Humanitarian Action
GPPi contributes research and advice on humanitarian action from a governance perspective. We support organizations in their quest to maintain the focus on people amidst expanding bureaucratic demands. We ask what it takes to adapt to insecurity while maintaining a principled approach. We accompany reform processes based on a sober analysis of their political economy. We try to understand the roles and interests of different actors involved in the humanitarian sector. Through various methods, we facilitate learning to help organizations improve on what they do and how they do it.
Discussion Papers 1–4: UNHCR’s Engagement in Humanitarian-Development Cooperation
This series of four discussion papers presents the findings of an ongoing longitudinal evaluation of UNHCR’s engagement in humanitarian – development cooperation.
Independent Review of Individual Donor Assessments in Humanitarian Operations
Despite the Grand Bargain commitment to curb individual donor assessments, the number of donor assessments are on the rise. This report demonstrates why this is happening, which donors are responsible and what can be done to better balance the needs and interests of agencies and donors.
Evaluation of WFP Policies on Humanitarian Principles and Access in Humanitarian Contexts
This report assesses how the World Food Programme applies the humanitarian principles and negotiates access, and offers recommendations for improvement.
Understanding the Dynamics of Humanitarian Data Sharing with Donors
Humanitarian organizations are collecting and sharing an increasing amount of data from the people they assist. If not adequately secured, this information can be used to target specific individuals or communities. We are conducing a study on how risks materialize when humanitarian organizations share data on affected people with donors. Based on the findings, we will propose draft principles for better humanitarian data sharing.
Select Projects
Protecting Civilians from Harm
The aim of this project is to strengthen the protection of civilians by finding out how protection actors attempt to influence armies and non-state armed groups to keep civilian populations safe.
Harmonizing Donor Reporting
Complicated reporting requirements are not just an administrative burden – they often eat up time and energy that would be better spent on the humanitarian response itself. We developed a new template to simplify narrative reporting. Then donors, UN agencies and NGOs tested it for two years, with encouraging results.
Evaluating UNHCR’s Engagement in Humanitarian-Development Cooperation
We are taking stock of UNHCR’s level of cooperation with development actors, assessing the effects of this cooperation, and supporting UNHCR in refining its strategy and operational approach.
Evaluating the Humanitarian System’s Response to Droughts in Ethiopia
Between 2015 and 2018, Ethiopia saw severe droughts that triggered a large-scale international humanitarian response. But did it meet its objectives and the needs of affected people?
Experts
Oheneba Boateng
Julian Lehmann
Janika Spannagel
Andrea Binder
Susanna Krüger
Elias Sagmeister
Florian Westphal
Alexander Gaus
Claudia Meier
Julia Steets
András Derzsi-Horváth
Urban Reichhold
Marie Wagner
Funding & Contact
Our funders and clients include: the Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP), the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the European Commission Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (DG ECHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the German Federal Foreign Office (AA), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Phineo, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), the UK Department for International Development (DFID), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the World Food Programme (WFP).
For more information, please contact Julia Steets.
