First CBHA Meeting

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Working togetherfor people in crisis
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• Overview

What is new and different about this? What are
the facts how does it work? Emerging results A
promising future
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What is new and different about this?
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• Whats the problem?

Recent studies and evaluations of global
emergencies identify a need to improve

• Efficiency - The speed and quality of responses
• Coordination information sharing amongst actors
• Leadership skills of humanitarian workers

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• Purpose

To strengthen the coordination and capacity of
NGOs to deliver appropriate, higher quality,
more effective and quicker humanitarian
responses
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• Funding

DFID has awarded the CBHA an initial two-year
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) of 8 Million
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What are the facts (how does it work?)
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Capacity Building Sub-committee CARE, Cafod,
Islamic Relief, Tearfund Implemented by Action
Aid, Oxfam and Save the Children Addresses the
human capacity of member agencies through
initiatives that address core humanitarian
competencies, leadership, surge capacity,
building capacity in existing national and
international staff, and bringing new talent into
the sector
ERF Sub-committee Christian Aid, Merlin,
HelpAge, Plan, World Vision Disburses flexible
pre-positioned funds to NGOs in advance of other
funding to facilitate a rapid response Enables
those agencies that are best placed in each case
to respond All consortium members vote via
teleconference All programmes completed within
30 days
CBHA CONSORTIUM BOARD One member from each
agency
Programme Management Unit
Learning Evaluation Sub-committee Action
against Hunger, Concern, Tearfund and
IRC Systematic feedback and reflective
processes to provide evidence at three levels -
project activities - project impact
sustainability - learning from the process of
collaboration to inform the strategic future of
the CBHA
Technology and Innovation Concern, Merlin, IRC,
Tearfund, Save the Children, Oxfam World
Vision Current work focuses on the open-source
HELIOS humanitarian supply chain software to help
humanitarian agencies improve their supply chain
management Improving supply chain management
will save money and increase speed
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• Activities

• ERF (Emergency Response Fund)

for rapid assistance to affected populations
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ERF Emergency Response Fund

• Speed, transparency and predictability of funding
  is a pre-requisite for aid effectiveness

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• Activities

• Capacity Building Programme

to improve skills leadership of humanitarian
workers to increase availability of skilled
humanitarian workers
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CBHA Capacity Building Programme
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• Activities

• improve supply chain logistics

to improve access to equipment supplies
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• Activities

• Learning and evaluation

to continuously learn and improve
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Emerging results
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• Kyrgyzstan

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• Pakistan

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• Competencies

1. Understanding context
2. Achieving results effectively
3. Collaborative relationships
4. Operating in high risk environments
5. Self-management
6. Leadership in humanitarian response

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The promise for the future
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Strengthening the 3rd Pillar of the International
Humanitarian System
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www.thecbha.org
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Together!