World Vision and Save the Children, in association with the Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) and the Sahel Working Group, invite you to discuss the findings of "Ending the Everyday Emergency", a new report on the challenge of strengthening resilience in the Sahel. Wendy Fenton, HPN Coordinator will be chairing the event.
At this validation workshop experts highlighted the role of development framework in post 2015 era and stressed on the need to better utilize development support in both the unmet MDG targets and in new areas such as climate change and sustainable development.
The workshop aims to ensure that 3ie grantees are familiarised with principles, processes and tools of evidence-informed policy influencing, research communication strategies and principles for measuring policy impact of research and can use these to build on and improve their policy engagement strategies. John Young, Caroline Cassidy and Ajoy Datta will be facilitating the workshop in collaboration with representatives from 3IE
As Cyprus takes over the presidency of the council of the European Union, the council held a workshop on cash transfer programming in emergencies. Sarah Bailey presented an HPG report: The impact of cash transfers on nutrition in emergency and transitional contexts.
This discussion, hosted by the Associate Parliamentary Group on Sudan and South Sudan, will focus on the important events in South Sudan and Sudan from the past year, including the achievements and challenges for both countries. Crucially, it offers an opportunity to look forward to the futures of South Sudan and Sudan, and the role the UK Government can play in contributing towards peace and development. Sara Pantuliano is one of the panelists for this event.
PSO held an event to launch a new learning brief ‘Fragile relationships – building a strong and resilient civil society in South Sudan’.
Sara Pantuliano (ODI/HPG) and Johan te Velde (PSO) spoke at the event.
This workshop served to convene project partners to flesh out plans outlined in the funding proposal. Ajoy Datta represented the ODI and served a resource person on policy and public engagement
A discussion evening to debate the meanings of 'resilience' and the impact it is having on the humanitarian aid sector. Simon Levine was a panellist at this event.
This workshop considered the different types of impact required within social and natural science research, humanitarian and development policy and practice, that is demanded when engaging with directly affected communities. The forum shared views from across those engaged in monitoring and evaluation of impact from across these different communities, considered how each considers ‘impact' and identified how best to develop indicators of shared relevance. Ajoy Datta provided insights from his recent work on the political economy of knowledge uptake.
This conference explored the state of the art of research communication and research uptake for development as they exist today, how the field might develop in the future and how we can improve our practice in the light of robust research evidence. Through presentations and participatory discussions participants will critically examine some commonly held ‘truths’ about research communication.
Ajoy Datta contributed to the session on the demand side and spoke to a truth that policymakers engage with arguments that are informed by interests, values and anecdotes and research as well as other forms of knowledge.