In 2015 the IRC and Mercy Corps joined forces to launch ADAPT (Analysis Driven Agile Programming Techniques) to research, innovate and field test adaptive management techniques for the sector. In South and Central Syria, a partner-led relief program demonstrated how situational awareness must be built deliberately to inform strategic decisions in a crisis.

In 2015 the IRC and Mercy Corps joined forces to launch ADAPT (Analysis Driven Agile Programming Techniques) to research, innovate and field test adaptive management techniques for the sector. In Uganda’s Acholi region, an agricultural market development program underlined the importance of leadership and organizational culture in driving teams to improve.

A Safe Healing and Learning Space (SHLS) is a secure, caring and predictable place where children and adolescents living in conflict and crisis settings can learn, develop and be protected. The SHLS Toolkit provides child protection and education practitioners with all of the content needed to initiate an SHLS program.

Sixty million people are fleeing their homes, two-thirds within their own countries and the rest crossing borders to seek refuge. While the world has never been more generous in responding, offering $28 billion in 2015, the $15 billion gap between humanitarian needs and available financing has never been so wide. We need better aid to make the greatest impact with scarce resources and overcome the challenges of modern displacement.

Urban settings require different approaches to delivering assistance and supporting populations compared to rural areas or refugee camps.

This document provides humanitarian organizations an outline of the resourcing decisions needed when designing, setting up and implementing a client feedback and response mechanism.

This briefing paper makes the case for staff to invest in client responsiveness, and outlines goals and strategies for the organization and the sector.

An abundance of emergencies in the Philippines, Central African Republic and South Sudan set a turbulent precedent for 2014.

In support of the IRC’s core mission—to respond to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and help people to survive and rebuild their lives—the IRC’s Emergency Preparedness & Response Unit (EPRU) is committed to responding to humanitarian emergencies anywhere in the world within 72 hours.

For most people, the word ‘refugee’ still conjures up images of endless rows of white tents spread out on a dusty field. But this picture no longer tells the full story of life for refugees in the 21st century. According to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), over half of the world’s refugees now live in the slums of some of the world’s biggest cities such as Bangkok in Thailand, Amman in Jordan, and Nairobi in Kenya. Today, refugees fleeing conflict or persecution at home are more likely to seek refuge in towns or cities than in urban areas. Of the world’s 10.5 million refugees, an estimated 6 million reside in urban areas.