Real-Time Response Review of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Emergency Appeal for People Fleeing Myanmar

Author(s)
Schenkenberg van Mierop, E. & Thomas, M.
Publication language
English
Pages
41pp
Date published
27 Mar 2018
Type
Real-time evaluation
Keywords
Accountability to affected populations (AAP), Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM), Multi-sector/cross-sector, Forced displacement and migration, Host Communities
Countries
Bangladesh
Organisations
Disasters Emergency Committee, HERE-Geneva

The influx of over 670,000 people from Myanmar into Bangladesh since 25 August 2017 has been one of the largest refugee movements in recent history, creating a critical international humanitarian emergency. In response to this crisis, the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) – a United Kingdom (UK)-based charity that brings together 13 leading UK aid agencies – launched an Emergency Appeal for People Fleeing Myanmar on 4 October 2017 to mobilise funds for its members’ humanitarian responses.

As part of the DEC’s standard practice for appeals, the DEC went to tender and contracted the Humanitarian Exchange and Research Centre (HERE), an independent think-tank, to carry out a Real-Time Response Review (“Review”) of the DEC member agencies’ initial responses. The Review is meant to take stock of members’ achievements, to identify remaining challenges, and to share learning to inform the next phase of the response.