Author(s)
Julia Steets, François Grünewald, Andrea Binder, Véronique de Geoffroy, Domitille Kauffmann, Susanna Krüger, Claudia Meier, Bonaventure Sokpoh
25/04/2010
The cluster approach was introduced as part of humanitarian reform in 2005. It seeks to make humanitarian assistance more effective by introducing a system of sectoral coordination with designated lead organizations. This evaluation assesses the operational effectiveness and main outcomes of the cluster approach to date and aims to develop recommendations on how it can be further improved. It draws most strongly on six country studies, but also on global and regional interviews, a survey among humanitarian actors, as well as literature and document analysis.