News: Joint Needs Assessment (JNA)

16 May 2013: Government, donors and humanitarian community prepare for joint needs assessment after Cyclone Mahasen

Arout 50 representatives from the donor community and International Non-Governmental Organizations in Bangladesh have held a meeting at the Save the Children office to decide on a response plan for when Cyclone Mahasen makes landfall. Read more

15 May 2013: Humanitarian agencies prepare for cyclone Mahasen

ECB Project Agencies and ACAPS representatives are preparing for cyclone Mahasen which according to reports from the Bangladesh Meteorological Department is anticipated will make landfall around the Chittagong area on Thursday 16th May.  Read more

13 May 2013: Good Enough Guide to Assessments – initial feedback complete

The Good Enough Guide to Assessments (GEGA) is being designed by the Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS), using the ‘good enough’ approach, to produce a simple, practical handbook on needs assessments.  As part of the GEGA review process, three ECB Project consortia successfully held consultation workshops to provide feedback on the guide. Read more

8 May 2013: Joint Needs Assessment work continues in Bangladesh

One of the ECB Project’s goals is to improve accountability to disaster-affected populations. The ECB Project agencies agree that Joint Needs Assessments (JNAs) can improve the timeliness and quality of assessment data, and ensure that the views of people affected by a disaster are appropriately represented. Read more

17 April 2013: Bangladesh consortium completes successful GEGA review and feedback workshop

The ECB Project and the Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS) are working together to develop a Good Enough Guide to Assessments (GEGA), designed to build the capacity of field staff, managers and technical staff to carry out needs assessments. Read more

4 April 2013: 'Good Enough Guide to Assessments' Planning Meeting held in London

On March 26, 2013, members of the GEGA Steering Committee and representatives from participating agencies attended a meeting held in London to discuss the progress of the GEGA. Read more

18 March 2013: New Mobile Application: GEO - the Global Emergency Overview

The Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS) and the Internews Center for Innovation & Learning have developed a Global Emergency Overview (GEO) mobile application. Read more

15 March 2013: Review of the Good Enough Guide to Assessments under way in ECB Project Consortia

Three ECB Project consortia have agreed to review and feedback on the first draft of the Good Enough Guide to Assessments (GEGA), developed by the Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS).

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22 February 2013: The Good Enough Guide to Assessments (GEGA) – Feedback required

The Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS) in collaboration with the ECB Project are developing a new guide, entitled The Good Enough Guide to Assessments (GEGA). At present the resources available to build the capacity of staff to carry out needs assessments are limited, and in particular there is no guidance that pulls together critical lessons learned from previous assessments into a single usable handbook. The GEGA is being produced in order to fill this gap. Read more

21 February 2013: The AIM Standing Team Experiment

In 2011, the ECB Project agencies created a new Accountability and Impact Measurement (AIM) Standing Team initiative designed to train national staff from multiple agencies to support accountability to disaster affected communities and find ways to implement accountability in a practical and sustainable ways across their own agency programs. Read more