While this may seem straightforward, it can be quite challenging in practice:

• Data may be difficult to obtain due to restricted access to affected areas, security concerns, or disrupted data collection systems, leading to gaps in critical information. The chaotic nature of crises can result in incomplete, outdated, or inconsistent data.
• Humanitarian crises are dynamic and can change rapidly, requiring analysts to continually update their assessments, which can be resource-intensive.
• Bias plays a significant role in humanitarian analysis, affecting both the accuracy and effectiveness of responses in various ways.

However, there are good practices that can mitigate these challenges, such as improved collaboration and data sharing between organizations, the use of diverse teams to minimize bias, and tailoring analyses to specific target groups (e.g., diplomats, front-line workers).

The Humanitarian Analysis Quickie will provide an overview of the challenges and best practices to help understand the needs, vulnerabilities, and capacities of affected populations, ultimately informing decision-making for effective humanitarian responses.

Trainer

Zakaria Abd Alnafee, currently based in Erbil, Iraq, is an experienced humanitarian professional who has worked with various organizations. He is also an alumnus of the ACAPS/NRC Humanitarian Analysis Bootcamp.

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A „Humanitarian Quickie“ is a basic 60 minutes online session comprising an experts input, Questions and Answers, peer-exchange and debate. The individual sessions are intended to give interested staff in the member organizations of GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY – Austrian Platform for development and humanitarian aid and their partner organizations a rough overview of the respective topic. They can be attended independently of each other.