November 21, 2010
DARA publishes its report on the evaluation of the relevance, effectiveness and impact of DG ECHO’s actions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Recognising the importance of protection in humanitarian action and specifically in the DRC context, the evaluation, which ran from May to October 2010, also aimed to offer recommendations for the 2011 ECHO strategy on protection actions in DRC.
Although protection is presently recognised as the first priority in DRC, DARA found that the overall response from the international community, despite its scale, is far from responding to the magnitude of the needs. Notwithstanding the efforts for the stabilisation of the situation in eastern DRC, the civilian population will undoubtedly continue to be victim to severe and widespread violations for years to come, at least until the Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo (FARDC) and the Congolese National Police (PNC) can shift their role from being the main predators against their own population to a competent and effective protecting force.
The overarching recommendation of this report is that DG ECHO should further develop and streamline its protection policy on the basis of additional efforts. This policy should be articulated around three major areas:
• Mainstreaming protection components in assistance projects
• Increasing or diversifying protection projects
• Further DG ECHO’s involvement in issues of coordination of protection
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