Learning from the tsunami: mid-term review

This study is essentially a survey of lessons learned. Ultimately the real lessons need to focus more pragmatically on how RC/RC systems can be changed and improved rather than simply on descriptions of what the changes should be. The current study can hopefully serve as a starting point for prioritising lessons and form the basis for further efforts to follow-up in developing “how-to” guides for the lessons, sharing these lessons broadly throughout the RC/RC Movement, and identifying ways that various RC/RC partners can draw on these lessons and support broader change in their own activities.

To better support such follow-up, the current report is structured to present key findings and “blueprints” of suggested recommendations for the 3 core areas of fundraising, communication, and coordination within the Federation. There are certainly many other areas that are also worthy of consideration, and several of these have been captured in a fourth set of related lessons. However, ultimately further efforts will be needed to capture learning, particularly on areas more closely related to implementation and specific sectoral topics. The current study is meant to drive the consideration of the issues presented and to present a framework for ongoing dialogue around recommendations and commitments for follow-up across the Federation. In that sense the blueprints of recommendations, in particular, should be thought of as a work in progress.