Nicholas van Praag

@nvanp

Nicholas van Praag is director of Ground Truth (), a program to improve performance in humanitarian crises using feedback from affected people

Maine
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    Jun 20

    The orgs we work with regularly change their programmes based on feedback received. For instance, an agency in Afghanistan introduced an informational radio message about their work, because feedback showed people were unaware of available services

    Q5. What is one way that you have been able to improve your services based on feedback provided by your constituents?
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    Jun 19

    "If provided with tools and support to ease the use of feedback in process of decision-making, humanitarian agency staff will be more likely to use the feedback they have gathered"

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    Jun 19

    Proud to launch today at a & guide on how to set up community feedback mechanisms: now to put words into action!

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    Jun 19

    worries that humanitarian workers surveyed have far more favourable perception of extent of participation and accountability than affected populations but tells us NNGOs he asked are quite positive about their INGO partners

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    Jun 19

    : surveys by show effective partnerships are about core funding/continuity of relationship w/ local actors & about capacity strengthening/sharing says

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    Jun 18

    Sebastian Fouquet calls on humanitarian sector and agencies to move away from measuring success by growth and market share and move toward measuring success by impact on vulnerability and need

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    Jun 18

    What do people think about the they get? amd I discuss impact surveys with high level meeting today @ UN. See surveys in

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    Jun 18

    . asks signatories, "Are we serious about the Participation Revolution, or just paying lip service?" Affected people do not feel they have influence over decisions affecting them.

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    Jun 18

    Great to be at the annual meeting. One aim: directing our energy, resources to people affected by reducing bureaucracy & reporting. We at are ready.

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    Jun 14

    It’s time we move from rhetoric to action, and support local actors in ensuring communities influence humanitarian actors. Join our discussion on 19 June at at in NY.

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    Jun 10

    Bad news. But where is the rest of the EU?

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    Jun 11

    WFP: “There’s nothing that we’re doing now that can’t be done with a database... But this is not the end point for us. This is a beginning point." Maybe WFP should explain what the end point is? Perhaps all of us should explain what our end point is.

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  13. Jun 7

    Hi , will you please add your name to amendment 19a to the EU Withdrawal Bill and give the British people the final say on Brexit

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    Jun 4

    at : people prefer cash, but rarely know why they’re receiving it and for how long, and rarely have a choice over how they receive it

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  15. Jun 3

    Instead of visual identity, let us pay more attention to effectiveness and dignity. Focus should be on outcomes for people on the receiving end of aid rather than the provenance of inputs from donors and agencies. It’s time to end logolization of aid.

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    Jun 3

    In some Ugandan refugee settlements, every toilet has these stickers on them. So demeaning for those who fled chaos & carnage to be endlessly reminded of their supplicant status

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    Jun 1

    (Trump's) America First means Britain Last and the decision to put tariffs on our steel industry is just the latest example of that. If the politicians' only answer to Brexit is a desperate deal with Trump, we definitely need a . Please RT

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    May 25

    Two years after , is focusing on real world solutions to the issues facing action. Read their new series that proposes three ways forward:

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    May 24

    Want to know what you can do to ? Come to the March for a on June 23rd! agrees - see the video below. Please retweet to spread the word, and make sure that you RSVP at so that we know you are coming. See you there!

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    May 25

    What would a whole-of-problem crisis response based on principles look like? Listen to Episode 1 of 's new series:

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