11/01/2006

On October 31st in New York, Refugees International joined former U.S. President William Clinton, in his capacity as UN Special Envoy on Tsunami Recovery, and eight other organizations to release the report of the NGO Impact Initiative: An Assessment by the International Humanitarian NGO Community. The report focused on five important areas for organizations to improve their response to large-scale emergencies: accountability to beneficiaries; coordination; enhancing local capacity; human rights; and professionalism. RI coordinated the human rights component with CARE USA.

Read more about this project here.

• NGO Impact Initiative: Executive Summary
• NGO Impact Initaitive: Synthesis Report
• NGO Impact Initative: Human Rights and Tsunami Recovery