Work Streams:
Overview
Global Trends
Authors:
Jan Kellett
We believe that the changing patterns of humanitarian crises, the links between chronic poverty and vulnerability to risk, and the long-term practice of spending the bulk of humanitarian funding in pr...
Find out moreGovernments
Authors:
Lisa Walmsley
& Kerry Smith
Government donors and the European Commission (EC) play a very large part in shaping the international humanitarian response, accounting for US$12.8 billion (76%) of the estimated US$16.9 billion tota...
Find out moreFinancing Mechanisms
Authors:
Hannah Glanville
Country-level pooled funds and the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) were established to improve humanitarian effectiveness at country level and equity at a global level. To date the four main hu...
Find out moreDelivery
Authors:
Velina Stoianova
At the sharp end of humanitarian response is the final delivery of aid to individuals, families and communities. For people in need, delivery agencies – United Nations agencies, funds and programmes...
Find out moreDomestic Response
Authors:
Jane Keylock
By coordinating the response to funding humanitarian emergencies and post-conflict activities, the humanitarian community aims to greatly increase the effectiveness of action taken to address the need...
Find out moreConflict & The Military
Authors:
Lydia Poole
Our conflict and the military workstream looks at trends in a range of official government resource flows into conflict affected states. We believe collecting and tracking this data will contribute to...
Find out moreScale of Needs
Authors:
Lydia Poole
& Velina Stoianova
Providing assistance in accordance with assessed humanitarian need is a core humanitarian principle but there exists no comprehensive measure of humanitarian needs that allows objective comparison of ...
Find out moreData & Guides
Authors:
Lisa Walmsley
The data workstream is about trying to give and get access to information on humanitarian aid that we can all use and understand. We’re starting with trying to help you navigate your way around, pub...
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