Webinar recording
Investing in resilience is essential to reduce vulnerability to crises and ensure communities can withstand shocks without relying on humanitarian assistance. By strengthening local infrastructure, systems, and capacities, we can prevent the escalation of emergencies, minimising the need for costly, reactive interventions and promoting sustainable development.
Together with the University of California, Davis and the University of Arizona’s Institute for Resilience, we are co-hosting a webinar to examine effective ways forward in assessing the impacts of interventions designed to boost the resilience of populations vulnerable to shocks and stresses such as drought or conflict. Evidence shows that investing in resilience avoids the need for humanitarian assistance.
Despite over two decades of resilience impact assessments and a blossoming evidence base, it remains difficult to compare findings and translate these into actionable decisions. The objective of this webinar is to share a state-of-the-art overview of resilience impact assessment (mapping, case studies), highlighting opportunities and challenges. Our aim is to identify what is different for resilience impact assessment and identify minimum requirements we can agree to agree on.
This webinar is targeted at those interested in and with a basic understanding of resilience impact assessment – including non-governmental organisations (NGOs), United Nations and international organisations, donors, government officials from Global South nations, universities, private sector entities, community-based organisations, and other research institutions.
Agenda
- Introduction and welcome
- Simone Verkaart, Global Resilience Partnership
- Ayan Mahamoud – Intergovernmental Authority on Development
- Setting the stage
- What’s special about Resilience Impact Assessment? – Jose David Lopez, University of Tilburg / GRP
- Case Study 1
- Cumulative Avoided Losses (CAL) Metric as tested in Mozambique RCT – Michael Carter, UC Davis
- Case Study 2
- Northern Kenya PREG – Quasi-experimental – Tim Frankenberger, TANGO
- Activity
- Sophie Javers, UC Davis
- Practical Solutions Round Robin
- Greg Collins, University of Arizona
- Mo Alloush, Hamilton College
- Discussion and Q+A