ALNAP

{{Short description|UK-based non-profit organization}}

{{Infobox organization

| name = ALNAP

| formation = 1997

| full_name = Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action

| image = ALNAP logo.jpg

| type = Non-governmental organization

| founded_date = 1997

| location = London, England

| key_people =

| area_served = Worldwide

| focus = Humanitarian Aid

| products = The State of the Humanitarian System Report

| method =

| homepage = [http://www.alnap.org www.alnap.org]

}}

ALNAP (Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance) is a UK based non-profit organization that works to increase learning and accountability in the humanitarian aid sector.{{Cite web|date=2021-04-27|title=25 years of aid accountability|url=https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2021/4/27/then-and-now-25-years-of-aid-accountability|access-date=2022-01-20|website=The New Humanitarian|language=en}}

It produces The State of the Humanitarian System report every two to three years.{{Cite web|date=2015-10-02|title=Humanitarian system 'stretched to its limits' says new research|url=http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/oct/02/humanitarian-system-stretched-to-its-limits-says-new-research|access-date=2022-01-20|website=the Guardian|language=en}}

History

ALNAP was created to increase learning and accountability in the humanitarian sector in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide.{{Cite web|date=2021-04-27|title=25 years of aid accountability|url=https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2021/4/27/then-and-now-25-years-of-aid-accountability|access-date=2022-01-20|website=The New Humanitarian|language=en}}

Selected publications

In 2010 ALNAP released the first The State of the Humanitarian System report, which was updated in 2012, 2015 and 2018.{{Cite journal|last=McGoldrick|first=Claudia|date=12 Sep 2012|title=The future of humanitarian action: an ICRC perspective|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-review-of-the-red-cross/article/abs/future-of-humanitarian-action-an-icrc-perspective/0822420DC16D302D730016392CC367E6|journal=International Review of the Red Cross|language=en|volume=93|issue=884|pages=965–991|doi=10.1017/S1816383112000306|s2cid=16250125 |issn=1607-5889}}Slim, Hugo. Humanitarian ethics: A guide to the morality of aid in war and disaster. Oxford University Press, 2015.{{Cite web|last=Clarke|first=Joe Sandler|date=2015-10-02|title=Humanitarian system 'stretched to its limits' says new research|url=http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/oct/02/humanitarian-system-stretched-to-its-limits-says-new-research|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-20|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012104034/http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/oct/02/humanitarian-system-stretched-to-its-limits-says-new-research |archive-date=2015-10-12 }}{{Cite web|last=Alexander|first=Jessica|date=2021-04-27|title=25 years of aid accountability|url=https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2021/4/27/then-and-now-25-years-of-aid-accountability|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-20|website=The New Humanitarian|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427155618/https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/feature/2021/4/27/then-and-now-25-years-of-aid-accountability |archive-date=2021-04-27 }}

It released the report Urban services during protracted armed conflict: A call for a better approach to assisting affected people in 2015.{{Cite journal|date=2015-10-05|title=New report: Urban services during protracted armed conflict|url=https://www.icrc.org/en/document/urban-services-protracted-conflict-report|language=en}}

Members

ALNAP is a membership organization. As of January 2022 it had 86 full members and 16 Associate members.{{Cite web|title=Members {{!}} ALNAP|url=https://www.alnap.org/membership/members|access-date=2022-01-20|website=www.alnap.org}}

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