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25th ALNAP Meeting
Innovations in International Humanitarian Action
London17th- 18th November
2009
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A man was walking home one dark and foggy night. As he groped his way through the murk he nearly tripped over someone crawling around by a lamp post.
“What are you doing?” asked the traveller.
“I’m looking for my keys” replied the man.
“Are you sure you lost them here?” asked the traveller.
“I’m not sure at all,” came the reply, “but if I haven’t lost them near this lamp I don’t stand a chance of finding them.”
An innovations parable
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Agenda
Improving the humanitarian system
What an innovations lens brings
Key questions for further exploration
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Formal International Humanitarian System: main actors The formal system is made up of
The providers: donor governments, foundations and individual givers
The implementers: Red Cross/Crescent Movement, INGOs; UN agencies and IOM; national and regional civil society
The recipients: affected populations
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There are a number of other key actors who often seen to be outside the formal system, and a number of informal systems which are also of importance
Central but often neglected actorsAffected governmentsThe militaryBusinesses
Informal systems Global remittancesZakat systemFront-line, local humanitarian systems
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International Humanitarian Footprint: staffing
Estimated humanitarian staff 595,200 UN agencies and IOM 49,500 Red Cross/Crescent 48,400 INGOs 112, 900
Aid worker population has increased by 6% over last 10 years
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International Humanitarian Footprint: funding
International humanitarian resources $18 billion 2008
Emergency aid flows $4.4 billion 2007Emergency aid flows $6.6 billion 2008
Humanitarian aid rising faster than official development assistance (ODA)
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RESOURCES
INFORMATION
The system is made up of multiple actors, relationships, resource and information flows
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Over the last 10-15 years, aid agencies have attempted numerous strategies to improve humanitarian work
Three broad, overlapping approaches can be discerned... Focusing on performance and results
Developing codes, standards and principles
Improving participation of affected communities and local ownership
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Many different kinds of change and reform initiatives to help improve the sector
QUALITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, LEARNING, ADVOCACY Sphere, HAP ICVA, Voice ALNAP, PiA URD, Coord Sud
THEMATIC DEVELOPMENT Rights & Empowerment HIV-Aids, Gender LRRD Protection Participatory Approaches
STRUCTURE Clusters Internationalisation / Decentralisation
JOINT ACTION AND PARTNERSHIPS Joint Ventures e.g. ECB,
Good Humanitarian Donorship Capacity Building Programmes Partnership Building e.g. WEF PPPs
BUSINESS PRACTICES Finance & Funds e.g. CERF Leadership e.g. HCs Communications & Media
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But the tendency has been to work within existing mental models and paradigms of aid
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse”Henry Ford
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“...Agencies need to pay as much attention to how they do things, as to what they
actually do...”
As the TEC identified....
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Agenda
Overview of the humanitarian system
Innovations in humanitarian response: key ideas and examples
Burning questions and reflections for the day
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There are three broad kinds of learning in the international system Single-loop learning is undertaken in line with existing practices,
policies and norms of behaviour. The focus is on incremental improvements in practices The lamp light
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There are three broad kinds of learning in the international system
Double-loop learning involves reflection on the appropriateness of existing practices, policies and norms within an organisation.
Conscious process of re-designing products, processes and methods to generate new ways of doing things in response to changing contexts Moving beyond the existing light
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There are three broad kinds of learning in the international system Most challenging is triple-loop learning, which represents the highest
form of organisational self-examination. It involves questioning the entire rationale of an organisation, and can lead to innovative and concurrent transformations in structure, culture and practices Rethinking the light
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What does humanitarian innovation look like in practice?
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Case Studies: Community-based feeding therapy
Utilising corporate knowledge, new products and participatory approaches to transform malnutrition treatment
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Case Study: Cash-based programming
From Clara Barton to the Tsunami
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Case Studies: Use of mobiles in emergencies
Partnerships with leading technology and mobile operators
Cash and food distributions
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Case Studies: Transitional Shelter
Shelter as a process, not a product
Community-led process
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More at the Innovations Fair 6-7pm
Showcasing 23 Humanitarian Innovations
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The 4 P’s
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Innovation Processes
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Innovation contexts are also critical
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Bringing it all together
4 ‘P’s 5 Stages
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Agenda
Overview of the humanitarian system
Innovations in humanitarian response: key ideas and examples
Burning questions and reflections to take forward
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We don’t pretend that we have all the answers! But we do have a good sense of the questions...
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Questions (1)
How can the humanitarian sector create incentives for innovation, while managing the different kinds of risks posed by innovation?
What is the role of codes and standards in promoting and fostering innovation?
What role should evidence – specifically evaluation and research – play in generating, piloting and testing innovations, and what are the related opportunities and challenges?
How can organisational approaches to develop, test and scale up innovations be strengthened?
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Questions (2) What kinds of partnerships are needed for effective innovations in the sector,
and what are the implications for existing relationships? (e.g. consider relations between operational agencies, donors, private sector, academic, counterparts in affected states?)
What kinds of cross-organisational mechanisms can help to foster greater open and collaborative innovation across the sector?
How can humanitarian agencies best utilise new technologies for the benefit of humanitarian innovation?
How can 'user-generated innovations' be made more prominent in the humanitarian sector? How can international humanitarian agencies better capitalise on the innovative potential present in the communities and countries in which they work?
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Innovation is especially important in the context of...
Increasing vulnerability, more disasters, global-local crises (food, fuel, finance)
Changing international order China, Russia, India, Brazil; G8 to G20; etc
Changing disaster management business models Internationally driven (Darfur) Hybrid (Pakistan Earthquake) Nationally owned (Sichuan earthquake)
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In the humanitarian sector, open innovation models may be essential
We will never have the resources of the private sector for innovation
But we must emulate cutting edge-private sector approaches, moving beyond parochial and organisationally-specific view of innovations
Need take a more open, collaborative approach from the outset
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Need to work collectively to look and move beyond the humanitarian lamplight
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...We can't solve
problems by using the
same kind of thinking we
used when we created them...
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Thank you!