Our recommendations in February:
Rethinking the role of humanitarian principles in armed conflict
Martin Barber and Mark Bowden examine how the humanitarian system should respond to the rejection of humanitarian principles and how accountability can be improved.
Enough with the gloom. It’s time for humanitarians to tell a more realistic story
The need for new narratives was emphasised in the study "Germany's rise as a humanitarian donor" by HPG and CHA. Elias Sagmeister analyses data, offers a different interpretation of the financing of the humanitarian system and argues against humanitarian hyperbole.
Future Innovation Cards
How can humanitarian organisations prepare for the future? The Future Innovations Cards from Bond offer useful approaches as conversation starters within organisations.
What are your Humanitarian Innovator Styles?
This quiz by the British Red Cross innovation team is based on the six types of innovators from Ben Ramalingam’s book, Upshift: Turning Pressure into Performance and Crisis into Creativity. Find out if you are a Challenger, a Crafter, a Combiner, a Connector, a Corraborator or a Conductor when faced with crisis and pressures.
Ten things we know about humanitarian numbers
Joël Glasman and Brendan Lawson take a critical look at the strong faith that many humanitarian decision-makers have in data.
The Strategic Foresight Book
For humanitarians, it is crucial to reflect, create and positively shape the future. The climate crisis and its evolving dynamics represent a pressing need for humanitarians to adapt their approaches. In comprehensive and creative ways, the IFRC’s new “Strategic Foresight Book” contributes to possible and positive futures.
Bridging localisation and climate adaption pathways
This study delves into the interaction and mutual complementarity of locally-led climate adaptation and humanitarian localization. It aims to support climate, humanitarian and development actors, policymakers and funders in aligning these approaches more closely. By doing so, this study seeks to produce better outcomes for at-risk communities.
Where do we go from here? Navigating power inequalities between development NGOs in the aid system
This study provides an analysis of concrete actions aimed at shifting power between NGOs. It examines the nature, extent and effect of these actions, shedding light on their impact on the humanitarian landscape.
From commitment to action: Signatories' best practices of implementation
Have you struggled with implementing your agency’s Grand Bargain Commitments? Or have you always wanted to share your successful approach? This page collects good practices for implementing the Grand Bargain, offering valuable insights for humanitarian actors.
How can the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus work from the Bottom Up?
By adopting a decolonial lens that makes power imbalances more visible, the HDP nexus offers a chance to uncover and reflect on the political positioning of international humanitarian actors in their respective contexts of intervention. This approach enables the addressing of power imbalances in day-to-day aid operations and increases the influence of local actors on project design.
The challenge of coordination and inclusion: Use of social registries and broader social protection information systems for capturing multiple vulnerabilities in West Africa
The report offers a comprehensive overview of social registries and their data systems in West Africa. It links humanitarian and development discussions on digital principles and data ecosystems, covering aspects such as data collection, data-informed targeting, data sharing and interoperability.
Data sharing and third-party monitoring in humanitarian response
The paper provides insights into common practices, opportunities and risks associated with sharing data with third-party monitors. It examines Somalia as a case study, a country with a long history of digital humanitarian action and third-party monitoring in hard-to-reach areas. The perspectives of aid recipients, enumerators, local and subcontracted monitors and local authorities are particularly valuable and insightful.
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