Paper details

Paper authors	Kevin Savage
In panel on	Collaborative humanitarian research – creating stronger pathways for impact
Paper presenter(s) will be presenting	In-Person / Online

Abstract

How can research and humanitarian communities collaborate more successfully to improve the impact of humanitarian action?

Over the last 5 years World Vision’s organizational strategy and structure have been explicitly designed around the generation and use of evidence, including research-based evidence, across its core focus areas and sectors. This provided a foundation for WVI to make three commitments at the WHS in Istanbul with respect to research:
• to increase its investment in humanitarian research and learning and to collaborate with others...
• to taking concrete steps to ensure that humanitarian action is based on high quality evidence… by investing in research… [And] developing this more evidence-based humanitarian sector through collaborations…
• [specifically] invest in research to improve cash transfer programming and strengthen complementarity with child-sensitive national social protection systems

WV has been fulfilling these commitments through partnerships with research institutions, through engagement in various humanitarian co-ordination fora and mechanisms that are attempting to develop consensus on research priorities for the humanitarian community, and actively aiming to incorporate research in its programming and participation of staff. This presentation draws on the experience of WVI over the last five years to reflect on the key questions of the panel.

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