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Resource Type

Description

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Article

Challenges system of actors to shift organizational focus from scale to impact.

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Guide

Inclusive approach to development work, assessing and involving ecosystem of actors.

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Guide

A growing online resource to help individuals and organisations find their starting point and navigate the humanitarian innovation journey.

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Guide

57 clear-to-use design methods for new and experienced practitioners, and from-the-field case studies of human-centered design in action.

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Guide

This module introduces concepts of sustainable and ethical global health programs, including research, service delivery, and training experiences, their potential unintended consequences for communities, and suggested solutions for optimizing positive impacts for all involved through practiced self-reflection and partnership.

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Video

Ernesto Sirolli proposes that the first step is to listen to the people you're trying to help, and tap into their own entrepreneurial spirit.

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Concept Paper

Paper reflecting current global trends in the humanitarian/development field advocating for collective outcomes that reduce risk and vulnerability and serve as instalments towards achieving the SDGs.

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Guide

 Matthew Breman (OLAM member) challenges the sector to address issues of power and justice.

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Report

Report that addresses ways in which the aid and development sectors can work towards improving power dynamics between developed and developing countries.

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Guide

Tools/methods for design thinking - useful for project design

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Guide

Process and practice to invoke stances and values to ground and focus your design practice, and to provide process guidance for your design practice.

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Guide

Guide for all international development and humanitarian organizations to recognize, adopt, and adhere to a minimum level of gender equality mainstreaming.

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Handbook

Sphere’s flagship publication, the Sphere Handbook, is one of the most widely known and internationally recognised sets of common principles and universal minimum standards in humanitarian response.

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Handbook

The Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) outlines what good humanitarian action looks like for communities and people affected by crisis, and the staff and organisations involved in a response.

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Guide

Guide for the responsible use of power in humanitarian action, combined with effective and quality programming that recognizes the dignity, capacity, and abilities of communities of concern.

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Toolkit


Toolkit that provides concrete guidance and tools to mainstream protection into organizational programmes and throughout the humanitarian program cycle; as well as allows humanitarian practitioners to monitor and evaluate the impact of mainstreaming protection principles into their programs and activities.

Framework

Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) is a set of practices that help us improve our development effectiveness. Integrating CLA into our work helps to ensure that our programs are coordinated with others, grounded in a strong evidence base, and iteratively adapted to remain relevant throughout implementation.

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Guide

Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) is an approach that catalyzes change and development based on utilizing the existing gifts and capacities of people and their communities.

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*Please note that due to the volume of resources, OLAM has not vetted all the resources on this list.