Common Needs Assessments and humanitarian action

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

by Richard Garfield, with Courtney Blake, Patrice Chatainger and Sandie Walton-Ellery. HPN Network Paper No.69, January 2011 "Five years ago, the field of needs assessments resembled a tower of Babel. Each agency had its own unproven survey forms and made their own assessments based on little field-based information. ...

Participatory Impact Assessment: A guide for practitioners

Friday, March 4th, 2011

Andrew Catley – John Burns – Dawit Abebe – Omeno Suji, Feintein International Centre, Tufts University, 2008. Available as pdf "Purpose of this guide The Feinstein International Center has been developing and adapting participatory approaches to measure the impact of livelihoods based interventions since the early nineties. Drawing upon this experience, this ...

Joint Humanitarian Impact Evaluation: Report on consultations

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Report for the Inter-Agency Working Group on Joint Humanitarian Impact Evaluation. Tony Beck  January 2011 " Background and purpose Since the Tsunami Evaluation Coalition there have been ongoing discussions concerning mainstreaming joint impact evaluation within the humanitarian system. With pressure to demonstrate that results are being achieved by humanitarian action, the question has ...

Results, risk assessment and management in development cooperation – Towards a Common Approach

Friday, October 29th, 2010

Date: 25 - 26 November 2010 Venue: Nordatlantens Brygge, Strandgade 91, Copenhagen (From ODI website) "The conference is organised by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and co-hosted by The Humanitarian Policy Group at the Overseas Development Institute and the OECD/DAC International Network on Conflict and Fragility (INCAF). Development cooperation is ...

trainings in Evaluation of Humanitarian Action

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

Date: 14-16 June, 2010 and 17-18 June, 2010 Venue: near Brussels Evaluation of Humanitarian Action with ALNAP (Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action) 14-16 June, 2010 This course is an introductory-to- intermediate level course and has the overall aim of ...

Training: Evaluation of Humanitarian Action

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Date: 9-13 November 2009 Venue: Belgium Channel Research wish to draw your attention to two forthcoming coming courses in Evaluation of Humanitarian Action, using materials developed in collaboration with ALNAP. These courses will take place in Belgium on the following dates: 9-11 November 2009 (introductory- to intermediate level) 12-13 November 2009 (advanced level) Full details ...

trainings in Evaluation of Humanitarian Action

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Date: 9-11 November 2009 Venue: Brussels 9-11 November 2009 (introductory- to intermediate level) & 12-13 November 2009 (advanced level) Evaluation of Humanitarian Action with ALNAP (Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action) 9-11 November 2009 This course is an introductory-to- intermediate level course and has the overall aim of making evaluations of ...

ALNAP 8th Review of Humanitarian Action

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

The ALNAP Review of Humanitarian Action series aims to advance analysis and understanding of key trends and issues relating to humanitarian learning and accountability as a means of supporting improvement in sector-wide performance. The 8th Review contains three in-depth studies: Chapter 1: Counting what counts: ...

Training in Evaluation of Humanitarian Action

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Date: 21st-24th June 2009 Venue: Belgium Channel Research and the Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance (ALNAP) are inviting participants for Training in Evaluation of Humanitarian Action, Belgium, 21st-24th June 2009 (actual training dates 22nd-24th June 2009). This course is an introductory-to-intermediate level course and has the overall aim of assisting ...

Participatory Impact Assessment: a Guide for Practitioners

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

The Feinstein International Center has been developing and adapting participatory approaches to measure the impact of livelihoods based interventions since the early nineties. Drawing upon this experience, the guide aims to provide practitioners with a broad framework for carrying out project level Participatory Impact Assessments (PIA) of livelihoods interventions in ...