Definition Of Humanitarian Leadership

To strengthen the humanitarian coordination leadership function ocha works on four tracks.

Definition of humanitarian leadership. In 2009 a survey of approximately 500 aid workers carried out for alnap s state of the humanitarian system report confirmed that they perceived lack of effective leadership to be one of the main challenges to humanitarian action. Expanding the pool of potential humanitarian coordinators. The respect of humanitarian principles is what distinguishes humanitarian action from the activities and objectives of other actors. For a number of years humanitarian aid workers have been lamenting the lack of good humanitarian leadership.

Promoting dialogue and building consensus among humanitarian partners on key normative issues relating to humanitarian coordination leadership. Claire messina is the senior coordinator of the humanitarian leadership strengthening unit at the un office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs. Some peculiarities of humanitarian leadership humanitarian leadership has its own particularities including.