Final Report
Sida’s humanitarian strategy states the overall objective of Swedish humanitarian aid and outlines eight goals and two crosscutting perspectives (disaster risk reduction and early recovery) to guide Sida’s work.
The objective of this evaluation is to document the extent to which Sida fulfilled these goals during the period 2011-2014, identifying what is working well and challenges. The findings are based on two case studies – assistance to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which included a field visit, and a desk review of Sida’s response to the Syria crisis. They also draw on additional interviews with a range of stakeholders, an analysis of Sida’s funding data, and a document review. The findings are organised by strategic goal. Sweden was the fifth largest humanitarian donor in 2014. Sida provided 58% of its humanitarian aid, a total of around SEK 3 billion. This was a peak in humanitarian funding during the evaluation period.