IASC Weekly Meeting: ALNAP briefing 'The State of the Humanitarian System'
Geneva
Meeting Documents
I. The State of the Humanitarian System: Assessing performance and progress
Mr. Paul Harvey (Partner, Humanitarian Outcomes and lead author of the report) and Josh Harris (Communications Officer of ALNAP) will present the findings of ALNAP’s State of the Humanitarian System pilot report. According to ALNAP, the report represents the most comprehensive effort to date of assessing the performance and monitoring the progress of the international humanitarian system.
Relevant Documents
Background
ALNAP is a unique sector-wide network in the international humanitarian system, made up of key humanitarian organisations, INGOs, UN agencies, the Red Cross/ Crescent movement, donors, research institutions and leading experts in the field. The ALNAP membership works together to improve performance, learning and accountability within the International Humanitarian System and to share ideas, lessons and innovations.
The Report
For the first time, the size, shape, resources and overall performance of the international humanitarian system has been collated and assessed in the pilot study. The study, commissioned by ALNAP and carried out by consultants from Humanitarian Outcomes, uses systematic collation of data on the funding, resources, actors and global scope of the international humanitarian community to examine how the system is performing and consider where it goes from here. By advancing the understanding of the current status, the ALNAP State of the System Report, presents a baseline against which future progress can be measured.
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