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ES/2021/11 - UNHCR Country Strategy Evaluation: Zambia
11 Apr 2022 Zambia hosts the longest-standing refugee settlement in Africa, at Mayukwayukwa. It was established in 1966 and UNHCR has been actively engaged in the country since that time. As part of its 2020 workplan, UNHCR's Evaluation Service commissioned an independent evaluation team to conduct a Zambia country strategy evaluation for the period 2015 to 2020. The purpose of this forward-looking evaluation is to generate evidence to inform UNHCR's future operational planning and strategy in Zambia. The evaluation also aims to provide inputs into UNHCR Zambia's multi-year planning strategy beyond 2022. Attachments: Management Response and Annexes (.zip) -
ES/2021/05 - Evaluation of UNHCR's engagement in humanitarian-development cooperation Sep 2021
7 Dec 2021 This report contains the findings of an evaluation of UNHCR's engagement in humanitarian-development cooperation (Sep 2018 - March 2021). The evaluation was commissioned by UNHCR due to recent high-level policy developments and initiatives, such as the 2016 Global Compact on Refugees, in order to support a more comprehensive response to displacement, involving both humanitarian and development actors. Attachments: Executive Summary, Management Response and Annexes (.zip) -
ES/2021/04 - UNHCR Country Strategy Evaluation: Egypt
Jun 2021 This is a formative Country Strategy Evaluation (CSE) with the purpose of generating evidence, insights and learning to inform the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR's) future operational planning and strategy in Egypt. Attachments: ES 2021/04 Executive Summary (.pdf) -
ES/2021/03 - Evaluation of UNHCR-led Initiatives to End Statelessness
May 2021 This evaluation was commissioned by the UNHCR Evaluation Service to generate evidence and insights regarding UNHCR's work to support States to end statelessness and was timed to inform potential adjustments for the remaining years of GAP implementation. The evaluation covered the period of 2001 to 2020 with particular focus on actions and advocacy efforts of UNHCR and partners to support the GAP since 2014. Attachments: Executive Summary, Management Response and Annexes (.zip) -
ES/2021/01 - Evaluation of UNHCR's L3 Emergency Response to Cyclone Idai
Feb 2021 This centralized evaluation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) assesses UNHCR's L3 response to Cyclones Idai and Kenneth in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi covering the period from March 2019 to May 2020 to identify lessons that can be extrapolated to other disaster responses and, with a broader perspective, to provide inputs into UNHCR's ongoing reflection about climate change and disaster induced displacement. Attachments: Executive Summary, Management Response and Annexes (.zip) -
PDES/2016/01 - Evaluation of UNHCR's Response to the L3 South Sudan Refugee Crisis In Uganda and Ethiopia
8 Jan 2021 Evaluation of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency's Response to the L3 South Sudan Refugee Crisis In Uganda and Ethiopia -
PDES/2013/07 - An Independent Review of UNHCR's Response to the Somali Refugee Influx in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia, 2011
Jan 2021 An Independent Review of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency's Response to the Somali Refugee Influx in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia, 2011 -
ES/2020/12 - Evaluation of the UNHCR Regional Refugee Response to the Venezuela Situation
Dec 2020 This centralized evaluation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) looks at the regional response to the Venezuela Situation (VenSit) follows the declaration of the L2 emergency, effective 2018, and covers the first two years of the response Attachments: Executive Summary, Management Response and Annexes (.zip) -
ES/2020/09 - Discussion Papers 1- 4 UNHCR's Engagement in Humanitarian-Development Cooperation
Dec 2020 Cooperation with development organizations has long been part of UNHCR's approach to building long-term support and finding durable solutions for people forced to flee. Over the past few years, UNHCR's cooperation has both widened and deepened by engaging with global entities like the World Bank, regional entities like the African Development Bank, and development donors. These four papers explore how UNHCR can further cooperate with development actors and strengthen – what we often refer to as – the humanitarian-development nexus.
