Outcome report: Stock-take on the IASC Protection Policy and Centrality of Protection
On October 14-15, 2018, the co-chairs of the Centrality of Protection Task Team, OCHA, and InterAction supported the Global Protection Cluster (GPC) to convene a workshop to take stock of implementation of the IASC Policy on Protection in Humanitarian Action (2016) and the IASC Principals Statement on the Centrality of …
Moving Forward Together, Leaving No One Behind: From Stigmatization to Social Cohesion in Post-Conflict Iraq
Iraq has been plagued by decades of internal armed conflict including ethnic, tribal, religious, and sectarian violence as well as unresolved issues in relation to disputed internal territories. Compounding the internal dynamics are numerous regional and international geopolitical interests in Iraq, ranging from Iraq’s natural resources to countering violent extremism. …
Follow-up Findings and Recommendations: InterAction Protection Mission – Myanmar
The internal conflict in Myanmar is perhaps the longest running civil war in the world. With a new democratically elected government entering office in 2016, there was considerable international optimism and hope that the central government would find a new and better way to engage with and address the grievances …
InterAction Protection Mission – Northeast Nigeria
At the request of the Nigeria INGO Forum, InterAction visited Nigeria in July/August 2018 to help identify ways to address the protection concerns arising from the ongoing conflict in the northeast. This report presents key findings and specific recommendations for achieving protection outcomes, including to strengthen protection analysis; invest in …
Report: Preparing the ground for better dialogue, better information, better action: learning from preparedness
In humanitarian crises, people need the right information, at the right time and in the right language, to make potentially life-saving decisions. In recent years, humanitarians have established specialist working groups or inter-agency initiatives with a specific focus on communication with affected communities. The Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme (DEPP) …
Report: Making Operational Decisions in Humanitarian Response: A Literature Review
During a crisis, humanitarian leaders must make a range of decisions while grappling with different types of information (at varying degrees of “completeness”), challenging timelines with life-saving implications, and often a large degree of risk and uncertainty. Effective decision-making which fosters adaptability and creative problem-solving in operational humanitarian response has …
Tool: A Design Experiment: Imagining Alternative Humanitarian Action
Building on the Humanitarian Policy Group’s (HPG) work on remaking humanitarian action for the modern era, HPG, along with their partner ThinkPlace, initiated a design thinking experiment to capture ideas and discussions of major stakeholders to reimagine humanitarian action. The approach aimed to map people’s actual experiences and use those …