This evaluation provides a comprehensive assessment of UNICEF’s overall response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, as measured against the Organization’s own mandate, its corporate commitments and stated objectives.
More specifically, the evaluation assessed, among others, the levels of emergency preparedness and organizational readiness; the relevance and appropriateness of UNICEF’s response in relation to the needs of the most affected populations; the quality and timeliness of operations, Human Resources (HR), supply and fundraising; the alignment of the response on the ground with the Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action (CCCs) and humanitarian principles; the level of mainstreaming of Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) into the overall response; the extent to which UNICEF considered gender, nexus, accountability to affected people (AAP), disability, equity, localization and the centrality of protection during both the planning, implementation and monitoring of the response; the quality of leadership during the coordination of and collaboration with sister UN agencies (including in clusters), partners and local and national authorities across the response (including within the scope of clusters) and, lastly, the gaps from which to distil lessons and make operationally and strategically relevant recommendations.