Tools & Resources

Welcome to Tools and Resources.

The tools and resources have been selected by the Emergency Team and consist of various assessments, guidelines, templates, standards, relevant webpages and field tested best practice examples of these from DRC and external sources.

Links marked with ** are only accessible to DRC staff
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Emergency Preparedness

• Emergency Risk Analysis**
• EPRP**
• Field Response Plans**
• Risk and Safety Analysis**
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Corporate Emergencies & Handover

• Corporate Emergency annex
• Corporate Emergency Situation Analysis
• Handover of Emergency Operations to Region/HQ Support Unit checklist
• Sample handover workshop schedule.

Assessments

• Rapid Emergency Assessment templates
• Rapid Multi-Sector Needs Assessment
• Rapid Multi-Sector Needs Assessment Report Template
• Multi-Sector Needs Assessment Household Questionnaire
• Durable Solutions Questionnaire – Households
• Standard questionnaires
• Cash Market Assessment
• WASH Assessment
• Emergency Shelter Assessment
• Food Security Assessment
• Rapid Protection Assessment Tool
• CCCM Assessment
• Humanitarian Needs Assessment – The good Enough Guide
• DRC Conflict Analysis Library
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Access 

• DRC Humanitarian Access Project on INSITE – UNDER CONSTRUCTION 
• IASC/OCHA, 2014. Civil-Military Guidelines and Reference for Complex Emergencies.
• OCHA, UN Civil-Military Coordination Field Handbook.
• OCHA/CDI, 2014. Humanitarian Access in situations of armed conflict: A practitioner’s manual.
• OCHA, 2006. Humanitarian Negotiations with Armed Groups: a manual for practitioners.
• Humanitarian Policy Group, 2012. Talking to the Other Side: Humanitarian Engagement with Armed Non-state Actors.
• ATHA, 2015. Humanitarian Negotiation in Practice webcast.
• Humanitarian Policy Group, 2018. Holding the keys: Humanitarian access and local organisations.
• Centre of Competence on Humanitarian Negotiation, 2018. CCHN Field Manual on Frontline Humanitarian Negotiation.
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Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning 

• Field based information gathering tools
• MEL Minimum Operational Procedures (MELMOPs)
• OCHA, Cluster-based Indicator Registry
• Real Time Reviews**
• Humanitarian Needs Assessment – The good Enough Guide
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Sector and thematic tools 

CCCM

See also CCCM page

• Global CCCM Cluster- Camp Management Toolkit
• Global CCCM Cluster
• Global CCCM Cluster – Urban Displacement and Out of Camp Review
• Global CCCM Cluster – Collective Centre Guidelines
• The Sphere Handbook
• UNHCR Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.
• UNHCR Handbook for Emergencies
• IASC/Global Protection Cluster – Guidelines for Integrating Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Action
• WRC/IOM Womens Participatory Toolkit 
• Global CCCM Cluster Learning 

 

WASH

See also WASH page

• The Sphere Project. Chapter 1, Minimum standards in water supply, sanitation and hygiene promotion 
• Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology
• Global WASH Cluster
• UNHCR – WASH Guidelines
• WHO – Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality
• Water trucking in drought emergencies
• Handwashing
• Hygiene Promotion for HWTS in emergencies
• Minimum requirements for wash programmes
• UNHCR – WASH Manual Tools and Guidance for Refugee Settings

 

Food Security

See also Food Security page

• WFP and Nutrition: Right Food at the Right Time 
• UNHCR/WFP – Joint Assessment Missions (JAM) Guidelines
• WFP –  Market Analysis Guidelines
• IPC – Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
• WFP – Emergency Field Operations Handbook. Chapters 2-6
• NutVal – spreadsheet application for planning and monitoring the nutritional content of food assistance
• Refugee Study Centre – Delivering the Goods: Rethinking Humanitarian Logistics
• The Sphere Handbook
• UNHCR – Commodity Distribution: A Practical Guide for Field Staff
• UNHCR Handbook for Emergencies
•  UNHCR/WFP – GUIDELINES FOR SELECTIVE FEEDING:THE MANAGEMENT OF MALNUTRITION
• WFP – Selective Feeding Programmes: General Food Distribution
• UNHCR – Commodity Distribution. A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR FIELD STAFF
• All in Diary –  A Practical Tool for Field Based Humanitarian Workers
• WFP- Protection in Practice: Food Assistance with Safety and Dignity 

•  Food security Cluster – Food Security in Emergencies

NFI Distribution

See also NFI page

• The Sphere Project. Chapter 2, Minimum standards in shelter, settlement and non-food items
• UNHCR – Handbook for Emergencies. Chapter 13-21 
• UNHCR – Commodity Distribution: A Practical Guide for Field Staff
• Global CCCM Cluster- Camp Management Toolkit. Chapter 13
• IASC Gender Handbook – Gender and Non-Food Items in Emergencies

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Shelter and Infrastructure

See also Shelter page

• Global Shelter Cluster
• The Sphere Project. Chapter 2, Minimum standards in shelter, settlement and non-food items
• IFRC Shelter Kit Guidelines
• Engineering in Emergencies. Chapter 19, Shelter and building infrastructure
• IFRC and Oxfam plastic sheeting in humanitarian relief
• IFRC Transitional shelters – Eight designs
• Shelter Centre
• Shade nets – use and deployment in humanitarian relief environments

 

Protection

See also Protection page

• ICRC – Professional Standards for Protection Work
• Protection: An ALNAP guide for humanitarian agencies
• Protection Analysis Guidance
• Protection Strategy Template
• Quick Reference Flyer
• Protection Mainstreaming INSITE
• DRC – Rapid Protection Assessment Tool
• UNHCR –Toolkit Rapid Protection Assessment (RPAT)
• DRC Conflict Analysis Library

 

Humanitarian Mine Action

See also Mine Action page

• International Ammunition Technical Guidelines (IATG)
• International Small Arms Control Standards (ISACS)
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s ‘Armed Violence Lens’
• Insite – The Danish Demining Group**

 

Emergency CASH

See also CASH page

• DRC internal CTP workroom
• Red Cross/Crescent Movement – Cash in Emergencies Toolkit
• The Sphere Handbook
• Cash and Learning Partnership (CaLP) Glossary
• UNHCR, DRC, et al. – Operational Guidance for Multipurpose Cash Grants 

 

Core Humanitarian Standard in emergencies

• CHS Guidance Notes and Indicators
• The Good Enough Guide to impact measurement and accountability in emergencies
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Supply Chain

This section provides tools and formats that supplement the policies, standards, tools and resources in the Procurement section of the Operations Handbook.

• Supply Chain INSITE**
• Purchase Requisition template**
• RFQ template **
• ITB template**
• PO template**
• Derogation template**
• Derogation overview table **
• Donor Procurement Guidelines **
• Procurement Documentation Checklist**
• Procurement tracker**
• CE Derogation** (annex 26)
• Framework agreement with suppliers
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Grants, budget and project management

This section provides tools and formats that supplement the policies, standards, tools and resources in the relevant sections of the Operations Handbook

• Emergency start-up tools
• Emergency portfolio budget tracker
• Indicator Performance Tracking Tool (IPTT) + workplan + M&E plan

 

Human resources 

This section provides tools and formats supplementing DRC’s general HR policies, tools and standards.

• Job descriptions
• Casual labour Terms, International contract types, page 4
• Emergency surge tracker
• Ideal operational setup in emergencies
• Emergency Focal Point ToR
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Information Management

• SitRep templates – internal reporting and planning
• Newsletters
• Operational planning and tracking tools
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Fundraising

• Proposals – best practices (ECHO, DANIDA, DFID, UNHCR, CERF)**
• Guidelines and application forms for DRC’s Rapid Response Support
• OCHA, Cluster-based Indicator Registry
• Standard sections for proposal writing
• Donor Focal Points**
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Who to contact in DRC

• List of emergency focal points**
• EMPACT**
• List of GSLs**
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External resource library 

• Global Cluster websites: Protection,WASH, Shelter, Camp Coordination and Camp Management, Food Security
• UNHCR Emergency Handbook
• ACAPS Humanitarian Needs Assessment – The Good Enough Guide
• Sphere Handbook
• Camp Management Toolkit
• Conflict Dynamics International (CDI) Manual and 2017 manual summary
• NRC – Principles In Practice
• The Multi-Cluster/Sector Initial Rapid Assessment (MIRA) Guidance, 2015
• All in Diary –  A Practical Tool for Field Based Humanitarian Workers