ALNAP Review of Humanitarian Action in 2004, Capacity Building, Preface

 Last year ALNAP remembered the tenth anniversary of the Rwanda genocide by focusing on how the lessons of the Joint Evaluation of Emergency Assistance to Rwanda (JEEAR) had been applied in recent emergencies. The Joint Evaluation made recommendations on both the timely mobilisation of humanitarian action and the ongoing struggle to address medium- and longer-term needs. It is appropriate therefore that this year’s Review of Humanitarian Action takes stock of lessons learned and applied in these areas.