Global Public Policy Institute
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Germany
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E-Mail gppi@gppi.net
Recent Publications
Julia Steets, François Grünewald, Andrea Binder, Véronique de Geoffroy,Domitille Kauffmann, Susanna Krüger, Claudia Meier, Bonaventure Sokpoh
IASC Cluster Approach Evaluation, 2nd Phase, April 2010 (French)
Julia Steets, Daniel S. Hamilton (eds)
Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) and the Center for Transatlantic Relations (CTR) at Johns Hopkins University
Julia Steets, Dan Hamilton, Andrea Binder, Kelly Johnson, Kai Koddenbrock, Jean-Luc Marret (2009)
GPPi Action Paper (for a smaller version click here)
Andrea Binder, Jan Martin Witte (2007)
Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG), 14 June 2007
Humanitarian Assistance
Today, humanitarian assistance is one of the most dynamic areas of global governance. The demand for an international response to humanitarian crises is on the rise. This increase relates to a growing vulnerability of large parts of the world’s population to the effects of war and natural disaster due to factors such as changing forms of warfare, climate change, urbanization, population growth, raising food prices, and the scarcity of water and energy. The humanitarian assistance provided has also grown significantly. Humanitarian aid budgets are on a consistent rise, as are the actors providing this assistance.
The increase of humanitarian actors in combination with amplified linkages between humanitarian assistance and other global issues challenge the effectiveness of the humanitarian system. As a result, humanitarians intensively discuss how assistance should and can be effectively provided both in light of these challenges and in the spirit of the humanitarian principles of neutrality, impartiality and independence. The debate is accompanied by essential and significant reform processes, aiming at making humanitarian assistance more predictable, accountable and inclusive.
GPPi contributes to the improvement of humanitarian assistance through in-depth analysis, global dialogue, and the evaluation of humanitarian assistance programs.
Current Projects
Real-Time Evaluation of UNICEF’s Response to the Sa’ada Conflict in Northern Yemen
GPPi conducts an evaluation of UNICEF’s relief activities in Northern Yemen to assess the agency’s performance during an ongoing conflict there since 2004.
Uniting on Food Assistance
Promoting Evidence-Based Transatlantic Dialogue and Convergence
Inter-Agency Real-Time Evaluation of the disaster response to the Haiti Earthquake
On January 12th 2010, an earthquake with the magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale struck Haiti’s capital Port au Prince and its surrounding areas...
Humanitarian Assistance: Truly Universal?
Mutual respect and common interests as entry points for cooperation with non-Western humanitarian donors
Completed projects
Cluster Approach Evaluation Phase II
The Cluster Approach is one of several pillars of the humanitarian reform aiming to improve the effectiveness of international humanitarian...
Raising the Bar: Enhancing transatlantic governance of disaster relief and preparedness
The Raising the Bar Project is designed to enhance transatlantic coherence and cooperation in humanitarian action...
Implementing the Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the Gender Standby Capacity Project (GenCap)
It is a well-established fact that gender issues matter greatly in humanitarian situations. Yet, the different needs and capabilities of women, girls, boys, and men in situations of crisis are more often than not overlooked in the rush of emergency...
Corporate Engagement in Disaster Preparedness and Humanitarian Response
For decades, companies have occupied a secondary presence in humanitarian relief, providing goods and services to dominant humanitarian actors contracting their assistance...
Development of a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the Gender Standby Capacity Project (GenCap)
The Interagency Standing Committee Sub-Working Group on Gender in Humanitarian Action made a sustained and coordinated attempt to introduce gender expertise into humanitarian situations through the Gender Standby Capacity Project (GenCap)...