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| Concept | Associated concepts |
| acceptance | access |
| access | acceptance humanitarian space |
| accountability | complaint mechanism compliance accountability initative |
| adaptation | flexibility |
| advocacy | campaign/ campaigning lobby influence |
| affected population | beneficiary affected people/ person affected community |
| aid | assistance helping solidarity |
| aid dependence | dependency dynamics |
| armed actors | child
soldier illegal armed actors armed non state actors parties to conflict fighters military militia Rebel |
| authorities | host
government local government self-government national government Self-proclaimed authorities |
| capacity-building | capacity
development capacity strengthening |
| care | compassion caregivers carer care support |
| cash | cash
aid cash assistance cash distribution cash for work cash transfer cash based initiative voucher |
| child | non
accompanied child child abuse child-friendly child protection childhood children with special needs childsafeguarding child soldier youth household education Maternity |
| civilian | civilian
population civilians in conflict civilian protection |
| climate change | climate
change adaptation climate financing Environment global warning |
| communication | media |
| community | local
community community leader community workers marginalized communities vulnerable communities host community community recovery |
| community based approach | community-based
intervention community empowerment community-based protection community-based organisation community engagement community participation |
| community engagement | community-based
intervention community empowerment community-based protection community-based organisation community engagement community participation |
| competition | |
| conflict | deconfliction conflict-management conflict sensitivity armed conflict civilians in conflict internal armed conflict war civil war parties to a conflict |
| context | fragile
states detention hostile environment high risk environment unfavourable environment volatile environment |
| contingency planning | |
| coordination | collaboration cooperation information-sharing inter-agency Inter-department clusters network civil-military coordination |
| corruption | |
| crimes | exploitation violation abuse |
| crisis | protracted
crisis crisis management post-crisis chronic crisis health crisis crisis criteria crisis phase and scale disaster hazard emergency |
| culture | traditions indigeneous |
| data | database dataset data management big data primary data |
| development | humanitarian-development nexus |
| dignity | hope |
| diplomacy | humanitarian
diplomacy disaster diplomacy Access |
| disaster risk reduction | flood
Earthquake Disaster management |
| do no harm |
| Concept | Associated concepts |
| early warning | vigilance Alert |
| education | learning training |
| effectiveness | |
| efficiency | |
| emergency | humanitarian
emergency flood famine disaster crisis hazard L3 emergencies |
| empathy | compassion |
| empowerment | community empowerment |
| epidemic | |
| equity | equality Justice |
| ethics | integrity code of conduct |
| ethnicity | ethnic
division ethnic group ethnic minority |
| evacuation | |
| evidence | |
| faith | religious
authorities religious organizaton faith-based organization religious circles church |
| famine | |
| food security | |
| forced displacement | asylum-seekers returnees migrants statelessness (internally) displaced persons refugees |
| funding | fundraising earmarked funds crowdfunding financing remittances donation restricted donation donorship |
| gender based violence | forced
marriage perpetrator sexual abuse sexual exploitation intimate partner violence |
| (humanitarian) governance | |
| Grand bargain | funding |
| health | physical
health health education mental health sexual and reproductive health primary healthcare health facilities health hazards health crisis one health mortality |
| humanitarian action | humanitarianism humanitarian assistance humanitarian aid |
| humanitarian actor | diaspora Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement humanitarian (eco)system humanitarian community humanitarian organization humanitarian agency Dunantist |
| humanitarian imperative | |
| humanitarianism | |
| humanitarian reform | sector cluster |
| humanitarian space | access |
| humanitarian worker | volunteer professional practitioner Training |
| humanitarian-development nexus | LRRD |
| humanity |
| Concept | Associated concepts |
| impact | outcome output alleviating suffering quick impact projects |
| impartiality | non-discrimination |
| implementation | |
| inclusion | non
discrimination Disability Equity accessibility mainstreaming |
| independence | |
| innovation | |
| integrated approach | comprehensive
approach civil-military coordination |
| inter-governmental organization | UN
agencies international community |
| intervention | |
| justice | |
| knowledge | knowledge local knowledge knowledge base knowledge management information management |
| law | legislation civil law international law international humanitarian law |
| leadership | community
leader traditional leaders |
| leave no one behind | |
| livelihood | revenue employment sustainable livelihood |
| local organization | grassroot
organization indigeneous organization |
| localisation | local
organization local capacity local government Country ownership |
| logistics |
| Concept | Associated concepts |
| management | |
| mandate | mission |
| mitigation | |
| monitoring | evaluation |
| need | needs
assessment needs-based approach participatory needs assessment persons with specific needs |
| needs assessment | needs
assessment participatory needs assessment |
| negotiation | access |
| neutrality | |
| non-governmental organization | CBO national NGO local NGO local branch of international NGO non state actors non political charity |
| nutrition | |
| participation | participatory
needs assessment participation and communication with communities |
| partnership | partner strategic partnerships private-NGO partnership |
| peace | peace peace and reconciliation peaceful coexistence peacekeeping peace building |
| policy | humanitarian
policy policy-making policy-makers |
| politics | political
sphere apolitcal politicians political parties politicization |
| poverty | poor poverty poverty squares underlying poverty poverty-stricken |
| power | authority |
| prevention | |
| private sector | |
| program | program
design program cycle project |
| protection | protection
principles protection of humanitarian actors legal protection community-based protection child protection system protected areas Responsibility to protect |
| psychosocial support |
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| Concept | Associated concepts |
| quality | standards Good practices |
| recovery | early-recovery
reconstruction |
| rehabilitation | reintegration |
| remote-sensing | remote-management |
| resilience | coping capacities/strategies |
| response | relief emergency response responsiveness |
| responsibility-to-protect | |
| rights-based approach | human rights |
| risk | risk
assessment risk management risk-based management risk reduction risk transfer risk education risk level risk informed most-at-risk person (MARP) |
| sanitation | hygiene |
| security | safety safe areas safe access safe space protected areas security incident economic security food security safety securitization |
| services | advisory
service service providers basic services |
| settlement | camp resettlement informal settlement refugee settlement settlement planning |
| shelter | |
| solidarity | |
| sovereignty | responsibility
to protect border |
| sustainability | sustainability sustainable sustainable humanitarian financing sustainable development sustainable funding |
| technology | |
| terrorism | extremism |
| testimony | témoignage |
| transition | transitional
intervention transitional justice |
| Concept | Associated concepts |
| urbanization | urban
development urban planning urban setting |
| vulnerability | vulnerable
groups underpriviledged persons of concerns people at risk marginalised community persons with specific needs target group |