This inception report is structured based on the DFID guidance for reporting for the programme and to reflect the accomplishments and learning of the six-month inception period. This section covers an overview on the programme and purpose of the inception report. Humanitarian actors and researchers have amassed evidence about the state of knowledge in the humanitarian sector, including assessments of what works and what does not work. Synthesising this information and making it readily available to policymakers and humanitarian practitioners remains challenging. The Humanitarian Evidence Synthesis and Communication Programme produces a series of reviews to distil humanitarian evidence and communicate it to key stakeholders in order to enable better decision-making and improve humanitarian policy and practice.
