Sharing Views and Experiences of NGOs in Working in Clusters: A NGO investigation

SHARING VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES OF NGOS IN WORKING IN CLUSTERS
The NGOs and Humanitarian Reform Project is an NGO-led project being carried out by a consortium of six international NGOs that include ActionAid (lead agency), CAFOD, CARE UK, the International Rescue Committee, Oxfam GB, and Save UK, along with ICVA. The project aims to improve the effectiveness of humanitarian aid carried out using the mechanisms of the humanitarian reform process (clusters, funding, and improved coordination through the leadership of the Humanitarian Coordinator system). The project places particular emphasis on increasing the level of effective engagement in the reform system for international, national, and local NGOs through firstly mapping situations in five countries (Afghanistan, Ethiopia, DR Congo, Sudan, and Zimbabwe). Following the mapping, the project aims to improve partnerships between humanitarian actors; to increase accountability towards beneficiaries and programme impact on those receiving humanitarian aid; and, at the global level, to influence international policies related to humanitarian action.

AN NGO INVESTIGATION
ICVA is contributing additionally to the project by collecting feedback from NGOs on their cluster experiences in countries extending beyond those listed above, via the attached ‘rolling survey’ questionnaire.

The questionnaire focuses solely on the cluster ‘pillar’ of the reform process and your experience and views of working in (a) cluster(s). The second version (see below) was sent to some of the project consortium NGOs’ Country Directors working in cluster countries, in addition to our colleagues who previously responded.

YOUR INPUT
If you would like to complete the most up-to-date questionnaire, we would be delighted. Please note, that we would like to track any relevant developments that your organisation experiences, and may contact you with questions in addition to re-sending the next version of the questionnaire once it has been adapted. It should take around 20 to 30 minutes to complete, and we request that you return it, by e-mail to: secretariat@icva.ch. Responses will not be attributed.

Project Documents
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	ICVA Cluster Investigation: Sharing views and experiences of NGOs in working with the clusters [Word] (posted: 13 August 2009)
	Questionnaire 1 for NGOs working with clusters - August 2008 [Word] (posted: 13 August 2009)
	Questionnaire 2 - For NGOs working with clusters [Word] (posted: 13 August 2009)
	Message sent to ICVA Members - March 2009 [Word] (posted: 13 August 2009)
	ICVA Cluster Investigation - Compilation of NGO Responses - March to July 2009 [Word] (posted: 13 August 2009)