ALNAP
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ALNAP is a sector-wide network in the international humanitarian system made up of key international humanitarian organisations and experts. Established in 1997 following the multi-agency evaluation of the humanitarian response to the Rwandan Genocide
, ALNAP provides the humanitarian sector with a forum to address issues of accountability and learning, as well as producing research and analysis of shared challenges facing the humanitarian sector.
The ALNAP Secretariat is hosted by the Overseas Development Institute
in London.
Donors- AECID; AusAID; Canadian International Development Agency
; DANIDA; DFID; European Community Humanitarian aid Office; Irish Aid; JICA
; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Germany; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands; NZAID; Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
; Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
; Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
; USAID
UN agencies- FAO
; OCHA
; UNICEF; UNDP; UNHCR; WHO
; WFP
Red Cross and Red Crescent movement- British Red Cross
; ICRC
; IFRC
International and national NGOs- Action Against Hunger
; Africa Humanitarian Action; All India Disaster Mitigation Institute; CAFOD
; CARE (relief agency); Catholic Relief Services
; Christian Aid
; DARA (international organization); Danish Refugee Council
; Disasters Emergency Committee
; Focus Humanitarian Assistance
; Global Hand; Humanitarian Accountability Partnership; ICVA; International Rescue Committee
; Mercy Malaysia
; MSF-Holland; Norwegian Refugee Council
; OFADEC; Oxfam
; People In Aid; RedR
; Save the Children
; Sphere Project
; Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response; Tearfund
; Voice; World Vision
Academic establishments, research institutions and independent consultants- DARA; Glemminge Development Research AB; Groupe URD; ; IECAH; Humanitarian Futures Programme
; Oxford Brookes University
;Overseas Development Institute
; Tufts University
ALNAP Observer Members are individuals with a keen interest in humanitarian performance issues, who wish to keep up to date with ALNAP's activities and events.
Responding to earthquakes 2008: Learning from earthquake relief and recovery operations Lessons paper (PDF)
Guide to Real Time Evaluations.
The Evaluative Reports Database (ERD), a collection of over 1,000 evaluation reports, lessons studies, reviews, synthesis reports and good practice studies
ALNAP forum and blogs, an interactive area with discussions among ALNAP members, with much of the information and activity visible to non-members.
(TEC) was a unique learning and accountability initiative established in February 2005 to carry out joint evaluations of the response to the Asian earthquake and tsunamis of 26 December 2004. The TEC was hosted by ALNAP and the ALNAP secretariat was responsible for managing the day to day operations of the project.
In July 2011, ALNAP took part in a move to strengthen it's collaboration with three other quality and accountability initiatives in a review their effectiveness and impact. The other organisations involved were The Sphere Project, Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP) International, and People In Aid
.
Rwandan Genocide
The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass murder of an estimated 800,000 people in the small East African nation of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days through mid-July, over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate...
, ALNAP provides the humanitarian sector with a forum to address issues of accountability and learning, as well as producing research and analysis of shared challenges facing the humanitarian sector.
The ALNAP Secretariat is hosted by the Overseas Development Institute
Overseas Development Institute
The Overseas Development Institute is one of the leading independent think tanks on international development and humanitarian issues. Based in London, its mission is "to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement...
in London.
Members
ALNAP Full Members include agencies and individuals from five key constituencies that make up the international humanitarian sector:Donors- AECID; AusAID; Canadian International Development Agency
Canadian International Development Agency
The Canadian International Development Agency was formed in 1968 by the Canadian government. CIDA administers foreign aid programs in developing countries, and operates in partnership with other Canadian organizations in the public and private sectors as well as other international organizations...
; DANIDA; DFID; European Community Humanitarian aid Office; Irish Aid; JICA
JICA
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; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Germany; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands; NZAID; Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation is a directorate under the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Its task is to ensure effective foreign aid, with quality assurance and evaluation. NORAD both finances NGOs, and does its own research and projects. The current director general is...
; Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency is a government agency of the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Sida is responsible for organization of the bulk of Sweden's official development assistance to developing countries....
; Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation is an office-level agency in the federal administration of Switzerland, and a part of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs...
; USAID
UN agencies- FAO
Fão
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; OCHA
Ocha
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; UNICEF; UNDP; UNHCR; WHO
Who
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; WFP
Red Cross and Red Crescent movement- British Red Cross
British Red Cross
The British Red Cross Society is the United Kingdom branch of the worldwide impartial humanitarian organisation the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The society was formed in 1870, and is a registered charity with over 31,000 volunteers and 2,600 staff. At the heart of their work...
; ICRC
International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross is a private humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland. States parties to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977 and 2005, have given the ICRC a mandate to protect the victims of international and...
; IFRC
International and national NGOs- Action Against Hunger
Action Against Hunger
Action Against Hunger is an international humanitarian organization with a focus on ending world hunger. Action Against Hunger specializes in responding to emergency situations of war, conflict, and natural disaster...
; Africa Humanitarian Action; All India Disaster Mitigation Institute; CAFOD
CAFOD
The Catholic Agency For Overseas Development, previously known as the Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, is a United Kingdom-based international aid agency working to alleviate poverty and suffering in developing. It is funded by the Catholic community in England and Wales, the UK government...
; CARE (relief agency); Catholic Relief Services
Catholic Relief Services
Catholic Relief Services is the international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. Founded in 1943 by the U.S. bishops, the agency provides assistance to 130 million people in more than 90 countries and territories in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and...
; Christian Aid
Christian Aid
Christian Aid is the official relief and development agency of 40 British and Irish churches and works to support sustainable development, alleviate poverty, support civil society and provide disaster relief in South America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Africa and Asia...
; DARA (international organization); Danish Refugee Council
Danish Refugee Council
Danish Refugee Council is a private Danish humanitarian organisation, founded in 1956. It serves as an umbrella organization for 33 member organizations....
; Disasters Emergency Committee
Disasters Emergency Committee
The Disasters Emergency Committee is an umbrella group comprising fourteen UK charities. These charities are all associated with disaster related issues such as providing clean water, humanitarian aid and medical care....
; Focus Humanitarian Assistance
Focus Humanitarian Assistance
Focus Humanitarian Assistance is an international group of agencies established in Europe, North America and South Asia to complement the provision of emergency relief, principally in the developing world...
; Global Hand; Humanitarian Accountability Partnership; ICVA; International Rescue Committee
International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee is a leading nonsectarian, nongovernmental international relief and development organization based in the United States, with operations in over 40 countries...
; Mercy Malaysia
Mercy Malaysia
MERCY Malaysia is a non-profit organization focusing on sustainable health related development and risk reduction activities for vulnerable communities in crisis and non-crisis situations...
; MSF-Holland; Norwegian Refugee Council
Norwegian Refugee Council
The Norwegian Refugee Council is an independent, humanitarian non-governmental organisation which provides assistance, protection and durable solutions to refugees, internally displaced persons, and returnees worldwide. NRC promotes and protects the rights of people who have been forced to flee...
; OFADEC; Oxfam
Oxfam
Oxfam is an international confederation of 15 organizations working in 98 countries worldwide to find lasting solutions to poverty and related injustice around the world. In all Oxfam’s actions, the ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives...
; People In Aid; RedR
RedR
RedR is an international NGO whose stated mission is to “rebuild lives in times of disaster by training, supporting and providing aid workers to relief programmes across the world.” It was originally an acronym for Register of Engineers for Disaster Relief, although it is no longer used as...
; Save the Children
Save the Children
Save the Children is an internationally active non-governmental organization that enforces children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries...
; Sphere Project
Sphere Project
The Sphere Project was launched in 1997 to develop a set of minimum standards in core areas of humanitarian assistance. The aim of the project is to improve the quality of assistance provided to people affected by disasters, and to enhance the accountability of the humanitarian system in disaster...
; Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response; Tearfund
Tearfund
Tearfund is a UK Christian relief and development agency which works in over 50 countries. It is a founding member of both the Micah Network and the Disasters Emergency Committee.-History:...
; Voice; World Vision
World Vision
World Vision, founded in the USA in 1950, is an evangelical relief and development organization whose stated goal is "to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of...
Academic establishments, research institutions and independent consultants- DARA; Glemminge Development Research AB; Groupe URD; ; IECAH; Humanitarian Futures Programme
Humanitarian Futures Programme
The Humanitarian Futures Programme is an action research programme based within the School of Social Science and Public Policy at King’s College London....
; Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes University is a new university in Oxford, England. It was named to honour the school's founding principal, John Brookes. It has been ranked as the best new university by the Sunday Times University Guide 10 years in a row...
;Overseas Development Institute
Overseas Development Institute
The Overseas Development Institute is one of the leading independent think tanks on international development and humanitarian issues. Based in London, its mission is "to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement...
; Tufts University
Tufts University
Tufts University is a private research university located in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. It is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and on the eastern border of France...
ALNAP Observer Members are individuals with a keen interest in humanitarian performance issues, who wish to keep up to date with ALNAP's activities and events.
Current publications and resources
State of the Humanitarian System Report (PDF)Responding to earthquakes 2008: Learning from earthquake relief and recovery operations Lessons paper (PDF)
Guide to Real Time Evaluations.
The Evaluative Reports Database (ERD), a collection of over 1,000 evaluation reports, lessons studies, reviews, synthesis reports and good practice studies
ALNAP forum and blogs, an interactive area with discussions among ALNAP members, with much of the information and activity visible to non-members.
Past Activities
The Tsunami Evaluation CoalitionTsunami Evaluation Coalition
The Tsunami Evaluation Coalition was a unique learning and accountability initiative in the relief and development sector. It was first established in February 2005 to carry out joint evaluations of the response to the Asian earthquake and tsunamis of 26 December 2004.The TEC had over 50 member...
(TEC) was a unique learning and accountability initiative established in February 2005 to carry out joint evaluations of the response to the Asian earthquake and tsunamis of 26 December 2004. The TEC was hosted by ALNAP and the ALNAP secretariat was responsible for managing the day to day operations of the project.
In July 2011, ALNAP took part in a move to strengthen it's collaboration with three other quality and accountability initiatives in a review their effectiveness and impact. The other organisations involved were The Sphere Project, Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP) International, and People In Aid
People In Aid
People In Aid is an international, not-for-profit membership organisation with offices in the UK, Australia and East Africa. It's aim is to improve organisational effectiveness within the humanitarian and development sector worldwide by advocating, supporting and recognising good practice in the...
.
See also
- International DevelopmentInternational developmentInternational development or global development is a concept that lacks a universally accepted definition, but it is most used in a holistic and multi-disciplinary context of human development — the development of greater quality of life for humans...
- Human securityHuman securityHuman security is an emerging paradigm for understanding global vulnerabilities whose proponents challenge the traditional notion of national security by arguing that the proper referent for security should be the individual rather than the state...
- Information and Communication Technologies for DevelopmentInformation and Communication Technologies for DevelopmentInformation and Communication Technologies for Development is a general term referring to the application of Information and Communication Technologies within the fields of socioeconomic development, international development and human rights...
(ICT4D) - Law and developmentLaw and developmentLaw and development is an interdisciplinary study of law and economic and social development. It examines the relation between law and development and anlyzes how to use law as an instrument to promote economic development, democracy and human rights....
- List of development aid agencies
- Non-governmental organizations
- Consortium of British Humanitarian AgenciesConsortium of British Humanitarian AgenciesThe Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies consists of 15 UK based NGOs - ActionAid, Action Against Hunger, CARE International UK, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Concern Worldwide UK, Helpage International, International Rescue Committee, Islamic Relief Worldwide, Merlin, Oxfam GB, Plan International...