John Cosgrave and Maurice Herson 4.1 Introduction Evaluation Syntheses in previous ALNAP Reviews of Humanitarian Action have revealed few surprises, an indication that most of what is right and wrong...
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Lessons of lessons - A window into the evolution of the humanitarian system
Introduction The humanitarian system uses monitoring and evaluation as a primary way to assess its own performance, learn and evolve. From the agency- and programme-specific, to large-scale and...
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Document sur les enseignements tirés: répondre aux séismes
Introduction Les tremblements de terre sont des catastrophes présentant des caractéristiques spécifiques. Ils détruisent les infrastructures de transports (par ex. les routes, les ponts) et peuvent...
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Case Study: Barrio Mio and Katye: PCI's neighbourhood approach in cities
Following from ALNAP research on the importance of understanding urban contexts to improve humanitarian response, 'Barrio Mio and Katye: PCI's neighbourhood approach in cities' is the first in a...
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ALNAP Lessons Paper: Responding to Earthquakes | Annexes [EN/ID/NE]
In fragile or developing states, large-scale earthquakes can turn back the development clock by years or even decades. It is not possible to eradicate earthquakes, but as most of the areas prone to...
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ALNAP working Paper: Working with people and communities in urban humanitarian crises
Leah Campbell 1. Introduction Over 50% of the world’s population now lives in urban areas, and these are growing larger year on year. Half of this population lives in dense informal settlements, and...
Nepal Earthquake Response: Lessons for operational agencies
In the aftermath of the April 2015 earthquake in Nepal, this paper looks at lessons drawn from previous comparable disasters and seeks to provide invaluable information and assistance to the...
'We are here' - IFRC's experience with communication and feedback channels for affected populations in Haiti
Communication with the affected population was prioritised from the outset of the emergency response in Haiti (IFRC, 2011a). This case study primarily focuses on two-way communication and feedback...
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Hazards hurt most in societies that think being female is the real disaster
“Women are not born vulnerable, but are made vulnerable to disasters. Fulfilling their roles made the women more valued in society because the completion of them suddenly became so much more...
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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,...
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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...
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...
Réponse au tremblement de terre en Haïti : Cartographie et analyse des lacunes et des duplications dans les évaluations
1 Introduction 1.1 Contexte Le tremblement de terre qui a frappé Haïti le 12 janvier 2010 a été, selon tous les moyens de mesure appliqués, une « méga catastrophe ». Quelque 223 000 personnes ont été...
Lessons Learned from the Haitian Earthquake Response
By Franziska Orphal At a launch event for the latest issue of the Humanitarian Exchange magazine 'Lessons Learned from the Haitian Earthquake Response' today, I was given a useful reflection on the...
Réponse au tremblement de terre d'Haïti : Analyse contextuelle Juillet 2010
1 Introduction Le tremblement de terre qui a frappé Haïti le 12 janvier 2010 a tué plus de 200.000 personnes, en a blessé 300.000 et laissé plus d'un million sans abri. Avec son épicentre à dix...
Haiti Earthquake Response: Context Analysis July 2010
1 Introduction The earthquake that hit Haiti on 12 January 2010 killed more than 200,000 people, injured 300,000 and left over one million homeless. With its epicentre only ten kilometres below the...
Evaluating the Haiti Response: Encouraging Improved System-wide Collaboration: Meeting Report
London, 18th-19th May 2010 Executive Summary Following discussions at the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Network on Development Evaluation meeting in Paris in February 2010, a suggestion...
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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...
Responding to Earthquakes 2008: Learning from Earthquake Relief and Recovery Operations
The latest lessons paper by ALNAP and Provention provides a distillation of the learning from thirty years of humanitarian response to earthquakes. It concentrates on issues of particular relevance...