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General discussion

Voluntary participation of members of the public in disaster management and its effectiveness  24 May 2013  /  141 views  /  4 replies

Evidence Aid Resources for Earthquakes updated  22 May 2013  /  34 views  /  0 replies

PhD studentship at Queens University Belfast, now available for research into Evidence Aid  16 May 2013  /  41 views  /  0 replies

7 topics

Accountability, beneficiary participation and feedback

Using video as part of M&E processes?  12 November 2012  /  628 views  /  0 replies

Applying the Do No Harm principle to downward accountability  1 October 2012  /  672 views  /  1 reply

Experiences in using the Participation Handbook  23 February 2012  /  1,709 views  /  10 replies

4 topics

Coordination and networks

Design of centralized command with decentralized approach: A gateway for better coordination between civil and military agencies in Multi-Agency Disaster Management Systems?  15 October 2012  /  2,019 views  /  26 replies

How the different agencies are working in Unified Command System?  14 October 2012  /  1,226 views  /  9 replies

Coordination mechanism as the cause of conflicting relationships between governments and international agencies in disaster emergency response?  22 August 2012  /  1,466 views  /  6 replies

18 topics

Evaluation and learning

A call for evidence-based decision-making in humanitarian response  23 April 2013  /  450 views  /  0 replies

Evaluating humanitarian training  11 April 2013  /  576 views  /  3 replies

Training on Quality and Accountability (Q&A)  11 April 2013  /  161 views  /  0 replies

2 topics

Humanitarian leadership

Giving leadership a chance - create a new funding mechanism  17 September 2012  /  513 views  /  0 replies

Leadership in action. Where next for effective leadership in humanitarian operations?  27 July 2011  /  5,381 views  /  36 replies

9 topics

Innovation

INASAFE  20 August 2012  /  678 views  /  0 replies

How to foster a culture of innovation and "honorable risk"  1 February 2012  /  1,024 views  /  0 replies

Innovations update for 2012  10 January 2012  /  1,360 views  /  0 replies

4 topics

National governments in international humanitarian response

Politicisation of humanitarian action  15 April 2011  /  2,778 views  /  9 replies

26th ALNAP Meeting- Starting the conversation  30 March 2011  /  3,567 views  /  16 replies

Video updates from the 26th ALNAP meeting  30 November 2010  /  1,801 views  /  2 replies

3 topics

Humanitarian response in urban crises

The forum area for the Urban Humanitarian Response Portal

Webinar follow-up: Understanding the city better as the key to disaster response and reconstruction - UN Habitat's experiences  24 April 2013  /  251 views  /  0 replies

Calling local government representatives to participate in UN-Habitat's City Resilience Profiling Programme  5 December 2012  /  916 views  /  0 replies

Sharing knowledge on urban crises  17 September 2012  /  677 views  /  0 replies

2 topics

Surveys

Helping select 10 priority topics which need evidence in disasters/humanitarian crises: SURVEY OPEN TO 1 MAY 2013  10 April 2013  /  90 views  /  0 replies

Humanitarian aid workers: Have your say!  6 March 2013  /  145 views  /  0 replies

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Blogs

Paul Knox Clarke

Let's hear it for the monolith

By Paul Knox Clarke on 12 April.

As the humanitarian community worries about increasing fragmentation, perhaps it's time to think about the upside of a diverse and complex system, suggests Paul Knox Clar... Read on  (0 comments)

John Mitchell

Avoiding 'evidence wars' in humanitarian aid

By John Mitchell on 22 March.

As I returned to my seat after presenting the ALNAP meeting paper on evidence I wondered what would happen next? Two distinguished and eminent thinkers, Mary Anderson an... Read on  (0 comments)

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