Juliet Parker Director, ALNAP Throughout 2024, ALNAP will be challenging itself, its members and the wider sector to unlock the full potential of humanitarian learning. Our mission is to shift...
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Working across the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus: What can we learn from evaluations?
The humanitarian-development-peace nexus is an evolving and complex concept that has increasingly gained high-level policy commitment. In 2019 the OECD DAC Recommendation on the...
Revue des critères de l’OCDE CAD pour l’évaluation de l’action humanitaire - Récapitulatif
ÉVALUATION DES CRITÈRES DE L’OCDE CAD DANS L’ACTION HUMANITAIRE : QUE SAVONS-NOUS ? Quels sont les principaux défis et difficultés liés à l’application des critères de l’OCDE CAD dans les évaluations...
Revisión de los criterios del CAD-OCDE para la evaluación de la acción humanitaria - Resumen
LOS CRITERIOS DE EVALUACIÓN DE LA ACCIÓN HUMANITARIA DEL CAD – OCDE: ¿QUÉ SABEMOS? ¿Cuáles son los principales desafíos y cuestiones asociados a la aplicación de los criterios del CAD – OCDE en las...
Learning to be more 'locally-led'? Current practice and evidence gaps in the international humanitarian sector
VIJAYALAKSHMI VISWANATHAN 1. Introduction Supporting locally led humanitarian action has become a priority for many in the international humanitarian sector. For some, this shift is driven by an...
From Tick Box to Turning Point: Getting Accountability Right for Improved Humanitarian Action
JENNIFER DOHERTY Executive summary The humanitarian system has been talking for decades about the need to be more accountable to people affected by crisis. Yet despite the efforts of some invested...
Earthquakes | Essential lessons for humanitarian responders
In fragile or developing states, large earthquakes can turn back the development clock by years or even decades. It is impossible to eradicate earthquakes, but it is possible to prepare and learn...
Review of the OECD DAC criteria for evaluating humanitarian action: a mapping of literature, guidance and practice
Author(s) Lavey, J., Northey, C., Poulton, D., Bowyer, C. In 2006, ALNAP published Evaluating humanitarian action using the OECD DAC criteria, an ALNAP guide for humanitarian agencies to strengthen...
Heatwaves | Essential lessons for humanitarian responders
A PDF version of this lessons briefing is available for you to download in the sidebar. 2023 is seeing intense heatwaves. According to a July 2023 briefing by the World Meteorological Association...
The humanitarian-development-peace nexus: current status and discourse
Linking short-term humanitarian assistance with efforts that address the root causes of crisis or support longer-term well-being is far from a novel idea. But framing these issues as a ‘triple nexus’...
A more localised aid system: current status discourse
Localisation is a ubiquitous term within the aid system to refer to an ambitious and broad ranging policy agenda meant to correct historical exclusion of local actors by increasing their power and...
Putting people at the centre: accountability of affected populations
Despite long-standing, system-wide commitments and activity, progress on accountability outcomes for people affected by crisis continues to be underwhelming. The ‘participation revolution’ promised...
The climate crisis and humanitarian action: current approaches and discourse
Climate change is a threat multiplier, exacerbating and compounding needs in places where vulnerabilities are highest and where humanitarians are already stretched. Of the 15 most climate exposed of...
Review of the OECD DAC criteria for evaluating humanitarian action - Summary Brief [EN/AR]
THE OECD DAC EVALUATION CRITERIA IN HUMANITARIAN ACTION: WHAT DO WE KNOW? What are the key challenges and issues associated with applying the OECD DAC criteria in evaluations of humanitarian action? ...
15 essential lessons for humanitarian responders in Somalia - Briefing
The humanitarian crisis in Somalia continues to deteriorate. Five consecutive failed rainy seasons have produced the worst drought in 40 years. A sixth season of below-average rainfall is expected...
More than the sum of the parts? Collective leadership vs individual agency in humanitarian action
I. Introduction More than three decades ago, United Nations General Assembly Resolution 46/182 provided the blueprint for the current humanitarian system, marking the international community’s...
Leadership of protection in the humanitarian sector
Key messages Bold, moral humanitarian leadership that prioritises humanity, and is willing to accept risks of retaliation by promoting protection in the best interests of affected people, is...
Towards facilitating local leadership in humanitarian project management
Key messages • Leadership styles can be categorised by using a grid of motivational and issue-related involvement by leaders. Issue-related involvement describes the extent to which leaders are...
Systems Leadership in the Humanitarian Sector: Findings from Field Leadership Labs
Abstract Mobilizing progress towards major development and humanitarian challenges requires an understanding of complexity, of coalition building and advocacy, and a collaborative approach to...
Learning for Humanitarian Leadership: What it is, how it works and future priorities
1. Introduction and aims In the humanitarian sector, leadership is cited as one of the most important factors underpinning performance and effectiveness. Every major strategic and operational...