All people affected by a crisis or emergency are entitled to protection and assistance to meet their basic needs and live in dignity. However, humanitarian aid and international development cooperation organizations face many challenges in coordinating, accessing the most vulnerable people and developing projects in the midst of conflicts and crises.
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Basic concepts of humanitarian aid
Responding to structural problems such as poverty is not the same as responding to disasters, humanitarian emergencies, complex humanitarian emergencies, or protracted humanitarian crises. The response and its objective must be adapted to the context and needs.
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Standards and principles
It is not only about what is done, but how it is done. We must know the humanitarian and protection principles, the essential standard and how to deal with the ethical dilemmas that affect humanitarian aid.
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The humanitarian system
There is an established way for humanitarian actors to collaborate and join forces, as well as challenges common to all, such as those related to security.
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Reforms and changes to the system
A critical analysis of how everything works shows that there is much room for improvement in order to be more efficient and effective and that there are enormous challenges to implement the fundamental reforms that are needed.
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The project cycle
You need to design logical, feasible and relevant interventions, get funding to implement them, monitor their progress and results, and evaluate everything with critical analysis. Easy, isn't it?
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Cross-cutting priorities
There are important cross-cutting issues (or cross-cutting issues) that must always be considered and incorporated in any type of humanitarian intervention, such as gender or environment.
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