Global Synthesis Report
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) commissioned this evaluation to review the current status of the Common Humanitarian Funds (CHFs), which presently operate in six countries with large protracted humanitarian operations. CHF allocations in the period under review have amounted to USD 1.3 billion. Separate country-level reports have been issued in parallel with this synthesis report for the five countries visited as part of the evaluation: Central African Republic (CAR), Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan.
The evaluation provides an independent assessment of the CHF with the intention of identifying its strengths and weaknesses from country to country and the reasons for those, to identify areas where improvements or changes would make a difference in the CHF’s operation. It also considers to what extent the recommendations made in the last triennial review (2011) have been implemented. The intention is to support the CHF’s further development as an effective funding mechanism based on experience, and to inform future Country Based Pooled Fund (CBPF) implementation.