Policy Action Group on Emergency Response - UNICEF Canada 2012

The Policy Action Group on Emergency Response (PAGER) is an informal flexible and responsive forum of operational Canadian humanitarian agencies. The aim of this project is to strengthen the quality and effectiveness of humanitarian action of the members of humanitarian community individually and collectively. This will be achieved through regular effectively-run PAGER meetings for members and Heads of Agencies training programs on key humanitarian policy issues and practices and consultations and participation in international forums on humanitarian assistance.

Expected outputs include: effective well-organized PAGER meetings which facilitate increased coordination learning information sharing and understanding of respective policies and experience with respect to humanitarian action; increased capacity of the Canadian humanitarian agencies to engage in substantive discussion around key humanitarian policy and practice issues; increased professional capacity of the broader Canadian humanitarian assistance community with an emphasis on enhanced understanding of core humanitarian sectors cross-cutting themes and related issues; and improved Canadian NGO contribution to selected international humanitarian policy forums. The expected intermediate outcome is improved effectiveness of humanitarian action by Canadian humanitarian organizations.