Humanitarian Policy Group’s Post

In a recent call for funding, the #GSMAInnovationFund sought applications from small and growing enterprises with projects that can improve access to sustainable digital-enabled solutions for those who are affected by – or vulnerable to humanitarian challenges. This blog highlights some of the trends we saw from the applications. Read now: https://bit.ly/4bwVG3z #UKAid

What does Capitalization Mean in the Context of Humanitarian Response? In humanitarian response context, "Capitalization" refers to the process of systematically collecting, analyzing, and documenting experiences, lessons learned, best practices, and innovations from a project or program. The purpose is to capture knowledge that can be used to improve future interventions, enhance organizational learning, and share valuable insights with other stakeholders. Key aspects of capitalization in humanitarian projects include: Documentation: Recording the experiences, outcomes, and challenges encountered during the project. This can include written reports, case studies, and audiovisual materials. Analysis: Evaluating what worked well, what didn't, and why. This involves a critical assessment of the strategies, methodologies, and tools used in the project. Learning and Sharing: Using the insights gained to improve future projects, inform decision-making, and share knowledge with other organizations, donors, and the broader humanitarian community. Sustainability: Ensuring that the knowledge and practices developed during the project are integrated into the organization's operations and passed on to new team members. Capitalization helps to avoid repeating mistakes, builds on successes, and contributes to more effective and efficient humanitarian responses. #Humanitarian #HumanitarianCrisis #AID

SHIFTING OUR RELATIONSHIPS: We create a collaborative, equitable, and sustainable #network of organisations ready to put the needs of communities at the centre. Our members engage with like-minded organisations to transform the humanitarian sector by adopting and sharing practices that promote #local action and sustainable funding for impact-driven programmes. Know how our members drive impact: https://bit.ly/4dHFCNR

For all who have not seen this yet, a strong policy brief on innovative finance in humanitarian settings. Three key takeaways the study offers and I like to highlight here: For IF in the humanitarian sector to breakthrough and grow recommended is “Ensuring commitment and incentivising scale-up by establishing institutional ‘licence to operate’, strengthening project pipelines and sustaining resourcing. – Investing in, and applying, a stronger evidence base on what works by continuing lesson-sharing, independently evaluating additionalities and designing learning into the innovation cycle. – Forging strong, collaborative, multi-stakeholder partnerships by facilitating mutual literacy, building a committed group of actors and identifying complementarities for co-design.” Same could be said for IF in the humanitarian-development-peace tripple nexus, and the development cooperation sector. Each of us professionals in this field need to keep on pushing these, there is no time to lose.

5 Transformative Ideas for Humanitarian Aid and Development by Implaborate 1️⃣ Sustainable aid strategies: Foster solutions that create long-term impact across water, food security, and education sectors through real-time collaboration. 2️⃣ Real-time project tracking: Avoid resource duplication and ensure aid reaches the right people at the right time with transparent monitoring tools. 3️⃣ Personalized project design: Leverage our platform to create tailored humanitarian programs, including cost estimation and outcome measurement. 4️⃣ Marketplace for skilled professionals: Easily connect with experts and consultants to execute development projects or form specialized teams on flexible terms. 5️⃣ Transparent fund management: Enable donors to directly transfer funds, monitor impact, and measure success through our integrated performance tools. *At Implaborate, we merge vision with action to ensure every resource drives measurable change and transforms lives.* #HumanitarianImpact #SustainableDevelopment #TransparencyMatters #CollaborationForGood #ImplaborateSolutions

📣Spoiler alert: 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 10% 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡. Similarly, less than 3.5% of humanitarian funds from the signatories of Grand Bargain (a platform of donors) were channeled directly to local and national stakeholders, despite their pledge in 2020 to give at least 25%. What does it have to do with claims of "#empowering local people", "champion equity", "strengthening #localgovernance" and "#decolonize the cooperation sector"? - Not much 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫. Those are well known, commented on the offices' hallway; thus, it's a matter of bringing this boldly to a major conversation. Shifting power implies a shifting mindset. It starts with going through hard talks among us, the practitioners, and staff at international cooperation projects. 🚀Some others are moving to the next level, creating movements or projects to forge the transition to #locallyled development, or radically changing funding schemes and partnerships to 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. Aren't they on the frontlines? Isn't their future at stake? If local organizations put the solutions in place, why don't they get the funds? Dylan Mathews, from Peace Direct, makes a point on this:  “For some reason, various governments think their own INGOs are best placed to deal with the challenges around the world, rather than the organizations in those communities”* Shifting power is needed. It might be unpleasant for some groups, but it reclaims what global development must be: fair and equitable. 🔦Want to dive deeper into this? Check www.stoppingassuccess.org, the latest Peace Direct report, "To Southern to be funded" https://lnkd.in/dWT6ujRt and this article about the Grand Bargain: https://lnkd.in/dtVv-F-K --- *Taken from this article: https://lnkd.in/dbANtwKb

Rebecca Hanshaw and Barry Knight explore the widening gap between our evolving world and outdated institutions. As challenges intensify, these institutions risk becoming part of the problem rather than providing solutions. Discover why adaptation is crucial for addressing today's pressing issues! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eYZczzBx #ToolsAndTrends #TAIWeekly #Adaptation #InstitutionalChange #Innovation #SocialImpact Alliance magazine

📢 How do we tackle the barriers to scaling humanitarian innovation?     Our latest report dives into this critical question, sharing insights from 23 practitioners about why humanitarian innovations struggle to scale and what it will take to overcome these challenges.     This isn’t just about deploying more solutions—it’s about ensuring they’re meaningful, inclusive, and impactful at the scale needed.     Discover our findings and explore actionable recommendations that could transform the humanitarian sector.     Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/ej6__GKx     #HumanitarianInnovation #ScalingSolutions #HIF 

Transparent and consultative co-creation with communities is a departure from traditional market systems development approaches to private-sector partnership development but paired with ongoing self-selection ‘filters,’ it can be a powerful tool for avoiding ‘bad actor’ partners. USAID Marketlinks