The full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 triggered mass displacement, destruction of civilian infrastructure, and one of the most complex humanitarian crises in recent decades. In response, the humanitarian system activated the system-wide scale-up protocols and expanded. This inter-agency synthesis provides a consolidated analysis of the humanitarian response to the Ukraine crisis from 2022 to 2024.
Commissioned by the Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation Steering Group (IAHE SG), it draws on existing evaluations, operational reviews, and learning reports to inform strategic learning and collective accountability. It aims to support humanitarian actors in Ukraine as they undertake a strategic Humanitarian Reset and offers relevant lessons for future large-scale responses in similarly complex, government-led contexts.
The objective of the synthesis, is to map the existing evaluative evidence from IASC members regarding the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, synthesize key findings and lessons based on the criteria and questions, and provide actionable recommendations for improving the collective humanitarian response in Ukraine and the humanitarian system as a whole.