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HPN: The Syrian refugee crisis findings from a real-time evaluation of UNHCR’s response
In early 2013, the UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, Janet Lim, requested that a real-time evaluation be undertaken of UNHCR’s operations in Jordan, Lebanon and northern Iraq. Read more...
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Check out the new Data Portal for the latest Climate Vulnerability Monitor, including full access to the most recent and comprehensive climate change related impact and vulnerability estimates for 184 countries Read more...
How to improve humanitarian aid evaluation practices
Following the London, Geneva and Washington ALNAP Community of Practice workshops within the context of the Strengthening Humanitarian Evaluation Capacities initiative, in DARA we hosted one in Madrid on January 31st. A small but representative group of the Spanish [...] Read more...
RRI West Africa and the FOREWARN Initiative launched
The Steering Committee of the FOREWARN Initiative was launched at the ECOWAS Secretariat in Abuja, Nigeria on 6 December 2011. The Forewarn initiative is focused on enhancing regional capacities in anticipation, adaptation, collaboration, innovation and strategic [...] Read more...
RRI Central America: providing data to the GAR11 (UNISDR)
Data from the Risk Reduction Index in Central America has been included in the second edition of the UNISDR’s 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction -Revealing Risk, Redefining Development. The GAR contributes to achieving the Hyogo Framework [...] Read more...
State of the Humanitarian System Report: your input requested
The surveys are targeted at: international aid practitioners; national and regional organisations; host government representatives; and recipients of aid. Read more...
Did we learn from Katrina?
Hurricane Irene and now Tropical Storm Lee remind us that the lessons of Hurricane Katrina have not been learned. Crucially, we have not learned to respect the precautionary principle. Read more...
Watch Ross Mountain´s IFRC RedTalk
2020 and beyond: is the humanitarian community prepared for the future? Anticipation, resilience and leadership are key for future humanitarian challenges. Watch the video from the July 14th RedTalk Read more...
Launch of Global Humanitarian Assistance (GHA) Report 2011
"Improving government aid transparency is a critical step towards being more accountable to crisis-affected populations, but it also makes sense, as the GHA Report points out, for ensuring that aid resources can be used more effectively and efficiently." From Philip Tamminga´s guest blog entry at the Global Humanitarian Assistance site. Read more...