Briefing Paper: How can we improve decision-making in humanitarian coordination?

Author(s)
Knox Clarke, P.
Publication language
English
Pages
18pp
Date published
01 Jun 2016
Type
Conference, training & meeting documents
Keywords
Capacity development, Local capacity, Coordination, Cluster coordination, Leadership and Decisionmaking
Organisations
ALNAP

This briefing paper is part of an ongoing research initiative on humanitarian coordination.

It outlines key issues and questions related to decision-making, one of the four themes that will be discussed at ALNAP’s meeting ‘Working Together to Improve Humanitarian Coordination’ in London on 30 June to 1 July 2016. In particular, it will concentrate on decision-making within the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) coordination mechanism (Clusters, inter-Cluster and humanitarian country teams, or HCTs).

Alongside this paper, ALNAP has also produced additional materials for background context including a video on the same topic, which can be accessed at
www.alnap.org/coord-meeting.