1. UNEG Humanitarian Evaluation Interest Group (HEIG) first year of activities UNEG AGM 2016 Reporting SO3 Anne-Claire Luzot WFP, HEIG Convenor Francesca Bonino, UNHCR, HEIG member

2. 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

3. Membership FAO Habitat UNICEF UNFPAOCHA UNDP OIOSOHCHR UNHCR Convener - WFP

4. <= Objective Humanitarian evaluation specificities appropriately considered in UNEG’s work 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

5. 2 main areas of work this year I. Evaluation of humanitarian principles II. Development – emergency nexus

6. Reflecting Humanitarian Principles in evaluations Meta-analysis of evaluation practice Key conclusions  No common understanding of the Humanitarian Principles.  Only 4 % of the evaluations reviewed could be considered good practice.  No prioritization of evaluation against Humanitarian Principles  Lack of adequate guidance available.

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

8. Evaluation of humanitarian principles Possible way forward. Update IAHE guidance on large-scale 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

9. Development – emergency nexus Recognized as a priority for UNEG-HEIG 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.

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

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