The main purposes of the evaluation are lesson learning and accountability in order to improve future performance. It is an evaluation of DG ECHO strategy and overall action over the period 2007-2011 rather than a detailed project level review. Among other objectives, it aims to identify what, if any, other sectors of intervention should be addressed by ECHO, how to progress from emergency/transition to structural/development actions and to analyse DG ECHO’s coordination with other actors and the role and involvement of the Government of Ethiopia (GoE).