Andrew Harper

Last week we discussed the adaptation of the flexible GiveDirectly approach to #AnticipatoryAction flood-response programming in Bangladesh. The riverine #preparedness is of critical importance in the areas around Myanmar's three main rivers: Irrawaddy, Salween and Chindwin. The Emergency Preparedness team is looking at ways to scale up anticipatory and early action with the use of available technology, such as #geotargeting. 💡 #Innovation United Nations OCHA

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Calling NGOs working on #GBV and environment, climate change and biodiversity linkages / including those working on #water security! Join this webinar to learn more about the USAID RISE Challenge and how to apply. https://lnkd.in/eBsKCdRC

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How to work safely, effectively and responsibly in fragile contexts? At Helvetas, we think this boils down to three things: 1. A nexus approach: programmes that work in the nexus of humanitarian, development and peacebuilding action. 2. Adaptive management: ensuring our programme management, partnerships, and security management adapt to the context and are conflict sensitive 3. Agile support: having the human resources, infrastructure and financial set-up that enables us to act and adapt quickly. Thank you to Ms. Adam Diouf and Andrew Wilson for sharing their insights about what this means in practice in Burkina Faso and Myanmar. To read more about our vision of Keeping Fit for Fragility and how we plan to get there, check out our action plan https://lnkd.in/exyVprMJ #triplenexus #fragility

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Brilliant piece by Matthew Tebbutt based on a great discussion paper co-written with various local actor partners who work with Christian Aid. Definitely bringing the needed questions to the table. Here are my favorite: 1) If people say they want cash, why do so many processes also rely on us proving they can spend it responsibly?  2) Cash is an inherently simple concept, amid the need for consolidation, interoperability, digitisation etc is there a way for us to find a way back to the basics for smaller scale actors?  3) Can we understand scale better by looking at the combined impacts of multiple small interventions rather than just through the lens of efficiency? #localization #localactors #locallyledresponses #CVA

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How does technology impact and shape the experiences of survivors of gender-based violence? What role does Trust & Safety work play in mitigating GBV, disinformation, online hate, and threats to women and LGBTQI+ politicians, journalists, and public figures? Looking forward to discussing all these crucial issues on a panel Friday at ICPD@30 with Marwa Azelmat, Yael Eisenstat, Runa Sandvik, Caitlin Augustin, and Andrea Jones-Rooy. Thanks to Nora Piay Fernández, Stephanie M., and Alexandra Robinson for elevating TFGBV in this conversation. #trustandsafety #TFGBV #techsafety #onlinesafety #genderequity #ICPD30

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So happy to have contributed to this program and helped #CSOs and #networks to strengthen their #safeguarding mechanisms!! #protection #IASC #FCDO #Humanitarian #Development #GBVprevention #Policymaking #inclusion #equity #LeaveNoOneBehind #SDGs2030

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Evidence from local actors in Myanmar demonstrates that, while established with good intentions, international agencies’ frameworks and requirements can have unintended negative consequences, causing harm for local systems and actors: they can impede funding flows for essential aid delivery; they are often unfeasible in complex and unstable contexts; they can undermine and divert essential resources from emergency responses; they can increase security risks for local aid workers and vulnerable communities; they can preclude local procurement and responses that strengthen local economies; they can erode trust in aid partnerships; and they can push local actors toward ‘unethical’ practices.

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Tomorrow, at the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council, my colleague Palmo Tenzin, along with Dechen Pemba and Lhadon Tethong from Tibet Action Institute will speak about the recent protests in #Tibet against mega hydropower projects that threaten to destroy Tibetan cultural heritage, lead to forced relocation and which are endangering the environment. The side event is to spotlight these tremendously impactful projects, which observers simply call "crazy". #china #environment

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#Syria: 13 years of killing; of enforced disappearances, abductions, torture, displacement & deprivation. 13 years of terrible loss, & aching grief. The conflict has gone on too long. My Office's core team has begun designing search plans & is ready to alleviate the suffering of people on all sides of the conflict. My message to Governments today at the UN General Assembly: We need your full cooperation with the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in Syria so it can begin delivering on its mandate. The Institution can make an important contribution to justice, reconciliation and peace, but needs the support of all parties. This goes beyond politics. It goes to the heart of the principle of human solidarity, and to our unity in the face of suffering. https://lnkd.in/ea_dy-8Q

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Urban #Refugees in Burundi are struggling with increasing flooding! The recent flooding in Burundi has brought with it a devastating impact, particularly for vulnerable urban #refugee populations. https://lnkd.in/gA9m-jht https://lnkd.in/g_Hyg4RQ The flooding has exacerbated the already precarious conditions faced by refugees in Burundi, many of whom have fled conflict and persecution in neighboring countries. It has also affected severely their hosting communities. Urgent action is needed to ensure their safety and well-being, including access to emergency shelter, food, clean water, and medical care. #BurundiFloods #RefugeeCrisis #HumanitarianAid Amina Bouarour; R. Valeria Cerza,

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The Community Insight Survey for Cash-Based Programs, by iMMAP Inc and CVWG in Afghanistan, provides valuable insights into the effectiveness of cash-based humanitarian assistance in the country. The survey covers various provinces across diverse regions of Afghanistan and sheds light on the positive effects of cash assistance on household well-being, while also identifying significant gaps in meeting basic needs, particularly in areas of food, healthcare, and education. Additionally, the survey highlights the diverse preferences among recipients regarding the type and frequency of cash assistance. This emphasizes the importance of designing flexible programs and creating linkages with resilience and alternative economic security activities. for more check out here. https://lnkd.in/dhbZdifp. iMMAP Inc. Çağrı Çebişli NORCAP - part of the Norwegian Refugee Council CALP Network

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We've had such a positive response to the USAID Theory of Change Workbook (linked below). Recently, a development organization unrelated to USAID - the Stockholm Environment Institute - reached out sharing how they used the workbook in Iraq and Bolivia to both create a new theory of change and revise an existing one. I asked Carla Liera to write that up for the wider development community (link below as well) on USAID Learning Lab. Thank you, Carla! Some of my key take-aways from what she shared: (1) For the critical first step - contextual analysis - don't answer every SINGLE question in the workbook. Pick the context questions that are most relevant to your context and needs. (2) Assign a facilitator. You need both an overall process facilitator because creating or revising a theory of change may not happen in just one sitting. And you also need a strong meeting facilitator who can help participants focus and keep moving forward in specific sessions. I would also add that it can be easy to get mired in making the ToC "perfect." It never will be, so don't try. Go for "good enough for now." Just make it the best you can with the information and people you have at the time and then keep learning from implementation and adapting it as you go. Links: - ToC workbook: https://lnkd.in/g5jvJybf - Use case blog:https://lnkd.in/eRVqYhPq #theoryofchange #USAID USAID Learning Lab

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New report from UNAMA: De Facto Authorities’ Moral Oversight in Afghanistan: Impacts on Human Rights. Since its establishment, the activities of the de facto MPVPV have already had negative impacts on the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms in various aspects of life for people living in Afghanistan, with a discriminatory and disproportionate impact on women. https://lnkd.in/dHvVAf6X

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Direct funding to local and national actors, as a share of total humanitarian assistance is only 1.2%, would be good to see the key players walking the walk instead of the pledging and not following through we consistently see #Charter4Change #Localisation

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Interesting perspective. One could elaborate further on the branding concept…

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this kind of visualization is highly valuable to ask so what questions for critical analysis and decision making.

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The United Nations ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment, the annual meeting of UN members on humanitarian issues is happening right now, at a time when the world is in crisis. War is raging. Human rights violations unabatted. Hunger and starvation is rising. Protection is deteriorating, and humanitarian needs are sky high. Yet funding is lacking, leaving people on the brink of starvation in OPT, Sudan, South Sudan, DRC, Myanmar, Haiti, Burkina Faso, and so many places. Sudan. #Sudan is falling further as we speak. People are fleeing. Women, children, the old, with disabilities. As we speak. Displacement and chaos is in full swing, as we speak. Sexual violence against women and girls grows by the day. As we speak. Sudan is the largest displacement crisis in the world right now and seems to be getting worse. This week at #ECOSOCHAS we give attention to Sudan including creating space to hear from local women's organizations. Please keep talking about Sudan. And keep the calls for peace and human rights. #keepeyesonsudan #ceasefirenow #womensrights #IHL #endGBV #freepalestine World Food Programme FAO International Rescue Committee USAID - Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance European Commission IGAD Save the Children International UN Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) Network FEMNET - African Women's Development and Communication Network Oxfam Sida Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada

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