UNEG Humanitarian Evaluation Interest Group HEIG first year

UNEG Humanitarian Evaluation Interest Group (HEIG) first year of activities UNEG AGM 2016 Reporting SO 3 Anne-Claire Luzot WFP, HEIG Convenor Francesca Bonino, UNHCR, HEIG member

Limited attention to humanitarian evaluation within the UNEG until last year EPE Recognition of specificities of evaluation in humanitarian contexts => Last AGM: decision to create an interest group on humanitarian evaluation (HEIG) Background to the HEIG

Convener - WFP FAO OHCHR OIOS UNDP Habitat UNHCR UNICEF UNFPA OCHA Membership

Humanitarian evaluation specificities appropriately considered in UNEG’s work <= Objective 1. Links between HEIG and other SOs 2. Discussion and info space on UNEG site 3. Technical paper 4. Contribution to relevant seminars and conferences <= Planned activities

I. Evaluation of humanitarian principles II. Development – emergency nexus 2 main areas of work this year

ØNo common understanding of the Humanitarian Principles. ØOnly 4 % of the evaluations reviewed could be considered good practice. ØNo prioritization of evaluation against Humanitarian Principles ØLack of adequate guidance available. Reflecting Humanitarian Principles in evaluations Meta-analysis of evaluation practice Key conclusions

Clear call to: Ø Revisit our respective approaches to evaluation of humanitarian principles; Ø Develop appropriate guidance and approaches for their evaluations; and Ø Embed them more systematically as core elements of humanitarian evaluations. Reflecting Humanitarian principles in evaluations Meta-analysis of evaluation practice What next?

Update IAHE guidance on largescale system-wide emergencies to provide. greater attention to evaluation of Humanitarian Principles Pilot evaluation of Humanitarian Principles in an emergency where there is a lesser degree of political conflict Disseminate the results of this review and facilitate on-going discussion on evaluation of Humanitarian Principles Evaluation of humanitarian principles Possible way forward

Recognized as a priority for UNEGHEIG to reflect on this issue in light of the WHS and of the Agenda 2030. Requires additional efforts to clarify how to tackle this multi-faceted challenge and possible HEIG contribution. Development – emergency nexus

Continued relevance of the HEIG considering: Ø discussions around Humanitarian Action in the context of SDGs Ø follow up to the WHS Ø confirmed interest of UNEG membership through EPE ‘humanitarian stream’ Next steps 2016/17

Þ Follow up to the HEIG study on Humanitarian Principles (e. g. piloting HP analysis in evaluations; developing guiding questions on Humanitarian Principles) Þ Analysis and synthesis of evaluations addressing the emergency / development nexus Next steps 2016/17