Dara - HRI

The Humanitarian Response Index (HRI), the first instrument in the world to measure the individual performance of humanitarian donors.

The HRI focuses on the members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, and the European Commission) contrasting their performance with that established in the Principles of Good Humanitarian Donorship, defined and approved by the donors.

Although the HRI is an initiative of DARA financed by its own resources, the methodological design for its creation involves the participation of a multitude of actors in the humanitarian field (governments, NGO’s, United Nations agencies, experts, etc.), who provide data, opinions and experiences that will put into focus the snapshot of international humanitarian assistance.

Context

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people are affected by conflicts and natural hazards. The severity and greater frequency of these emergencies has resulted in an increase in the available funding in recent decades and has demonstrated the need to reform the international humanitarian system. Given this situation, it is essential to have differentiated information and practical tools that allow humanitarian action to be analyzed, and contribute to its improvement.

In response to this need, DARA has designed and created the Humanitarian Response Index (HRI). The first edition will be released in November 2007, and it will be published annually.