A real time evaluation of the East Africa crisis response was carried out jointly by the UK Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) and the Canadian Humanitarian Coalition in late October-early November 2011. The areas of enquiry were based on the DEC’s “Accountability Priorities”. These included: • Effectiveness and efficiency, including preparedness and ability to scale-up appropriately; • The quality of responses judged against established standards, principles and best practice; • The accountability of agencies to aid recipients; and, • The extent to which lessons had been learned from previous responses, particularly regarding the link between short and long-term dimensions of crisis in this region.
