan based on the findings and recommendations, indicating how the lessons learned will be put into practice.