Humanitarian actors have long used the Sphere Handbook and its minimum standards to guide operational practice. The new revision attempts to...
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The Signal Code: A Human Rights Approach to Information During Crisis
Visit the Signal Code Minisite
The Signal Code is the result of a six month study by the Signal Program on Human Security and Technology at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to...
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Negotiation with Non-State Armed Groups at the Frontlines
In many of today’s frontline humanitarian environments, access is increasingly difficult to obtain and maintain, and continued engagement with non-state armed actors is an integral aspect of ensuring assistance and protection activities and advocating for compliance with international legal...
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Data preparedness: connecting data, decision making and humanitarian response
Signal Program Standards and Ethics Series - Issue 1
Data are a central component of humanitarian response. Frequently, however, there is a disconnect between data, decision-making and response. Informed decisions need to be made in the first hours and days of an emergency, and if the...
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KoboToolbox’s Question Library
The KoBoToolbox Question Library enables users to create, store, share and re-use validated questions across surveys. This speeds up the process of creating new forms and contributes to the standardization of survey questions.
For more information, visit...
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Humanitarian Needs Assessment Training
The Humanitarian Needs Assessment E-learning program is designed to provide an overview of the Humanitarian Needs Assessment process. The process can look very different depending on the scale of a disaster, the role of humanitarian organizations involved and the resources available to any...
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Building a Better Response
The Building a Better Response e-learning course provides users with a comprehensive and practical introduction to engaging with the international humanitarian architecture. The e-learning component is publicly accessible free of charge.
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BBR Field Perspectives | Local Community and Media Engagement |
Building a Better Response: Field Perspectives is a video interview series highlighting the views of various humanitarian practitioners on the current and future state of humanitarian system. Jean-Luc Mootoosamy is a Program Manager at Foundation Hirondelle. In this... |
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BBR Field Perspectives | Humanitarian sector improvements |
Building a Better Response: Field Perspectives is a video interview series highlighting the views of various humanitarian practitioners on the current and future state of humanitarian system. The content featured does not reflect the opinions of the Building a Better Response project or... |
Mar 2017 | |
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BBR Field Perspectives | Humanitarian Assessments in Practice |
Building a Better Response: Field Perspectives is a video interview series highlighting the views of various humanitarian practitioners on the current and future state of humanitarian system. Lars Peter Nissen is the Director of the Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS). In this episode,... |
Nov 2015 | |
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BBR Field Perspectives | Engaging NGOs and local professionals in Eastern Aleppo |
Building a Better Response: Field Perspectives is a video interview series highlighting the views of various humanitarian practitioners on the current and future state of humanitarian system. Dr. Hariri holds a Doctorate of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo University, and a Master... |
Feb 2017 | |
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BBR Field Perspectives | Duty of Care: Mitigating Risks for Field Workers |
Building a Better Response: Field Perspectives is a video interview series highlighting the views of various humanitarian practitioners on the current and future state of humanitarian system. Ian Ridley is the Senior Director of Humanitarian Operations for WorldVision... |
Jan 2016 | |
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BBR Field Perspectives | Challenges with coordination mechanisms |
Building a Better Response: Field Perspectives is a video interview series highlighting the views of various humanitarian practitioners on the current and future state of humanitarian system. The content featured does not reflect the opinions of the Building a Better Response project or... |
Mar 2017 | |
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BBR Field Perspectives | Accountability to Affected Populations |
Building a Better Response: Field Perspectives is a video interview series highlighting the views of various humanitarian practitioners on the current and future state of humanitarian system. Massimo Nicoletti Altimari is a Senior Quality & Accountability Officer at... |
Dec 2015 | |
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BBR Field Perspectives (Arabic) | Engaging NGOs and local professionals in Eastern Aleppo |
العمل مع المنظمات غير الحكومية والمهنيين المحليين في حلب الشرقية إن الدكتور حريري حاصل على درجة الدكتوراه في الطب من كلية الطب، جامعة حلب، ودرجة الماجستير في الجراحة العامة من كلية الطب، جامعة حلب. |
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Bartel Van de Walle |
Dr. Van de Walle is a tenured Associate Professor at the Department of Management, Tilburg School of Economics and Management at Tilburg University (the Netherlands). During his appointment, he will work on a paper on the response coordination breakdowns in sudden and slow onset disasters as... |
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ATHA: Security of Humanitarian Staff |
Humanitarian organizations operate in increasingly hostile environments. Although authoritative statistics are scarce, anecdotal evidence suggests that aid workers face life-threatening risks that are exacerbated by the growing number of humanitarian organizations operating in the field with... |
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ATHA: Humanitarian Policy Making for Civil-Military Coordination (CIMIC) | Oct 2008 |
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ATHA: Humanitarian Coordination: An Overview |
A vital component of humanitarian action is the coordination among all actors involved in the delivery of humanitarian assistance. Coordination within this field allows for the most efficient, cost effective, and successful operations possible. Groups seeking access to beneficiary populations... |
Jan 2008 |
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ATHA Community Participation in Humanitarian Relief and Protection: From Principle to Reality |
According to the Sphere Standards, disaster-affected populations should actively participate into the design, implementation and evaluation of humanitarian programs. Necessitating the involvement of beneficiaries is viewed as a way to lessen the inherent dependency in the aid relationship... |
Aug 2011 |
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Assessing the Impact of Programming to Reduce the Stigmatization of Survivors of Sexual Violence in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo |
This project rigorously evaluated programming that addresses stigma against survivors. In this program evaluation, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative’s Women in War program worked with the Congolese NGO, Centre d’Assistance Medico-Psychosociale (CAMPS) to assess which parts of their... |
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Ashish Jha |