Iasc cluster approach evaluation, 2nd phase april 2010

Executive Summary
Introduction
Method
Background
Findings
Conclusions
Recommendations
Marginal participation of 
national and local NGOs
“In many of the cluster 
meetings I attended, 
the facilitator had each 
organization present and 
vote publicly on proposals 
by each organization. Of 
course, all of the large well 
known organizations were 
immediately approved but 
local organizations and other 
international NGO’s that 
are not well known were 
immediately eliminated 
as recipients of funding 
to provide humanitarian 
assistance.” (Survey 
Participant)
Good practice:
Myanmar, DRC and the oPt

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organizations. In DRC, access to the Pooled Fund provided incentives for some 
local  NGOs  to  participate.  In  the  oPt,  the  Disability  Sub-Cluster  effectively 
promoted the approach of a local organization to distributing assistive devices.
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  The  private  sector  remains  excluded  from  clusters  in  all  country  studies,  even 
in areas where companies were prominent and visible in contributing to disaster 
response, such as Myanmar.