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GPPi experts
Recent publications
András Horváth (2013)
India as a Humanitarian Donor in the 21st Century: The Seeds of a More Ambitious Role
Paper for BASAS Annual Conference, 3-5 April 2013, University of Leeds
Urban Reichhold, Andrea Binder, Norah Niland (2013)
Scoping Study: What Works in Protection and How Do We Know?
Report for UK Department for International Development (DFID)
Kai Koddenbrock (2013)
The "Failed-State" Effect: Statebuilding and State Stories from the Congo
In Routledge Handbook of International Statebuilding (eds. David Chandler, Timothy D. Sisk)
András Horváth (2013)
Piggy Banks and Unequal Partners: Non-Western Powers in Humanitarian Action
AlertNet, 11 February 2013
Kai Koddenbrock (2012)
Recipes for Intervention: Western Policy Papers Imagine the Congo
International Peacekeeping, 19 (5), pp. 549-564
Andrea Binder, Claudia Meier (2012)
Opportunity Knocks: Why Non-Western Donors Enter Humanitarianism and How to Make the Best of it
International Review of the Red Cross, 93 (884), pp. 1135-1149
Julia Steets, Urban Reichhold, Elias Sagmeister (2012)
Evaluation and Review of Humanitarian Access Strategies in DG ECHO Funded Interventions
Evaluation report
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, rising 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. The institute is a full member of the Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action, and it makes its publications available to the wider humanitarian community through ReliefWeb, an online resource for humanitarian information and analysis.
Current projects
February 2013 – June 2013
Forgotten Crises and Underfunded Sectors in Humanitarian Action: How Can Germany Make a Difference?
GPPi is providing academic input to the June 2013 convention of the Humanitarian Aid Coordinating Committee with regard to a German strategy for addressing forgotten crises and underfunded sectors.
October 2009 – June 2013
Humanitarian Assistance: Truly Universal?
This research project aims to develop a deeper understanding of the norms, interests, policies and operational procedures shaping the humanitarian aid of selected non-Western donor countries.
January 2012 – December 2013
Policy Development for the European Union's Humanitarian Aid Department (DG ECHO)
The European Union’s humanitarian aid department, DG ECHO, has asked GPPi and two partners to support its policy development.
February 2013 – April 2014
Security and Development: A Transatlantic Civil Society Dialogue
The dialogue is a process for civil society organizations in the EU and the US to provide constructive input into the official EU-US Development Dialogue on policies for addressing the nexus of security and development, particularly around fragile states, peace- and state-building.
June 2013 – November 2014
Strengthening Child Protection in Development Cooperation
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Development and Economic Cooperation has asked GPPi, in collaboration with the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, to carry out a study on the promotion of child protection in international development cooperation.
Completed projects
October 2012 – January 2013
Scoping Study: What Works in Protection and How Do We Know?
The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) has commissioned GPPi to carry out a scoping study to analyze how different humanitarian actors address the challenge of measuring the impact of their protection interventions.
December 2011 – October 2012
Evaluation of OCHA’s Regional Office in West and Central Africa
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has commissioned GPPi to conduct an in-depth evaluation of its regional office for West and Central Africa, located in Dakar, Senegal.
November 2011 – June 2012
Evaluation and Review of Humanitarian Access Strategies in DG ECHO-funded Interventions
The European Union’s humanitarian aid department, DG ECHO, asked GPPi to evaluate the strategies used by aid organizations to gain access to populations in crisis contexts.
August 2011 – February 2012
Food Security: A Mapping of European Approaches
The German Marshall Fund of the United States asked GPPi to head up a study on European approaches and activities supporting food security in Sub-Saharan Africa.
August 2011 – January 2012
Evaluation of the ProCap and GenCap projects
For UN OCHA, GPPi evaluated two projects meant to address civilian protection and gender issues during humanitarian emergencies.
March 2011 – January 2012
Humanitarian Coordination in a Changing World
UN OCHA asked GPPi researchers to head up the research for a study about the history and future of humanitarian coordination.
October 2010 - August 2011
The Role of Transition Funds in Bridging Relief and Development
On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the GTZ commissioned GPPi to analyze efforts to link relief, rehabilitation and development in German assistance.
March 2011 – July 2011
Evaluation Framework for the UN Somalia Assistance Strategy
The UN asked GPPi to support the monitoring and evaluation of its Somalia assistance strategy, which focuses on social services, poverty reduction as well as good governance and human security.
April 2010 – June 2011
Uniting on Food Assistance
Promoting Evidence-Based Transatlantic Dialogue and Convergence
July 2010 – October 2010
Real-Time Evaluation of UNICEF’s Response to the Sa’ada Conflict in Northern Yemen
GPPi assessed the performance of UNICEF relief activities in Northern Yemen during the ongoing conflict.
April 2010 – July 2010
Inter-Agency Real-Time Evaluation of the disaster response to the Haiti Earthquake
On 12 January 2010, an earthquake with the magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale struck Haiti’s capital Port au Prince and its surrounding areas...
July 2009 – May 2010
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...
January 2008 - December 2009
Raising the Bar
Enhancing transatlantic governance of disaster relief and preparedness
April 2008 - April 2009
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...
April 2007 - March 2008
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)...
March 2006 – June 2007
Corporate Engagement in Disaster Preparedness and Humanitarian Response
In recent years commercial actors have begun to play a growing role in development assistance and conflict prevention.
June 1999 – December 1999
Global Public Policy Case Studies
In 1999, the team for what was then the Global Public Policy Project commissioned case studies on new forms of collaboration between the public sector, civil society and business.