Reports and Resources
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Brussels Speech 7 September
Summary of David Miliband's speech in Brussels.
Global Alliance for Urban Crises - Adapting Global Crisis Response to an Urban World Action Plan - Commitments
The Global Alliance for Urban Crises is a global, multi-disciplinary and collaborative community of practice. It is a ‘network of networks’ working to prevent, prepare for and effectively respond to humanitarian crises in urban settings. The Global Alliance for Urban Crises (the Alliance) is an initiative that arose out of consultations for the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS), during which a number of committed organisations led an urban expert group and developed a series of Urban Recommendations. The Alliance is the vehicle through which these recommendations will be put into action. It is guided by a series of principles as laid out in the Urban Crises Charter. The Alliance will be formally launched during a Special Session at the WHS, where institutional and joint commitments will be made by Alliance partners and delivered over the next three to five years.
Emergency Preparedness & Response
In support of the IRC’s core mission—to respond to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and help people to survive and rebuild their lives—the IRC’s Emergency Preparedness & Response Unit (EPRU) is committed to responding to humanitarian emergencies anywhere in the world within 72 hours.
Saving lives and rescuing futures: recommendations for a humanitarian and sustainable Union Resettlement Framework
Saving lives and rescuing futures: recommendations for a humanitarian and sustainable Union Resettlement Framework
IRC's Client Voice and Choice initiative and Ground Truth Solutions pilot case study X: standardisation
The IRC is working to incorporate preferences, aspirations, and expectations of those we serve into humanitarian programming. This document examines standardization in client feedback.
IRC's Client Voice and Choice initiative and Ground Truth Solutions pilot case study C: health in Syria
The IRC is working to incorporate the preferences, aspirations, and expectations of those we serve into humanitarian programming. This document examines an IRC health program in Syria.
IRC's Client Voice and Choice initiative and Ground Truth Solutions pilot case study B: protection in South Sudan
The IRC is working to incorporate the preferences, aspirations, and expectations of those we serve into humanitarian programming. This document examines the IRC’s South Sudan protection program.
IRC's Client Voice and Choice initiative and Ground Truth Solutions pilot case study A: integrated community case management in South Sudan
The IRC is working to incorporate the preferences, aspirations, and expectations of those we serve into humanitarian programming. This document examines a health program in South Sudan.
Making the case and making the difference: strategies to promote client-responsive humanitarian aid
This briefing paper makes the case for staff to invest in client responsiveness, and outlines goals and strategies for the organization and the sector.
Client responsiveness—resourcing considerations for project teams
This document provides humanitarian organizations an outline of the resourcing decisions needed when designing, setting up and implementing a client feedback and response mechanism.