Post on 30-Jun-2015
The role of standards for evidence-based humanitarian response
28th ALNAP Annual MeetingWashington D.C., March 2013
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Standards vs. Indicators
• StandardQualitativeUniversal & applicable in any disaster situation
• IndicatorA ‘signal’ – has the standard been attained?Measurable
• All people have safe and equitable access to a sufficient quantity of water for drinking, cooking and personal and domestic hygiene . . (Water supply standard 1: access and water quantity (p.87))
• Average water use . . . is at least 15l/person/day• Maximum distance . . . to water point is 500m• Queueing time . . . no more than 30 minutes
Basis for Standards & Indicators
• Desk-top Exercise?Sphere office team pulling standards and indicators from the air
• Experience?Application of ‘common sense’
• Best Practice?Application of experience acceptable across the sector
• Evidence?Scientific and technical approaches
Technical standards, core standards & protection principles
• INEE, SEEP, Psychosocial, Child Protection, Gender, LEGS etc.
• HAP, People In Aid etc.
• Core standards and protection principles
And finally . . . .
• Standards provide benchmarks
• Skill to work with standards
• No single right way to apply standards
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