Until recent years, UNICEF Somalia was exclusively focussed on responding to the emergencysituation through provision of essential services in health, nutrition, basic education andrehabilitation of water sources. Over the last five years, however, it has moved rapidly to not onlycover more programme areas, but also redefining its role and strategies towards sustainabledevelopment of Somalia; and this has thrown up new challenges and opportunities for UNICEFSomalia and a need for a more systematic Country Programme Evaluation was felt. The enclosed report is a distillation of the evaluation exercise which included a sectoral review exercise; deskreviews of the extensive documentation carried out by UNICEF Somalia; field visits to the threezones by different members of the evaluation team; and an extensive round of interviews with awide body of existing and potential stakeholders (staff, partners, SACB members, beneficiaries, local authorities).