Research
Operational research is a key area of Groupe URD’s work.
The objective of our research is to understand the challenges facing humanitarian actors and the dynamics of crisis and post-crisis contexts in order to suggest ways to improve and adapt humanitarian practices.
Different sector-based studies (Water and Sanitation, Nutrition, Food Security, etc.) or cross-sector studies (Environment, LRRD, Quality in humanitarian action, etc.) are carried out each year. Their results are made widely available via published documents, internet, symposia, conferences, etc.
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Groupe URD research projects:
- Review of coordination mechanisms for cash-transfer programmes in emergency contexts: Horn of Africa case study and synthesis report, April-May 2012, for the CaLP
- Review of coordination for cash transfer programmes,, for the CaLP, February – March 2012
- Study of access to water in the re-organised territories of Eastern Chad, March 2010- August 2011
- Study of medical aid in large-scale, rapid onset crises
- Research into psychosocial action in crisis situations, from Autumn 2010
- Study of humanitarian space and the security situation in Eastern Chad, October – December 2010
- Study of the interaction between adaptation to climate change, disaster risk reduction strategies and poverty reduction policies , March 2010 - August 2012
- Policy brief on management and funding mechanisms for post-crisis operations, June 2010
- Tsunami and Haiti: good practice in non-state funding, January - June 2010
- LRRD – current practices and issues, in partnership with IECAH
- Critical analysis of strategies to counter Afghan opiate production, for the French Development Agency, January - June 2010
- Mapping of future non-intentional risks, September 2009 - March 2010 for the French Ministry of Defence
- Humanitarian space in Chad, June - October 2009, for the IASC
- Emerging humanitarian donors, March - July 2009, for the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (CDC/MAEE)
- New challenges in crisis management and peacekeeping, From January 2009, in partnership with the Group for Research and Information on Peace and Security
- Providing clean water and sanitation in crisis situations, July 2008 - April 2010, with the French Water Academy
- Strategies used by NGOs to influence public policy, August 2009, for Aide et Action
- Links between NGOs and the research sector, August 2009, for Aide et Action
- Raising the Bar: Enhancing transatlantic governance of disaster relief and preparedness, January 2008 - June 2009, with GPPI
- A study of housing reconstruction in Aceh four years after the tsunami, October 2008 - February 2009, with the Fondation de France and the Mairie de Paris.
- CAP Qualité project , July 2008 - December 2009
- The Kaifiat project: strengthening analytical and operational capacity in a complex context between emergency relief and development, March 2007 - March 2008, Afghanistan
- Urban study of the city of Mazari Sharif in the Balkh province of Afghanistan , January - March 2008
- Study of opium poppy production in the province of Badakhshan for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), December 2007 - January 2008
- Study of the causes and consequences of chronic poverty among women in Afghanistan , March - December 2007
- Quality assurance in practice , January 2007 - March 2008
- The Participatory Management of Irrigated Systems (PMIS) project, a study of social water management in Afghanistan, 2005 - 2008, in partnership with the Agha Khan Foundation for Afghanistan
- Improving initial assessments and strengthening the participation of crisis-affected people in humanitarian action, November 2007 - May 2008, for the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (CDC/MAEE)
- Interaction between the humanitarian sector and the military, August 2007 - January 2008, for the French Ministry of Defence (DAS/MINDEF)
- The Linking relief, rehabilitation and development (LRRD) project in Afghanistan, 2005 - 2007, with the European Union
- The Global study on Consultation and Participation of Affected Populations in Humanitarian Action, 2002 - 2004
- Wars in cities and cities in wars, 2002 - 2004
- The Quality of humanitarian action, 1999 - 2003
- Study of the humanitarian response to hurricane Mitch, 1999 - 2001
- The relationship between public and private humanitarian action, 1998 - 1999
