Annual report 2007-08
Message from ALNAP Chair
2007 was ALNAP’s 10th birthday and we celebrated in a colourful tent in the remote Drôme provençale, at the 21st Biannual Meeting hosted by Groupe URD. 2007/8 also saw the development and launch of a new five-year Strategy, which was completed and approved by the Membership at the 22nd Biannual, hosted by OCHA’s Regional Office for West Africa in Senegal.
We were keen to ensure that the Strategy reflected the collective thinking and will of the Membership, and went to great lengths to use as inclusive an approach as possible. We were delighted to witness the very high level of collaboration and engagement from the membership and we have no doubt that the content and final Strategy benefited enormously as a result.
The Strategy provides us with a road map to become a more global and utilisation-focused network. We are optimistic that ALNAP will be able to stimulate positive changes. Part of this will be through timely and targeted dissemination of lessons and good practices gleaned from evaluations, and research. No less important is ALNAP’s role in facilitating dialogue and discussion, and enhancing engagement with new, non-traditional actors and platforms to discuss major issues affecting our work.
It has been an exciting and busy year and this report provides the highlights of what the Network and the Secretariat have been undertaking. These include the production of the 7th Review of Humanitarian Action, the production of real time lessons papers on specific humanitarian crises, and the Biannuals. Also this year was the launch of a number of innovative and exciting initiatives, not least the Humanitarian Performance Project. There are exciting times ahead for all those involved in ALNAP.
As always, we would like to thank you for your commitment and contribution to ALNAP and look forward to working with all of you over the coming year.
Eleanor Monbiot, Chair
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