Evaluation Card:
Technical Assistance to the AECID’s Humanitarian Office in the context of Haiti’s crisis and the Spanish EU Presidency
Country:
Haiti
Team:
4
Name of client:
AECID
Origin of funding:
AECID
Dates (start/end):
22nd January-02nd February 2010
Name of consortium members (if any):

Description of project

Haiti’s earthquake hit the country on the 12th of January. The following day, the Head of the Spanish Cooperation’s (AECID) Humanitarian Office contacted DARA to receive its support for the international emergency response. Spain in the context of the EU Presidency has a responsibility and role in facilitating the EU humanitarian coordination for the response. To assist this process, DARA deployed a team of senior experts to provide technical support and help define measures that would provide for an efficient coordination among Member States, the EC and the UN system and help provide a common understanding of the needs and policies and approaches for the response.

The main objective of the TA is therefore to provide inputs to the EU Spanish Presidency on the coordination and first response both in the initial humanitarian phase and in preparation for the reconstruction phase.