Webinar: Planning with Evidence: Cutting edge practices

Evidence is essential for effective, ethical, and accountable humanitarian action. But how should it be used in planning humanitarian programming? For the first webinar in a new series dedicated to evidence, ALNAP was joined by four organisations to find out more about their ground breaking work in answering this question.

Since 2010, 3ie has been creating evidence 'gap maps' to inform development and humanitarian policies and programmes. 3ie hosts an interactive online platform for its evidence gap maps. 

Through their joint Humanitarian Evidence Programme, Oxfam GB and the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University have commissioned a set of eight evidence syntheses. The topics and questions for these syntheses were identified through a survey of humanitarian practitioners on evidence and research priorities.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has developed an interactive version of their organisational Outcomes and Evidence Framework—a set of tools that define high-level outcomes, outline theories of change to achieve those outcomes, and collate the best available research evidence—to guide IRC staff and other humanitarian practitioners in designing and delivering high-impact response programs. 

During the webinar, the presenters discussed their ground breaking work, the challenges they’ve faced, and the practical relevance of these tools for humanitarian policy and programming staff. There was also a unique opportunity for webinar participants to receive a guided tour of, and provide feedback on, the beta version of the IRC's Outcomes and Evidence Framework ahead of its official launch.