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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 |
N
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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 |