Delivering in a moving world…

The humanitarian community knows that it will need to respond each year to natural disasters, such as earthquakes, typhoons, droughts and others—we just don’t know exactly when or where they will strike or how many people will be affected. While the HSC is prepared to react to these diverse events, it must also continue to service protracted crises, which can create complications. This report highlights tangible changes that will make a real difference in humanitarian operations and overcome these challenges.

To do so, we pose six questions and provide recommendations for implementation based on humanitarian response case studies, including the Nepal earthquake response, the West Africa Ebola outbreak, Super Typhoon Haiyan, and others. The questions and recommendations within this paper are drawn from interviews with nearly 40 practitioners conducted between February 2015 and April 2016 and through both grey and academic literature