Editorial

The eleventh issue of Humanitarian Aid on the Move reviews the very rich exchanges that took place at the 8th Autumn School on Humanitarian Aid on the topic of resilience on 29-31 October 2012 at Groupe URD’s headquarters in the presence of more than forty participants from different organisations: NGOs, UN agencies, donors, the Red Cross, universities, etc. The articles in this issue are transcriptions of the presentations that were made and the debates which took place, their themes having been chosen by the participants via the Open Space methodology.

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Editorial

Les précédents numéros de la Lettre de l’Observatoire étaient fortement orientés vers les camps de déplacés et les questions relatives à la reconstruction. Si ces problématiques demeurent toujours aussi aiguës, ce numéro décentre provisoirement son attention sur d’autres sujets qui nous semblent devoir également attirer l’attention. Les trois articles ne sont pas forcément liés, si ce n’est par le fait que chacun d’entre eux s’enracine dans les enseignements consécutifs à la catastrophe du 12 janvier 2010.

Lettre n°3 Juillet 2012 Editorial

This study, commissioned by the CaLP, aims to review and document the coordination of cash transfer programmes (CTP) implemented from the emergency phase in Haiti. It is part of a wider review of CTP coordination in emergency situations which includes three case studies (Pakistan, Haiti and the Horn of Africa, all of which are drawn into a comparative study, which can also be found on the CaLP website).

While discussions are underway about the parameters of the international military withdrawal, including the French army, the challenge for aid organisations who have been present in the country for a long time is to ensure that the support to the Afghan people continues, notably through the reinforcement of national and local capacity to take charge of their country’s development. Our training programmes contribute to this effort and are evidence of our commitment to this country and its civil society.

More than two years after the Haiti earthquake, Resacoop, the Collectif Haïti Rhône Alpes and Groupe URD co-organised a workshop on the topic: LRRD: the Case of Haiti. Over fifty professionals and volunteers gathered in Lyon on 27 April to discuss and reflect on this issue.

The creation of an observatory in Haiti is the result of discussions between the OECD’s Development Aid Committee (DAC), the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) and ALNAP, following a collective needs assessment. It is funded by DG ECHO, IrishAid and DFID.

Its mission is to help the aid community, humanitarian and development actors, and national actors, to learn from past crises and experiences, and to encourage changes to aid practices.

The observatory will promote learning specifically through the use of evaluation.