EU: Evaluation For The EU Trust Fund in Kenya
December 2022
Since 2016, self-reliance – as an objective – has been integrated in development responses to forced displacement. Despite legal barriers that restrict prospects for refugee inclusion and self-reliance, and informal barriers including administrative hurdles, stigma and lack of information and awareness on refugee rights, the Government of Kenya (GoK) has repeatedly pledged a commitment towards finding solutions to displacement that are more durable. Through the EU Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF), the European Union (EU) provided over EUR 50 million funding to support refugees and host communities in Kenya since 2016
Samuel Hall was commissioned to evaluate the EU Trust Fund in Kenya. This evaluation was used to inform the next phase of EU funding to start in 2023.
The overall findings of this evaluation point to a positive track record despite a historically challenging context of a global pandemic and of an extreme drought affecting the arid and semi-arid lands of Turkana and Garissa. The findings show that continued funding and support is needed as policy openings in Kenya expand the range of possibilities and can change the approach to solutions in refugee hosting areas, beyond camp-based approaches.