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Title Coordinating Humanitarian Aid ' Custodia Custodiam? humanitarian aid coordination, regulation and accountability in Rwanda and Sudan; A comparative research
Full text http://scripties.let.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/root/Master/DoorstroomMasters/InternationaleBetrek/2011/WesterhofJ.A.Alexand/
Date 2011
Author(s) Westerhof, J.A. (Alexander)
Abstract After the Rwanda genocide of 1994 the Joint Evaluation of Emergency Assistance to Rwanda (JEEAR) brought together UN agencies, NGOs and bi- and multilateral donors. Its purpose was to 'draw lessons relevant for future complex emergencies as well as for operations in Rwanda during the aftermath of the genocide‟. While the humanitarian response was coined a 'hollow core‟ the JEEAR recommended UN reforms and professionalization of NGO performance. By examining the results of the recommendations made by the JEEAR and consequently look at how these recommendations were implemented during the humanitarian crisis in Darfur between 2003 and 2005, this thesis endeavors to show the way in which the humanitarian community dealt with the JEAAR recommendations and, more specifically what role these recommendations played during the Darfur response and how the implementation of the JEEAR recommendations ultimately contributed to the improvement of humanitarian aid in CPEs. Although humanitarian reforms were made, Darfur, once again, made painfully clear the ineffectiveness of coordination attempts by the UN. The ineffective establishment of the OCHA had its backlash on efficiency. Coordination in Darfur was weak and although the Sphere Project can be regarded as an effective implementation of JEEAR recommendations, it lacked efficiency. Sphere standards were easily abandoned for other standards and since there was no central coordination organization, Sphere was unsuccessful during the humanitarian response in Darfur. This partly ineffective and mostly inefficient implementation of the JEEAR recommendations shows that the recommendations in itself, while recognizing the growth of importance of NGOs, were doomed to fail because of their realist approach and their endorsement of state power.
Language en
Repository Groningen - University of Groningen
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