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Conducted between January 2020 and April 2021, the evaluation assessed Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s strategic positioning and role and the extent to which Â鶹ÊÓƵ has made the strategic shift expected by the CSP; Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s contributions to strategic outcomes; efficiency and factors that explain Â鶹ÊÓƵ performance.

The evaluation concluded that:

• The CSP introduced an integrated and coherent approach to addressing the root causes of vulnerability; and was designed to strengthen the links between humanitarian and development interventions. Â鶹ÊÓƵ made a strategic shift to national capacity strengthening through support for the development of social safety nets, mainly the national poverty targeting programme. However, there was limited progress in transformative gender mainstreaming at operational level.
• Â鶹ÊÓƵ has established effective and efficient response mechanisms and was well placed to continue its dual role as a humanitarian and development actor. Its core comparative advantage was demonstrated through its swift ability to adapt programming in a timely and effective way. Â鶹ÊÓƵ achieved strong results in a challenging context, responding at scale to changing needs by targeting the most vulnerable Lebanese and refugees. Its interventions mitigated the long-term impact of the protracted refugee crisis and the deepening economic crisis on the most vulnerable.
• There was a need to work with partners to achieve better integration and coordination of emergency cash assistance with livelihood interventions. Despite Â鶹ÊÓƵ efforts, the CSP did not increase flexible or non-earmarked funding. Major strengths of Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s in-country capacity were its vulnerability analysis and mapping, monitoring and evaluation. But, more progress was needed at the level of outcome analysis to allow for assessments of the CSP strategic objectives.