academy for humanitarian action (aha)’s Post

It was a good week, we recently published a paper in European Journal of Operational as well! We show the advantages of using Robust Optimization in Humanitarian Supply Chains where we want to secure availability of sufficient nourishment in worst of times such as humanitirian emergencies. Here is the link: https://lnkd.in/e-HkAg5y

"Guidance on Coordinated Anticipatory Action in Education" has been published! You will find the pdf version here- https://lnkd.in/ddPSHXky The guidance documents aim to support Education Clusters and their partners to take proactive approaches in addressing crises and ensuring continuity of learning in humanitarian emergencies.

As an active member of the Global WASH Cluster (GWC) and the German WASH Network, Help – Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe e. V. is continuing the fight for basic rights such as access to drinking water and access to sanitation and hygiene, by implementing WASH programmes worldwide. Our activities are as varied as boiler room repair for thousands of Ukrainians affected by Russian air strikes, engineering water supply systems in northern and central Mali in active combat zones or providing menstrual hygiene education and kits for young girls while improving the sanitation facilities at their schools in South Sudan. In those conflict driven crises, it is essential to coordinate with other actors and agencies via the UN cluster system and contribute to the WASH Cluster objectives in each country. At the global level the GWC provides guidance, training, field support and also provides data. Its now published Annual Report for 2023 shows the continued failure of global actors and donors to provide sufficient funding for emergency WASH needs: On average, only 30% of humanitarian WASH appeals are being funded each year, while needs continue to grow at scale. Access the report here: https://lnkd.in/ea5s675e

Are you planning to design a humanitarian response (proposal)?  Here is a summary of the global humanitarian overview.  What you should avoid doing as a humanitarian aid staff: • Writing from a thin air. Lack of relevant sources to back your claim.  • Writing to donors outside the framework. Your proposal is responding to needs that are not a priority to donors. This is what you should do instead: 1. Have access to global information on the humanitarian situation. 2. Follow up with updates from partners addressing the needs of vulnerable populations in your target location. 3. Keep track of all relevant information to your field of work (for example, be updated on food security information, if you are in this field). If you find it valuable, please follow me for more content like this.

Very excited to see the launch of the Independent Review of the Humanitarian Response to Internal Displacement report - especially to see the understanding and recognition of what CCCM does when it comes to upholding the rights of at risk and displaced communities. Our operations, partners, and clusters in the case study countries have really come through on this! "The CCCM Cluster’s mandate should be extended beyond camps to also encompass coordination and management of formal and informal collective IDP sites (e.g., collective centres, evacuation centres etc), as it usefully has done so, on an ad hoc basis in certain IDP contexts, for several years. While the name of the cluster does not correspond to this important evolution of the cluster’s work and potentially could be revised (a decision that the Review recommends be left to the cluster), the priority should be on implementation. Funding to CCCM, which typically is among the least funded clusters, must be increased" Get your copy here: https://lnkd.in/e5tdRstU #namechangetime #IDPReview #CCCMmatters

In the challenging landscapes of war-torn countries, effective Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) processes are crucial for ensuring aid effectiveness and sustainable recovery. LUGARIT's latest article explores the complexities and solutions for improving M&E in these critical settings. 🌍 Title: Monitoring the Monitors: How to Optimize Monitoring and Evaluation Processes in the Early Recovery of War-Torn Countries 📅 Date: 21 May 2024 📚 Publisher: LUGARIT ✍️ Authors: Omar Abdulaziz Hallaj, Nihad Alamiri, Zedoun Alzoubi EN | ع The article is available in both English and Arabic languages. المقالة متاحة باللغتين الإنجليزية والعربية 🌐 Link: https://lnkd.in/gAw-F_X9 🔍 Key Insights from the Article: - Inadequate Evaluation Standards: Addressing the mismatch between traditional OECD-DAC criteria and the needs of emergency-mode projects. - Resource Allocation and Impact Transparency: Highlighting the importance of comprehensive reviews and transparency in aid distribution. - Transforming M&E into a Learning Process: Promoting a dialogic M&E process that engages and empowers beneficiaries, evolving TPME from evaluators to partners in development. 📖 Dive deeper into these insights and explore how transforming M&E practices can better support the dynamic needs of communities recovering from conflict. 📷 Photo: A paramedic comforts a child with humor. Albab, Syria. 21 January 2020. Photo © Mohammad Bash - via ShutterStock. #LUGARIT #InternationalDevelopment #AidEffectiveness #MonitoringAndEvaluation #EarlyRecovery #Sustainability #ConflictZones #ThinkTank

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Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) has been critical in addressing large-scale conflict. However, recent conflicts have revealed the programme's limitations and how much more needs to be done to improve its overall effectiveness. 📑 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐏𝐔𝐓 Focusing on how PSNP systems and implementation responded during the 2020–22 conflict in northern #Ethiopia, the paper considers the possible scope of the programme’s design and delivery structures to address vulnerabilities related to future large-scale conflict shocks. The crisis underscored the need for #socialprotection and humanitarian support to complement each other for effective coverage. The PSNP couldn't scale up to meet additional conflict-related needs, so humanitarian aid only partially filled the gap, especially for non-beneficiaries and displaced PSNP clients. However, aid provision was lacking. The PSNP’s success in delivering timely, predictable, and adequate transfers requires ways of strengthening the programme’s effectiveness to ensure that: 🚨The programme avoids causing further unintentional harm. 🛠️Systems and structures are maintained to ensure basic functions continue. ⚕️Adequate responses are mobilised in response to the additional needs generated by conflict. 🧩There is greater coordination with humanitarian channels. 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫! 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 Becky Carter Jeremy Lind Rachel Sabates-Wheeler Mulugeta Tefera socialprotection.org Abate Tadese Fantahun Gobezie

The latest BASIC Research working paper highlights the importance of #Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) and outlines tangible steps to improve its overall effectiveness and help rebuild the lives of those impacted by recent conflicts. Learn more below. 👇

How to ensure life saving impact that progresses to true human development while recognizing the constantly changing mixture of strains, shocks and opportunities. A constant assessment and example why good questions are better than past answers