Emergency Response Meta Evaluation 2020-2024

After summarising the global humanitarian context and Concern’s emergency responses, 48 evaluation reports that have been conducted in the five-year period of the review were analysed. Each evaluation was summarised against the extended OECD-DAC criteria and the organisational cross-cutting issues, constraints from the context or organisation, lessons learned, and recommendations.

Evaluations are expected to have the extended OECD-DAC scored on a 0-5 point system; early reports used the previous 0-4 point system, but 40% of reports lack scores. Where there are no scores, or where the previous system was used, the meta evaluator has applied a score based on the text in the report, to better analyse how Concern is doing. Including an analysis of progress implementing recommendations from the previous meta-evaluation, recommendations are then proposed for the ongoing improvement of Concern’s emergency responses.