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   The role of networks in the international humanitarian system

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 30 May 2011

   HPG Commissioned Reports

   Sarah Collinson

   This study recognises that assessing the importance of networks depends not only on exploring how well individual networks function, but on how networks interact to influence particular and global humanitarian actions and outcomes.

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2. POSTPONED - Côte d'Ivoire: from development success to neglected emergency?

   Event - Public event - 5 May 2011 10:30 - 12:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

   We regret to inform you that the ODI public event ‘Côte d'Ivoire: from development success to neglected emergency?’ has been postponed. Unfortunately, the urgent nature of the situation in Côte d'Ivoire has meant that key stakeholders and speakers are no longer available to attend the event. A new date for this event will be announced soon. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

   This public event will reflect upon the Côte d’Ivoire crisis, its historical context and, with competition for media attention from the emergencies in Libya and Japan, the ongoing response of the international community.

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3. The UK's review of humanitarian aid: an agenda for radical change?

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 4 April 2011

   Last year, the British government commissioned three independent reviews of its international assistance. Last week saw the release of the Humanitarian Emergency Response Review (HERR), looking at how the UK should respond to rapid-onset humanitarian emergencies.
   
   ODI's Humanitarian Policy Group respond to the HERR, suggesting that if DFID takes the review on board, the changes will be felt far beyond the sphere of UK-funded aid.

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4. 

   Durum. Dissemination session to JEM (Justice and Equality Movement) combatants.

   Durum. Dissemination session to JEM (Justice and Equality Movement) combatants.
   License: ODI given rights
   Credit: CICR/HEGER, Boris
   Source: ICRC
   

   Humanitarian negotiations with armed non-state actors

   Projects - April 2011 to March 2013

   This project aims to better understand how aid agencies engage with ANSAs, and how humanitarian engagement ultimately affects access to protection and assistance for vulnerable populations. It will seek to examine various issues and country case studies that illuminate this engagement in difficult political and security environments. This includes what lessons can be learned from experiences of negotiations and dialogue with ANSAs to ensure that vulnerable populations are better able to access assistance and protection. It will also explore the risks inherent to this engagement, including the moral dilemmas that often arise and the compromises that agencies make in order to gain access.

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5. HPG Integrated Programme 2011-13

   Projects - April 2011 to March 2013

   This is the tenth Integrated Programme (IP) of work proposed for funding by the Humanitarian Policy Group at ODI. The projects in the IP form the core of HPG’s research work in 2011-13, combining policy-related research, publications, public events and direct engagement with a wide variety of stakeholders in several countries.

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6. Strengthening principled humanitarian response capacities

   Projects - April 2011 to January 2013

   The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and the Humanitarian Policy Group is undertaking a study on strengthening principled humanitarian response capacities. This study seeks to examine the challenges to adhering to these principles in practice and how donor funding restrictions can hamper the ability to provide principled humanitarian assistance.

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   Herbert Hoover and the European Relief Council

   Brooklyn NY, Herbert Hoover and Miss Kitty Dalton of the Knights of Columbus inspecting supplies to be sent to starving European children by the European Relief Council.
   License: Public Domain
   Credit: Underwood & Underwood
   Source: Herbert Hoover Presidential Museum
   

   Global history of modern humanitarian action

   Projects - March 2011 to March 2015

   This research project seeks to promote the use of history in the practice and policy-making of humanitarian action. The aim is to help the sector better understand its history and make greater use of historical analysis and lessons in current discussions and debates aimed at improving humanitarian action.

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8. The search for coherence: UN integrated missions and humanitarian space

   Event - Round-table - 11 March 2011

   The integration between aid and politics is widely seen in the humanitarian sector as a cause of contracting humanitarian space, as humanitarians lose their independence and neutrality and are associated with contested political projects. This meeting discussed these trends and the evidence for integration negatively affecting humanitarian space.

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9. Counter terrorism and humanitarian action

   Event - Round-table - 21 February 2011

   This meeting explored the extent to which the ‘criminalisation of aid’ following 9/11 has affected humanitarian space in various settings, and discuss appropriate and possible responses.

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10. Politicisation and securitisation of Aid: challenges to humanitarian space in Somalia

    Event - Round-table - 14 February 2011

    This meeting discussed key challenges affecting humanitarian space in Somalia. It has a particular focus on how humanitarian and political interventions have interacted over time and the impact this relationship is having on the acceptance of humanitarian action and the security of aid workers.

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