The Challenge of Consistency when Carrying out Needs Assessment
Peter Walker, the Director of the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University, takes us through the challenges of creatig consistency when carrying out Humanitarian Needs Assessment.
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This is the Disaster Needs Analysis
This video is an introduction to ACAPS' Disaster Needs Analysis (DNA). The DNA is a desk study of crises, which presents estimates of scale, severity, risks and (likely) impact of a disaster in a specific country or region.
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Mapping Information Systems in CAR
ACAPS Roster member Catherine Chazaly was deployed to Central African Republic to strengthen the information mapping systems in collaboration with the FAO.
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The ACAPS Project
Richard Blewitt, CEO HelpAge International, explains the added-value of coordinated needs assessment and the related role of ACAPS.
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Purposive Sampling
Richard Garfield, Professor at Columbia University, talks about how to select a purposive sample of communities when doing a humanitarian needs assessment.
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Knowing the affected communities
Richard Garfield, professor at Columbia University, explains how to best and quickly attain a credible sample of affected communities in a disater area for needs assessment by having thought trough your variables beforehand.
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Pre-Crisis Information: where to find key data
Richard Garfield suggests 6 valuable websites to look at for finding pre-crisis information
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Three keys for humanitarian needs assessments
Three keys for humanitarian needs assessments
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What we need to know about disasters
What we need to know about disasters
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Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
Richard Garfield explains when qualitative and quantitative assessment methods should be used.
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Analysis of information in humanitarian emergencies
Richard Garfield explains the importance of analysis and the basic elements of it.
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Lessons Learned from Pakistan Floods
Sandie Walton-Ellery, Assessment Expert, summarises some of the main lessons learned from the Pakistan Floods.
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