Overview

Humanitarian aid workers are faced with many challenges, from possible terrorist attacks to dealing with difficult stakeholders and securing operational space free from violence. To do their work properly and safely, they need effective intelligence. Humanitarian intelligence refers to the use of investigative and analytical techniques in service of rapid and continuous assessment, project and program development, impact evaluation, and learning. It focuses just as much on how to use early warning indicators to assess risks, evaluate trends, and write early warning analyses as it does provide guidance on the operational design of humanitarian relief efforts. Further, operational security depends on the intelligence analysis. Unlike governments, NGOs’ resources are very limited. Humanitarian intelligence officers hardly have any literature detailing useful current standards and important tools for their analysis needs. Humanitarian Intelligence is the first to provide an overview and a practical guide to the tools and methods of data gathering and assessment, standards of measurement in humanitarian action, interpretation strategies, and operational planning tools. Short hypothetical cases and practical examples illustrate and explain the tools detailed in each chapter. Additional resources including case studies and teaching tools are available online at http://humanitarianintelligence.net .

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Author:   Andrej Zwitter
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:   Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.80cm
Weight:   0.503kg
ISBN:  

9781442249486

ISBN 10:   144224948
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   12 October 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments List of Figures List of Tables List of Tools and Step-by-Step Guides Introduction Chapter 1. What is Humanitarian Intelligence? Chapter 2. Humanitarian Intelligence in the Project Cycle Management Chapter 3. Information Collection, Reliability and Probability Chapter 4. Understanding Complex Contexts Chapter 5. Humanitarian Analysis and Intervention Design Framework (H-AID): Comprehensive Chapter 6. Understanding Actors and their Impact Chapter 7. Social Network Analysis and Interpretation (SNA) Chapter 8. Humanitarian Analysis and Intervention Design Framework (H-AID): Trend Factors Analysis Chapter 9. Operational Planning and Forecasting Conclusion: Recapitulating the Humanitarian Intelligence Cycle Appendices 1. Sample LogFrame for a Rice Production Project 2. Context Dimensions Measurements and Indicators 3. Context Dimensions and Human Rights Correspondence 4. H-AID Trend Calculation 5. Agency Needs Form for Office Opening 6. Planning Check-List for Office Closure Bibliography

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Today humanitarian actors are having to respond faster, stay longer, and constantly find creative solutions to overcoming challenges. Central to meeting the needs of millions of people everyday is the ability of the humanitarian system to gather, interpret and manage information. Humanitarian Intelligence elevates the vital role that intelligence analysis plays in the humanitarian sector. Most importantly, leaders and practitioners alike now have a working framework they can easily and immediately incorporate in their next relief operation. -- Mike Clark, Senior Advisor and Senior Policy Director, Convoy of Hope As the humanitarian paradigm shifts to massive numbers not seen before in history, the ability to collect, analyze and systemize information is more important than ever. Utilizing approaches from experts in intelligence gathering will provide humanitarians and governments with the ability to address needs faster, more adequately and with accuracy to ensure impact. Humanitarian Intelligence is ground breaking and will help revolutionize humanitarian responses in the future. -- Christopher M. Hoffman, MPM, Regional Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs Director, World Vision East Africa Regional Office The World Humanitarian Summit (May 2016) and the Agenda for Humanity are clear: the way the humanitarian community delivers aid and builds resilience needs to change drastically and academia should be at the core of this transformation through the provision of disaggregated reliable data and innovative analysis. Andrej Zwitter, in Humanitarian Intelligence, timely and successfully takes up the challenge and provides all humanitarian stakeholders with a groundbreaking approach to data collection, analysis and processes of decision-making, for the benefit of evidence-based humanitarian programming and project design. His book will truly be a game-changer! -- Joost Herman, President of the Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA)

Author Information

Andrej Zwitter is professor of international relations and program coordinator of the Humanitarian Action Master’s Program specialization on Humanitarian Analysis and Intervention Design at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

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