Iasc cluster approach evaluation, 2nd phase april 2010

Executive Summary
Introduction
Method
Background
Findings
Conclusions
Recommendations
Clusters strengthen 
humanitarian identity
Potential threat to 
humanitarian principles

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Cluster because of its link to the peacekeeping mission. This risk has also been 
recognized by some UN agencies, including UNHCR
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 and the Protection Cluster 
Working Group, which determine their form and level of integration based on an 
analysis of the situation at hand. 
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  A  new  website  collecting  relevant  information  on  humanitarian  response, 
including  on  the  cluster  approach,  is  entitled  “oneresponse”.  Many  NGOs  and 
other humanitarian actors fear that this title betrays an intention to create a uniform 
humanitarian system controlled by UN agencies. Giving the website a different 
title, such as “collaborative response”, would allay much of this concern.