This interim evaluation of the implementation and performance of Decision No 1313/2013/EU on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) was commissioned by the European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO). The UCPM aims to...

This report presents the results of the evaluation of DG ECHO's Actions in the field of Protection and Education of Children in Emergency and Crisis Situations (2008-2015). During 2008 to 2015, ECHO funded 241 actions in the area of Child Protection (CP) and Education in Emergencies (EiE) with a...

The main objective of the Study was to evaluate the Temporary Protection Directive focusing in particular on: Understanding the reasons for the Directive's non-implementation via the analysis of practical scenarios, based on actual past or possible future situations where the Directive could...

The objective of the study, as laid down in the Terms of Reference, was to evaluate the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD). This evaluation was to focus in particular on (1) the relevance for the challenges being faced today of the original objectives of the Directive as an instrument for...

This report is an independent evaluation of the European Union's humanitarian interventions in India and Nepal during the period 2013-2017, as managed by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO). The evaluation draws upon evidence...

The objective of this interim evaluation was to assess the relevance, coherence, EU added value, effectiveness, and efficiency of the implementation of the Regulation establishing the EU Aid Volunteers initiative (EUAV). This evaluation covers the period from mid-2014 to mid-2017. The overall...

The Network of Humanitarian Action (NOHA) is an international association of universities that aims to enhance professionalism in the humanitarian sector through higher education accredited courses. This study provides an independent assessment of the European Commission's Directorate-General...

Natural and man-made disasters affect the lives of European citizens, the European economy and the environment every year. Whether of natural or man-made origin, disasters are becoming increasingly extreme and complex, exacerbated by the impacts of climate change in our interlinked economies,...

This evaluation provides an independent assessment of the European Commission's interventions in the humanitarian health sector during the period 2014 to 2016. The evaluation concludes that Commission-funded humanitarian health actions addressed important health needs and at output level, the...

Natural and man-made disasters affect the lives of European citizens, the European economy and the environment every year. Whether of natural or man-made origin, disasters are becoming increasingly extreme and complex, exacerbated by the impacts of climate change in our interlinked economies,...