Resources

ACAPS Questionnaire Design Summary

This summary provides an overview of the basic rules to build an effective questionnaire. It is divided into three parts: purpose and principles of questionnaire design, the ten steps of designing a questionnaire and a set of do’s

Guidance on Cluster Leadership for Save the Children Country Offices: The Benefits, the Role and the Responsibilities

As a Cluster Lead Agency (CLA), Save the Children is inherently responsible for the effective establishment, management and sustained global and national support of the Education Cluster. The following document outlines the benefits to SC as well as the responsibilities of the Country Director (CD…

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Hear it from the Children: why education in emergencies is critical

A study on the role of education for conflict-affected communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia

How to Approach a Dataset: Part1 - Database Design

his technical note provides guidance in how to set up a simple database suitable for storing small amounts of data as may be generated by a rapid assessment with relatively small sample sizes.It is aimed at supporting non-specialists in information management with a working knowledge of spreadsheet…

Guidelines for Children’s Participation in humanitarian Programming

The guidelines support emergency preparedness efforts to strengthen staff and partners’ capacity to support meaningful children’s participation, and include tips and and tools to enhance meaningful children’s participation in the emergency response and in transitions to relief, reconstruction and…

Compared to what: Analytical Thinking and Needs Assessment

This technical brief is based on three years of experience in analysing needs in emergency settings. It is the first of three ACAPS documents on the analysis of humanitarian needs. Readers are advised to complement this reading with the technical brief How Sure Are You?which explores how to judge…

Lessons in Leadership: Save the Children's Experience of Co-leading the Education Cluster

This report contributes to the growing body of evidence that strong partnerships between UN agencies and NGOs improve the coordination of humanitarian response. Save the Children commissioned this report in 2011. It is intended to provide a record of our experiences so far in co-leading the…

Global Education Cluster, Booklet 6: Education for Building Peace, Protecting Education in Countries Affected by Conflict series (2012)

This booklet is one of a series of booklets prepared as part of the Protecting Education in Conflict-Affected Countries Programme, undertaken by Save the Children on behalf of the Global Education Cluster, in partnership with Education Above All, a Qatar-based non-governmental organisation. The…

Global Education Cluster, Booklet 8: Advocacy, Protecting Education in Countries Affected by Conflict series (2012)

This booklet is one of a series of booklets prepared as part of the Protecting Education in Conflict-Affected Countries Programme, undertaken by Save the Children on behalf of the Global Education Cluster, in partnership with Education Above All, a Qatar-based non-governmental organisation. The…