22 March 2023

Thematic Focus: Humanitarian Assistance

Course:

Operational Research for Humanitarians (Univ. of Geneva) [info]
- Available on Coursera.

Blog posts & press:

"Earthquake funding gap exposes larger fault lines for emergency aid sector," The New Humanitarian, 21 March 2023 [text]

Engagement and disengagement (NCHS Blog, March 2023) [text]

How do photos of our work make a difference? (Australian Red Cross, ) [text]

"ICRC funding woes fuel internal debate, fears of operational cuts ahead," The New Humanitarian, 17 March 2023 [text]

It’s all relative: the humanitarian principles in historical and legal perspective (Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog, March 2023) [text]

Race and erasure: why the world’s other humanitarian crises don’t see the same response as Ukraine (The Conversation, March 2023) [text]

*Syrian earthquake devastated an area that was already a disaster zone – and highlights the vital role of local aid groups (The Conversation, March 2023) [text]

Reports:

Annual Report 2022 on Sustainable Energy (UNHCR, March 2023) [text]

“Co-investigators but with different power”: Local voices on the localization of humanitarian research (Tufts Univ., Feb. 2023) [text]
- See also related webinar recording below.

Compendium: Protection-Sensitive Access to Lighting (UNHCR, Dec. 2022) [text]

*Humanitarian action is the answer to fewer and fewer of today’s humanitarian crises (Humanitarian Practice Network, March 2023) [text]

Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation of the COVID-19 Humanitarian Response (Inter-Agency Standing Committee, March 2023) [access]
- Follow link for report, summary and Annex. See also related learning paper.

Is the Humanitarian Sector Practicing What It Preaches? What an examination of refugee response framework in Jordan tells us about the humanitarian sector’s real feelings on localization, impartial aid, and humanitarian principles (Locally Led, Feb. 2023) [access]
- Follow link for report, policy brief & executive summary. 

Joint Statement on Locally-Led Humanitarian Action in Ukraine, Launched at the National Workshop
on Localizing Humanitarian Aid in Ukraine, 17 Feb. 2023 [access]
- See below for video recordings of the discussions.

Lessons in Multilateral Effectiveness: Humanitarian Organisations - Rethinking Effective Humanitarian Organisations (MOPAN, June 2022) [text]

People-centRED approach: Strengthening local-to-global capacities (Red Cross EU, March 2023) [text]

Protection Advocacy Toolkit (Global Protection Cluster, NEAR, Oxfam & ODI, 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, vol. 13, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"Moving humanitarian-military relations forward: a new typology," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 8:2 (Feb. 2023) [open access]

Seven Years of Reflection (Alternatives Humanitaires = Humanitarian Alternatives, Feb. 2023) [text]
- Provides a "selection of articles [that give] an overview of the work that the review mobilises, disseminates and conveys."

"The stagnation of innovation in humanitarian cash assistance," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 8:4 (March 2023) [open access]

Multimedia:

From a Humanitarian to a Development-led Approach: What is Needed to Achieve Nationally Owned and Locally Led Solutions to Internal Displacement, 21 March 2023 [access]

*The Localization of Humanitarian Research Webinar, 9 March 2023 [access]

National Workshop on Localizing Humanitarian Aid in Ukraine, 17 Feb. 2023 [access]

*UPDATED

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