Transforming surge capacity project evaluation

The Transforming Surge Capacity Project (TSC Project) was launched by the Start Network in January 2015 as one of 14 projects under the UK Department for International Development’s (DfID) three-year Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme (DEPP). The project sought to improve surge capacity across the sector by increasing the capacity of surge personnel; piloting joint rosters to improve organisational surge capacity; and building evidence for collaborative and localised surge approaches. The consortium of 11 UK-based humanitarian agencies and two technical partners1 worked through two national platforms in Pakistan and the Philippines; an Asian regional platform based in Bangkok, Thailand; and a global platform in London, UK.