Insights from Evaluation of Previous Humanitarian Crises and Core Humanitarian Standards

Evaluation of past crises reveals the importance of core humanitarian standards in providing timely, coordinated, and effective assistance. Learning from experience, feedback mechanisms, and competent staff are key for addressing humanitarian crises. Data and systems play a crucial role in monitoring and evaluating impacts and outcomes of humanitarian actions.

• Humanitarian
• Crises
• Evaluation
• Standards
• Assistance

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1. What have we learned from evaluation of previous crises Justus Kamwesigye

2. Humanitarian crises Cause - armed conflict, rapid onset, slow onset, health crisis Timescale and frequency protracted, recurrent

3. The core humanitarian standards connectedness and contribution to contribution to resilience resilience and reduced risk appropriateness and relevance relevance coordinated and coordinated and complementary complementary timely timely humanitarian assistance effectiveness effectiveness informing & engaging informing & engaging affected people in decisions that affect them management of response with learning from experience and reflection efficient efficient, ethical management of resources safe & responsive feedback and feedback and complaint mechanisms complaint mechanisms competent, well competent, well- - managed staff managed staff & volunteers learning

4. CORE CORE HUMANITARIAN HUMANITARIAN STANDARD & & EVALUATION EVALUATION CRITERIA STANDARD CRITERIA DATA DATA AND SYSTEMS/ SYSTEMS/ PROCESSES PROCESSES AND MONITORING MONITORING principled, HRBAP appropriateness and relevance connectedness, resilience coordinated coordinated, , coherent coherent effectiveness effectiveness and coverage timely timely efficient efficient, ethical informing informing & & engaging engaging people F&C F&C mechanisms mechanisms well well- -managed managed staff/ learning learning -----Impacts Impacts Situation Situation monitoring monitoring relevance resilience Outcomes ----- --- Outcomes Outputs --- ------ Outputs Results Results mo mon niit toring oring Activities ------ ----- Activities I Im mpleme plemen nt ta ation monitoring monitoring tion Inputs----- staff/volunteers Inputs

5. DATA DATA AND SYSTEMS/ SYSTEMS/ PROCESSES PROCESSES AND MONITORING MONITORING DATA DATA AND SYSTEMS/ SYSTEMS/PROCESSES PROCESSES AND MONITORING MONITORING Impacts ----Impacts Large scale national surveys MICS, DHS Big data (social media, remote) Limited coverage statistical surveys e.g. SMART, localized KAP Non-statistical perception surveys & large- scale feedback mechanisms Admin data e.g. HMIS, EMIS Programme-specific joint monitoring Bottleneck monitoring/analysis Partner reporting Field monitoring (incl.feedback mechanisms) Other programme assurance Input monitoring (Supplies, HR, $) Situation Situation monitoring monitoring Outcomes ---- --- Outcomes Results Results mo mon niit toring Outputs --- ---- Outputs oring Activities ---- ---- Activities I Im mpleme plemen nt ta ation monitoring monitoring tion Inputs---- Inputs

6. Does evaluation add value in humanitarian response ARE EFFORTS SUCCESSFUL? DID HUMANITARIAN ACTION MAKE A DIFFERENCE? WERE LIVES SAVED AND SUFFERING ALLEVIATED? WAS EVERYTHING DONE IN BEST WAY POSSIBLE? SO WHAT?

7. Challenges to conducting evaluation in humanitarian crisis Urgency and chaos planned quickly, unclear objectives, plans quickly become outdated Access to affected populations Lack of baseline data High staff turnover Humanitarian workers operating under stressful environment Polarized perspectives Time pressure on affected population Ambitious evaluation scope

8. How do we overcome such challenges? 1 3 4 5 2 Develop a chronology of events and actions Use recall ask key informants what has changed and what could have led to it. Use local people/evaluators familiar with the current situation Gather different view points Consider remote data collection 6 7 8 9 Focus on measuring contribution, instead on attribution Gender sensitive interviewer interviewee pairing Consider short reflective learning exercises instead on individual nterviews Use observation and avoid time consuming methods

9. What is unique about humanitarian evaluations Real time evaluations to provide feedback to inform operational and policy decisions. Criteria Appropriateness, connectedness, coverage, coordination. Development of logic model after the fact

10. Methods and approaches Different design sequence may be needed to answer evaluation questions Most humanitarian evaluations adopt theory based designs and case study designs Experimental designs only look at different types of assistance, usually in recovery phase.

11. Common designs Case study design Process review Outcome review Participatory design Interrupted time series Before and after Comparison group designs Longitudinal designs Natural design ALNAP 2016

12. .to conclude, Fragmented data landscape weak coordination and capacity Humanitarian situations provide opportunity to harness technology for data automated tools, hand held devices, satellite imagery Faster evidence generation Need innovations to fill gaps Faster processing for use Greater emphasis on accountability to affected populations

13. Thanks very much Lets keep in touch. justkamu Justkamu@gmail.com https://more-ap.blogspot.com/