Summary Adapting humanitarian action to the effects of climate change: an ALNAP lessons paper Humanitarian agencies need to reflect on the past, learn from the present and actively imagine the (near...
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Synthesis of key findings from Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluations (IAHEs) of the international responses to crises in the Philippines (Typhoon Haiyan), South Sudan and the Central African Republic
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluations (IAHEs) are a relatively new innovation, related to the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Transformative Agenda and triggered...
World + 1 more
Supporting disabled people in emergencies: Motivation’s appropriate and affordable wheelchairs
ALNAP and ELRHA will be looking at 15 different examples of humanitarian innovation funded by ELRHA’s Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF) grants. Each case study will explore the dynamics of...
Lessons for response to Typhoon Haiyan
Many ALNAP Member organisations are currently working with Philippine Government agencies and civil society to support the estimated 9.8 million people affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines...
World + 2 more
Is the international community ready to respond to disasters in cities?
The global humanitarian network, ALNAP, is warning of the danger of sticking with rural models to deal with the growing reality of urban disasters. Over 130 representatives from the United Nations,...
World + 7 more
Réponse aux Catastrophes Urbaines
Leçons tirées d’opérations de secours et de reconstruction précédentes La réponse aux catastrophes dans un environnement urbain présente un grand nombre de difficultés. Les organisations humanitaires...
CASE STUDY NO. 4 Supporting community-based emergency response at scale: innovations in the wake of Cyclone Nargis
Case Study Summary This case study describes how appropriate support for local civil-society interventions following a rapid-onset emergency can enable very fast and responsive relief at a scale...
Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis -Lessons for operational agencies
INTRODUCTION The aim of this report is to assist agencies working in the response to Cyclone Nargis by highlighting key lessons that have been learned from other natural disasters, specifically...