INTRODUCTION Contexte Au cours des quelques dernières années, ALNAP a consacré plus d’efforts aux évaluations de l’action humanitaire (EAH) qu’à aucune autre période de son histoire. Parmi ces...
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L'action humanitaire dans les urgences liées à la sécheresse
LEÇON 1 La sécheresse est un événement naturel récurrent dans de nombreuses régions. Les organisations humanitaires peuvent accroître leur efficacité en tenant compte de cette réalité dans leur...
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Acción humanitaria en emergencias relacionadas con las sequías
ENSEÑANZA .1 La sequía es un fenómeno recurrente y natural en muchas áreas. Las organizaciones humanitarias pueden ser más eficaces cuando si lo tienen en cuenta en su programación. En muchas áreas...
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Moving towards improved accountability & quality in the Horn of Africa
INTRODUCTION An estimated 12 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in East Africa . Aid agencies in Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya have reported high rates of acute...
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"We’re not in the field anymore”: Adapting humanitarian efforts to an urban world
27TH ALNAP MEETING CHENNAI, INDIA Background Paper Introduction Urbanisation is a social phenomenon and a physical transformation of landscapes that has been described as ‘one of the most powerful,...
Meeting the Urban Challenge: Adapting Humanitarian Response to a Changing World
27TH ALNAP MEETING CHENNAI, INDIA 17-19 JANUARY 2012 Concept Note Introduction It is a widely cited fact that we are living in a predominately urban world. Around the middle of 2008, over half of the...
When the Academic and Humanitarian Worlds Meet
For the first time, major academic institutions and international organisations from the humanitarian sector are meeting to consider the education and professional development needs of the...
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Humanitarian action in drought-related emergencies [EN/AR]
LESSON .1 Drought is a recurrent and natural event in many areas. Humanitarian organisations can be more effective when they take this into account in their programming. In many areas of the world,...
Le leadership en pratique : diriger efficacement les opérations humanitaires
Margie Buchanan-Smith avec Kim Scriven RÉSUMÉ Le leadership est depuis longtemps un thème primordial sur les scènes commerciale, politique et militaire. Or, malgré les défis inhérents à la conduite...
Quality and Accountability Initiatives Strengthen Collaboration
Four Quality and Accountability humanitarian initiatives - the Sphere Project, the Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP) International, People In Aid, and the Active Learning Network for...
Supporting Innovation in Humanitarian Organisations
Background The need to pay increased attention to the promotion of innovations in humanitarian action has been recognised across the system in recent years. The nature of humanitarian assistance is...
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Case Study No. 7: The Pastoralist Survey Method (PSM) and its application in Mali and Ethiopia
Case Study Summary The guidelines for conducting anthropometric nutrition assessments among sedentary populations are inappropriate for pastoralists. This is for two main reasons. First is the...
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Haiti Earthquake Response: Emerging Evaluation Lessons
This quick guide for humanitarian policy makers and practitioners distils key findings and emerging lessons from a selection of available evaluations on the response to Haiti’s earthquake in January...
Harnessing the Power of Evaluation in Humanitarian Action: An initiative to improve understanding and use of evaluation
Background ALNAP has done more work on evaluations of humanitarian action (EHAs) during the past few years than at any other time in its history. This has included research on evaluation utilisation,...
ALNAP Meeting Paper: The role of national governments in international humanitarian response
26th Annual Meeting 16–17 November 2010 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Executive summary The 26th ALNAP Meeting on the role of national governments in international humanitarian response to disasters was...
Joint initiative on humanitarian leadership
For leaders working to provide assistance during humanitarian emergencies, success must be achieved while working in chaotic, often physically challenging and insecure environments. Humanitarian...
Leadership in Action: Leading effectively in humanitarian operations
Exploring the secrets to great leadership in humanitarian crises 09 June 2011 The key character traits, skills and contexts needed for effective leadership in a humanitarian crisis have been explored...
Improving Performance in DRR: Lessons from Humanitarian Aid and Ways Forward
Presentation to ISDR Global Platform on DRR By John Mitchell, Director ALNAP ALNAPs Mission To improve the quality and take up of evaluations in order to improve accountability, learning and...
Japan and its implications for the international humanitarian system - Blog
By Kim Scriven on 18 March 2011. Like many people, the reaction of the ALNAP Secretariat to the unfolding events in Japan has been, along with shock, an urge to find ways to provide help. As with any...
Haiti Earthquake Response: Mapping and analysis of gaps and duplications in evaluations
1 Introduction 1.1 Background The earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January 2010 was by all measurements a 'mega disaster'. Some 223,000 people were killed, 300,000 injured, and more than 2 million...