Publications and multimedia

Do humanitarians have a moral duty to use AI to reduce human suffering? Four key tensions to untangle

Considering the rise in humanitarian need and the massive deficit in funding, the idea that Artificial Intelligence (AI) could help humanitarian organisations to reach more people with fewer resources is …

• Artificial intelligence (AI)

To work together, we need to learn together

Harpinder Collacott, Executive Director of Mercy Corps Europe, believes humanitarian leaders have a responsibility to carve out space and time for learning within their organisations, but donors also have a vital role.

• Learning

Monitoring in metamorphosis: attending to the seven features of thoughtful monitoring

Daniel Ticehurst, M&E specialist, on 7 features of thoughtful monitoring

• Monitoring & Evaluation

Leadership must evolve for partnerships to grow

Harpinder Collacott, Executive Director at Mercy Corps Europe, on why leaders must support their organisations to adapt

• Learning

Practical steps to unlock systems change

Scott Hinkle, Systems Change Specialist at Wasafiri, explains that even the most complex systems can be shifted. Individuals and teams beginning to do just a few things differently can ultimately lead to meaningful change.

• System-wide performance

How do we yearn to learn? Motivations, challenges and opportunities for humanitarians everywhere

Findings from ALNAP's survey on how learning and knowledge-sharing takes place across the humanitarian sector

• Learning

A humanitarian system fit for the future

Juliet Parker, ALNAP's Director, reflecting on what is needed to make the humanitarian sector future proof

Taking risks and innovating is our role, now the wider sector must reap the rewards

Philanthropy is a valuable resource for learning and innovation. How can the humanitarian sector leverage this more?

• Learning

4 years on, why does learning from the COVID-19 pandemic still matter?

As the UK emerged from its first lockdown in July 2020, I was on a plane to the Central African Republican (CAR) for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). After the mandatory …

• COVID-19

When do humanitarian action evaluations trigger change?

In the 21st Century, demand for evaluations of humanitarian action has soared. This increased demand is due to contextual and external factors, such as the severity of humanitarian crises or …

• Learning
• Monitoring & Evaluation

Humanitarian learning: your fountain of youth?

Could age be one of the biggest barriers to learning?

• Learning

Join us on a journey to transform humanitarian learning

Throughout 2024, ALNAP will be challenging itself, its members and the wider sector to unlock the full potential of humanitarian learning.

• Learning

We need learners and thinkers on the humanitarian frontline

When humanitarians go to communities in crisis, we must first observe, see things and try to understand the dynamics. If community members are surviving in the middle of a problem, …

• Learning
• Locally-led