Strengthening Humanitarian Response in Canada - CARE Canada 2016-2018

This project aims to strengthen the quality and effectiveness of humanitarian action by Canadian non-governmental organizations. The project supports the Humanitarian Response Network (HRN) formerly PAGER a forum for Canadian humanitarian non-governmental organizations to share information coordinate humanitarian responses and build organizational knowledge and skills. Project activities include: (1) coordinating information sharing and activities in response to major humanitarian crises as well as on best practices and lessons learned; (2) providing training workshops for HRN members and other humanitarian stakeholders; (3) organizing speaker series that brings experts both academics and practitioners from Canada and abroad to speak on key humanitarian topics; and (4) developing a short public engagement strategy to define key opportunities and approaches to the public engagement component of the HRN’s work. This project expect to benefit members of the Canadian humanitarian community including researchers practitioners and policy makers.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased professional and technical capacity of the broader Canadian humanitarian community to carry out more effective responses and engage in substantive discussions and action around key humanitarian policy and practice issues; (2) increased effective coordination learning information sharing and understanding among members of the Canadian humanitarian community; (3) greater overall awareness of humanitarian principles and the work of Canadian agencies; and (4) strengthened base of Canadian researchers practitioners and policy makers able to contribute to global humanitarian response.