Commentary 7 questions to consider when switching to phone surveys with crisis-affected people The pros and cons of remote phone surveys Accountability to affected populations Commentary Four steps for surviving COVID-19 as an NGO NGOs have been drastically affected by COVID-19, and some are struggling to cover core expenses for the coming years.The problem is accentuated for local NGOs already struggling with funding, primarily … COVID-19 Epidemics Commentary Why the Syria crisis shows us the Triple Nexus is a myth In 2016, world political leaders along with NGOs, civil society figures, academia and private sector institutions held the first World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) to discuss the world’s crises and to … Armed conflict Commentary How technology is bridging refugee inequalities under COVID-19 The role of technology in disrupting existing refugee inequalities COVID-19 Epidemics Commentary We need to talk about principles In the mid 1980’s, I was part of a small group who accompanied the UK Minister of Overseas Development (ODA), Timothy Raison, on a fact-finding visit to emergency feeding centres … Leadership & Decision-making Commentary The Humanitarian Global Colour Line Humanitarianism has evolved and transformed over its lifetime, and so, too, has the location of race in maintaining what W.E.B. Dubois famously called the “global colour line.”Much of contemporary humanitarianism … Leadership & Decision-making Commentary Five reflections on evidence-informed decision-making from ALNAP’s new study For me, one of the most exciting things that can happen in a research programme is uncovering results that challenge my expectations and assumptions. Exciting – and often unsettling. The … Leadership Leadership & Decision-making Event recording ALNAP M&E workshop session: ‘Monitoring Outcomes of Humanitarian Action: Where we are today’ video playlist Lian Bradley | Monitoring Outcomes of Humanitarian Action: Where we are today Monitoring & Evaluation Event recording ALNAP M&E workshop session: ‘Monitoring in Humanitarian Action: Where do we go from here’ video playlist Natasha Nadazdin | Monitoring in Humanitarian Action: Where do we go from here Monitoring & Evaluation Commentary Inclusion: the ultimate irony The push for inclusion in humanitarian action comes from an understanding that the social and cultural landscapes in which we operate may pave one person’s road to recovery with smooth … Leadership Commentary Protection’s missing pieces Humanitarians know that coordinated humanitarian response is like an enormous jigsaw puzzle – or, when resources are scarce, a high-risk game of Jenga. Ensuring that the right actors, sectors, and … Commentary Struggling to see the trees for the wood: reflecting on decision-making in the humanitarian context I spent several months diarising my decision-making and -taking in 2018 as part of the research behind ALNAP’s recent study Beyond Assumptions. Here, I encountered several recurring challenges as I … Leadership & Decision-making Report Learning from What We Know: How to improve evaluation synthesis for humanitarian organisations This paper provides guidance on when to do an evaluation synthesis and how to do it well. Monitoring & Evaluation Commentary What I learnt from recording and analysing my own decisions when responding on the ground And yet, with every decision I registered and analysed in my diary, my confidence started to falter, and my learning process began. Soon, I realised that the most important aspect … Leadership & Decision-making Commentary What progress is being made towards ensuring crisis financing meets people’s priority needs? A discussion on this important issue for the humanitarian sector Accountability to affected populations Report Beyond Assumptions: How humanitarians make operational decisions Explores suitable approaches to making decisions in different humanitarian contexts Leadership & Decision-making Commentary Tracking the Relevance of Humanitarian Aid: remote surveys via mobile phone Mobile technology can be used to rapidly and remotely gather information about on-the-ground needs before, during and after a humanitarian response or during protracted crises, to ensure aid is relevant. … Monitoring & Evaluation Commentary Ready to be more flexible? Time to shift your mindset This set of products is itself flexible to the user’s interests and needs: they can be read in conjunction with one another, or separately on their own. The entire study … About ALNAP Commentary Three ways humanitarians can become more data savvy Irrespective of job title, all humanitarians need to understand how the data we have is shaped by the questions we ask. We need to deepen our understanding of the real … Innovation Commentary Why her understanding could never be mine, and mine could never be hers When asked to contribute to ALNAP’s Annual Meeting blog series on relevance in humanitarian action, I felt compelled to share an experience that altered the way I perceive the world. … Back 1 2 ... 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Next