The Handbook serves as a guide to the normative framework for humanitarian action, operational approaches, coordination structures, and available tools and services that facilitate the mobilization of humanitarian assistance. It particularly emphasizes the roles and responsibilities of the UN Resident Coordinator (RC) and the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) in leading and coordinating inter-agency humanitarian action, as well as the essential skills, competencies, and qualities of an effective humanitarian leader.
The Handbook does not prescribe specific actions, as approaches to humanitarian action and priorities may vary based on the specific context and type of emergency.
The evaluation serves as an independent assessment of the collective efforts of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) member organizations in addressing the needs and priorities of the world's most vulnerable people in the context of COVID-19.
This briefing paper summarizes discussions from the third session of the humanitarian coordination learning stream, which emphasised the importance of understanding how the NGO fora and consortia function and how NGOs can engage in these structures. The session provided examples of good practice of...
The evaluation serves as an independent assessment of the collective efforts of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) member organizations in addressing the needs and priorities of the world's most vulnerable people in the context of COVID-19.
