Ed Schenkenberg on Humanitarian Standards
The Joint Standards Initiative (JSI) was built by the HAP Standard, Sphere Project and People in Aid on the premise that there are too many existing standards for colleagues on the ground to make sense of and adequately put them into practice. The JSI meeting [...] Read more...
ICRC Panel Discussion: Humanitarian principles revisited? Current and future challenges
The International Review of the Red Cross and the Centre for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action (CERAH) convened a panel discussion ‘Humanitarian Principles Revisited? Current and Future Challenges’, Geneva, March 21st. Read more...
Donor Accountability in Haiti research case study
DARA Inc., our office in the US, has secured its first grant with the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation for an action research case study of good and poor donor practices in Haiti. The project aims to improve the quality, effectiveness, transparency and accountability of aid for disaster affected populations in Haiti and elsewhere. Read more...
OCHA Survey
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has commissioned DARA a study on Anticipating the Humanitarian Impact of Global Challenges. The aim of this study is to help the international aid community better understand how global [...] Read more...
Humanitarian Response Index presented at the NOHA Intensive Programme 2012
Philip Tamminga, Head of DARA’s Humanitarian Aid Accountability Initiative, presented the Humanitarian Response Index (HRI) at a session of the NOHA Master’s Programme Intensive course, September 10th. The topic of this year’s programme, organized [...] Read more...
Humanitarian Response Index 2011 presented to Belgian Government Humanitarian Aid Agency
DARA was invited by Belgium’s Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid to present the Humanitarian Response Index 2011 findings, 15 May, Brussels. The presentation was part of a discussion “Bridging the gap between policy and [...] Read more...
DARA supports World Humanitarian Day
With over 220 million people being affected by disasters every year, we would like to take the opportunity of World Humanitarian Day 2012 to share the importance of maxisimising aid efforts for the benefit of vulnerable people worldwide. Despite humanitarian [...] Read more...
Improving US foreign assistance
We continue to disseminate findings and recommendations of the Humanitarian Response Index 2011- Addressing The Gender Challenge in the US, as well as consulting stakeholders on the next phase of the HRI. Philip Tamminga and Marybeth Redheffer from the HRI [...] Read more...
DARA in the Skoll World Forum
DARA participated in the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship March 28th to 30th in Oxford. Philip Tamminga, Head of DARA’s Humanitarian Response Index, explored how government donors and the humanitarian sector can learn from and engage with social [...] Read more...
Humanitarian Response Index 2011 Briefing, London
Philip Tamminga, Head of DARA’s Humanitarian Response Index, presented the findings from the HRI 2011 report at an event hosted by the Humanitarian Policy Group of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) on Monday, March 27th at the ODI Office in London. [...] Read more...
