IASC Weekly Meeting - the Emergency Capacity Building Project
Geneva
Meeting Documents
1. Introduction
Andrea Stewart, ECB Communications Manager, will briefly introduce the Emergency Capacity Building Project: its key aims, and the structure of this innovative inter-agency collaboration.
Background
The Emergency Capacity Building (ECB) Project began in 2005, launched by the Inter-Agency Working Group of INGO Emergency Directors, with the aim to improve the speed, quality and effectiveness of the humanitarian community to respond to emergencies. The ECB Project receives funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department, The Department for International Development DfID, and ITT Watermark, and focuses on the four key areas of 1) Staff Capacity Building, 2) Accountability and Impact Measurement, and 3) Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
2. ECB Simulations
David Hockaday, ECB Global Field Project Manager, will share an update on the implementation of the ECB Simulations Toolkit and training program. David will focus on examples of simulations activities from the Horn of Africa (Uganda and Kenya), Bangladesh and Bolivia consortia, and highlight some of the ECB stakeholders’ key learning from the past two years.
3. Accountability to Disaster Affected Communities
Andrea Stewart, ECB Communications Manager, will present on recent ECB Project inter-agency accountability initiatives. Andrea will focus on the accountability communications and training activities in the ECB Bangladesh and Bolivia consortia, and briefly highlight some recent learning from the Haiti and Pakistan responses. Her presentation will also include a short introduction to The Good Enough Guide to Impact Measurement & Accountability.
4. AOB