Publication Year: within 25 Years / Topic: Context

Author:: Leah Campbell
Publication Date:: 04-2018
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: ALNAP: Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance
Abstract:: Recognition of the need for humanitarian response to be ‘context relevant’ has been increasing. It comes up in discussions on coordination, accountability, localisation, and effectiveness and is now broadly accepted as something humanitarian response should be striving towards. Despite this awareness, there is little clarity about what context relevance looks like or how to achieve it. In order to explore whether ‘context tools’ can help improve humanitarians’ ability to think and act more effectively in urban environments, this paper asks the following questions: • What is context? • Do we need to understand it to respond more effectively to urban crises? If so, why? • What are ‘tools to understand context’? How do these differ from one another, and from other sorts of analysis? • How can humanitarians use these tools most effectively?
Topic:: Urban, Humanitarian Response, and Context
Political Geography:: United Kingdom and Europe

Author:: ALNAP
Publication Date:: 07-2018
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: ALNAP: Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance
Abstract:: This brief list of dos and don'ts draws key findings from ALNAP's latest study - 'What's missing? Adding context to the urban response toolbox', and includes 10 quick tips to bear in mind when using any context tool.
Topic:: Urban, Methodology, Guidelines, Humanitarian Response, and Context
Political Geography:: Global Focus

Author:: ALNAP
Publication Date:: 09-2018
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: ALNAP: Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance
Abstract:: Would you like to better understand the context you’re operating in, but aren’t sure where to start? ‘What’s Missing? Adding Context to the Urban Response Toolbox’ is a new study from ALNAP, part of a broader research initiative exploring how humanitarian response can be more effective in complex urban areas. This resources sets out 8 simple steps, on how you can begin using context tools in humanitarian response, by drawing key findings from the study.
Topic:: Urban, Methodology, Guidelines, Humanitarian Response, and Context
Political Geography:: Global Focus

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