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Humanitarian Intelligence - (Security and Professional Intelligence Education) by Andrej Zwitter (Paperback)

Name: Humanitarian Intelligence - (Security and Professional Intelligence Education) by Andrej Zwitter (Paperback)
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Humanitarian aid workers are faced with many challenges, from possible terrorist attacks to dealing with difficult stakeholders and securing operational space free from violence.
About the Author: Andrej Zwitter is professor of international relations and program coordinator of the Humanitarian Action Master's Program specialization on Humanitarian Analysis and Intervention Design at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
248 Pages
Political Science, Intelligence & Espionage
Series Name: Security and Professional Intelligence Education

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This book is the first to provide an overview and a practical guide to the tools and methods of data gathering and assessment, standards of measurement in humanitarian action, interpretation strategies, and operational planning tools. Short hypothetical cases and practical exa...

Book Synopsis

Humanitarian aid workers are faced with many challenges, from possible terrorist attacks to dealing with difficult stakeholders and securing operational space free from violence. To do their work properly and safely, they need effective intelligence. Humanitarian intelligence refers to the use of investigative and analytical techniques in service of rapid and continuous assessment, project and program development, impact evaluation, and learning. It focuses just as much on how to use early warning indicators to assess risks, evaluate trends, and write early warning analyses as it does provide guidance on the operational design of humanitarian relief efforts. Further, operational security depends on the intelligence analysis. Unlike governments, NGOs' resources are very limited. Humanitarian intelligence officers hardly have any literature detailing useful current standards and important tools for their analysis needs. Humanitarian Intelligence is the first to provide an overview and a practical guide to the tools and methods of data gathering and assessment, standards of measurement in humanitarian action, interpretation strategies, and operational planning tools. Short hypothetical cases and practical examples illustrate and explain the tools detailed in each chapter.

Additional resources including case studies and teaching tools are available online at http: //humanitarianintelligence.net .

Review Quotes

"Today humanitarian actors are having to respond faster, stay longer, and constantly find creative solutions to overcoming challenges. Central to meeting the needs of millions of people everyday is the ability of the humanitarian system to gather, interpret and manage information. Humanitarian Intelligence elevates the vital role that intelligence analysis plays in the humanitarian sector. Most importantly, leaders and practitioners alike now have a working framework they can easily and immediately incorporate in their next relief operation." --Mike Clark, Senior Advisor and Senior Policy Director, Convoy of Hope

"As the humanitarian paradigm shifts to massive numbers not seen before in history, the ability to collect, analyze and systemize information is more important than ever. Utilizing approaches from experts in intelligence gathering will provide humanitarians and governments with the ability to address needs faster, more adequately and with accuracy to ensure impact. Humanitarian Intelligence is ground breaking and will help revolutionize humanitarian responses in the future." --Christopher M. Hoffman, MPM, Regional Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs Director, World Vision East Africa Regional Office

"The World Humanitarian Summit (May 2016) and the Agenda for Humanity are clear: the way the humanitarian community delivers aid and builds resilience needs to change drastically and academia should be at the core of this transformation through the provision of disaggregated reliable data and innovative analysis. Andrej Zwitter, in Humanitarian Intelligence, timely and successfully takes up the challenge and provides all humanitarian stakeholders with a groundbreaking approach to data collection, analysis and processes of decision-making, for the benefit of evidence-based humanitarian programming and project design. His book will truly be a game-changer!" --Joost Herman, President of the Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA)

About the Author

Andrej Zwitter is professor of international relations and program coordinator of the Humanitarian Action Master's Program specialization on Humanitarian Analysis and Intervention Design at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

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Dimensions (Overall): 8.9 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)

Weight: .66 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 248

Genre: Political Science

Sub-Genre: Intelligence & Espionage

Series Title: Security and Professional Intelligence Education

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Format: Paperback

Author: Andrej Zwitter

Language: English

Street Date: July 5, 2018

TCIN: 1013397666

UPC: 9781786609465

Item Number (DPCI): 247-61-8487

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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