Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Opportunities:

Job announcement: Consultant for a Study on the Impact of ICVA's Work [info]
- Application deadline is 30 November 2017.

Survey: The State of the Humanitarian System (SOHS), Online [info]
- Submit responses by 30 November 2017.

Publications:

Crisis Modifiers: A Solution for a More Flexible Development–humanitarian System? (ODI, Nov. 2017) [text]

"Future Role Aspirations, Achievement Motivations and Perceptions of Personal Help-seeking among Humanitarian Aid Trainees," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 2:12 (Nov. 2017) [open access]

Guide for Governments: International Humanitarian Action (OCHA, Nov. 2017) [text]

How Can We Use Evidence to Allocate Resources? (ALNAP, Sept. 2017) [text]

Humanitarian Evidence Week, 6-12 Nov. 2017 [access]
- Follow link for blog posts about and recordings of events held on "topics related to generation, use and dissemination of evidence in the humanitarian sector."

The Humanitarian System Needs Development Partners – Podcast with the UN’s Mark Lowcock (CGD Blog, Oct. 2017) [info]
- Follow link for podcast.

OECD DAC Clarifies Rules on In-donor Aid Spending for Refugees (Devex, Nov. 2017) [text]
- See also earlier related Devex article and ODI comment.

Saving Lives, Building Resilience, Reforming the System: The UK Government’s Humanitarian Reform Policy (DFID, Sept. 2017) [text]
- See also related ODI comment.

"Who is Your Constituency? The Political Engagement of Humanitarian Organisations," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 2:9 (Oct. 2017) [open access]

Why a Commonly Held Idea of What Aid Workers are Like Fails to Tell the Full Story (The Conversation, Nov. 2017) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance (17 Oct. 2017)

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