Crisis Response

Guiding aid actors in their mission to deliver a relevant, coherent, effective, efficient and sustainable response to crisis
(man-made and natural hazards)

Agency RED provides technical support to support actors in challenging environments around the world to adapt to a constantly changing environment.

A Challenging World

With well over 100 million people affected by natural disasters in the year 2016 alone and more than 85 million people around the world having been forced to flee their homes, the need for humanitarian aid is increasing all over the world, pushed by severe ethnic, political and religious conflicts as well as extreme weather events caused by climate change.

Whether it is a man-made crisis or a natural disaster, responding to a crisis always is a challenge: Timeliness, targeting, adequacy, efficiency, coordination, communication, security, perception, transparency, etc. No matter how experienced an organisation might be, how well trained the deployed team can be, how adapted the tools are, the difference between a successful response and a not so successful one is a very fine line. Equally challenging is the transition towards mid-term to longer term response type.

Our Involvement

With highly qualified professionals with more than 20 years of experience in numerous crisis and post-crisis contexts around the world, we provide the necessary expertise at all stages of the project cycle management. Through necessary external analysis and tailored solutions we improve rapid response capacity, targeted accuracy, assistance adequacy, cost-efficiency, coordination, communication as well as security management.

Our work rely on field based surveys and recommendations, adapted trainings, as well as direct support in the implementation of the proposed solutions.

With a unique experience in this domain, Agency RED can also guide its clients through a transition process from emergency to resilience building / reconstruction phase.

“The key to a successful response is about the ability to adapt, contextualise all the previous acquired experiences, to a new, unfolding situation. it is about the ability to cooperate closely with local actors, constantly adapt, anticipate and manage multiple risks and think broadly, across boundaries and sectors, is key to a crisis response”
Laurent Saillard Director General

Areas of Expertise

  • Crisis
  • Cash transfer
  • DRR
  • Food-Aid
  • Food-Security
  • Human Rights
  • Health
  • Logistics
  • Nutrition
  • Protection
  • Gender
  • Security Management
  • Shelter
  • WASH
  • Micro-credits
  • Post-crisis

Way of working:

All humanitarian key sectors such as protection, food, water, shelter, nutrition, health, NFIs, cash transfers (small and large scale), coordination, logistics, security, communication,

Triple Nexus – RED has a solid experience guiding state, non-state, actors and donors in mapping needs, developing common understanding, defining key priorities, strengthening coordination and planification.

Localisation – RED works primarily with a large network of local experts and agencies in this regard fully embracing the WHS recommendations regarding supporting local / national potentia

Our Services

Research / Study

  • Needs mapping
  • Stakeholder analysis
  • Feasibility study
  • Meta analysis
  • Desk review
  • Risk analysis
  • Strategic review

Evaluation

  • MEAL
  • TPM (third party monitoring)

Training

  • Project cycle management
  • Rapid Response Mechanism
  • CASH intervention
  • DRR
  • Gender
  • Crisis management
  • War logistic management

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