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The Learning Curve: COVID–19...A catalyst for change or retreat to the familiar?

Event reflecting on the pandemic exploring what the sector got right, missed opportunities, and learning to take forward
- COVID-19
- Epidemics
Report
The humanitarian response to COVID-19: lessons for future pandemics and global crises

Key lessons to learn for the next pandemic and global crisis
- COVID-19
- Monitoring & Evaluation
Report
Health responses during COVID-19: Documenting experiences from humanitarian actors | Learning review

Learning review
- COVID-19
- Epidemics
Commentary
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
Event recording
Learning on localisation: Why COVID-19 wasn’t the tipping point it could have been

What needs to happen in between crises to improve localised responses in future emergencies?
- COVID-19
Commentary
Breaking the evaluation rule book: how do we learn in the midst of a global pandemic?

Utilisation-focused learning approaches during COVID-19 have been wide ranging
- COVID-19
- Monitoring & Evaluation
Commentary
Breaking the evaluation rule book

Susanna Morrison-Metois asks how is the sector learning in the midst of a global pandemic.
- COVID-19
- Monitoring & Evaluation
Report
From Real-Time Evaluation to Real-Time Learning: Exploring new approaches from the COVID-19 response

Review of real-time learning approaches adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic - lessons and implications for future evaluation practice.
- COVID-19
- Monitoring & Evaluation
Report
Background paper - 2021 ALNAP Meeting

Where and to what extent have COVID-19 and the ‘decolonisation of aid’ debate driven change – both positive and negative – within the humanitarian system?
- COVID-19
Commentary
Cash-based transfers: 6 reasons why they work

But how did these cash transfers affect people’s lives? What can we learn from the evidence?A recent learning exchange facilitated by ALNAP and the Cash and Learning Partnership (CaLP) discussed …
- COVID-19
Commentary
Remote M&E: 5 key challenges and how to address them

The beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic brought significant change to how the humanitarian sector operates. As the world adapted to new health concerns, social distancing measures and global travel restrictions, …
- COVID-19
- Monitoring & Evaluation
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
How technology is bridging refugee inequalities under COVID-19

The role of technology in disrupting existing refugee inequalities
- COVID-19
- Epidemics

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The Learning Curve: COVID–19...A catalyst for change or retreat to the familiar?

The humanitarian response to COVID-19: lessons for future pandemics and global crises

Health responses during COVID-19: Documenting experiences from humanitarian actors | Learning review

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

Learning on localisation: Why COVID-19 wasn’t the tipping point it could have been

Breaking the evaluation rule book: how do we learn in the midst of a global pandemic?

Breaking the evaluation rule book

From Real-Time Evaluation to Real-Time Learning: Exploring new approaches from the COVID-19 response

Background paper - 2021 ALNAP Meeting

Cash-based transfers: 6 reasons why they work

Remote M&E: 5 key challenges and how to address them

Four steps for surviving COVID-19 as an NGO

How technology is bridging refugee inequalities under COVID-19