ADELE HARMER Partner Humanitarian Outcomes Phone : + 1 347 881 5891 Email: adele.harmer@humanitarianoutcomes.org Summary 18 years humanitarian aid, development policy and research experience. Comprehensive knowledge of international humanitarian aid architecture, principles, policy and reform issues, as well as operational security management. Experience in operationalising research in highly insecure settings. Education MSc (Econ) Development Management 2002 London School of Economics and Political Science BEc (Hons) (1) Political Economics 1994 University of Sydney, Australia. Professional Experience Partner, Humanitarian Outcomes, 2009 to date Co-founder of Humanitarian Outcomes, an independent team of professionals providing evidencebased analysis and policy consultations to organisations on their humanitarian response efforts. Current work includes directing a DFID commissioned multi-year study on Secure Access in Volatile Environments (SAVE) and leading a study with Transparency International examining aid integrity in highly complex settings (Southern Somalia and Afghanistan). Co-lead the Aid Worker Security Database Research Fellow, Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute, 2002-2008 Led a cluster of research on international humanitarian architecture, including examining aid financing trends, humanitarian reform agenda, operational security in humanitarian action; military-humanitarian relations in humanitarian action and the role of DAC and non-dac donors in humanitarian response. Departmental Adviser for the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), to the Office of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australian Senate, Parliament House, Australia, 2000-01 Adviser to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs on policy and programming issues regarding the implementation of the Australian Government s $1.7 billion international aid programme, including all major aid programme financial approvals. Senior Civilian Peace Monitor with the Australian Army - contributing force to the Multinational Peace Monitoring Force, Bougainville, South Pacific, 1999-00 Adviser to the Peace Monitoring team on the political and development issues of relevance in the peace process and ceasefire agreement, as well as advice and planning on the rehabilitation of Bougainville. Policy Officer, Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), Australian Government, 1998-01 1
Overseeing agreements with UN humanitarian and development agencies (UNICEF, UNHCR, OCHA and WHO); Researched and drafted policy papers and departmental statements, including: Ministerial Statements and Speeches and Press Releases; Annual Reports; Budget Documents; and the formulation of policy papers, including Australia s good governance policy; and, Programmatic responsibilities for Philippines Country Programme and Asia Regional Programme, including overseeing contractual management and funding. Consultancies, commissioned research and evaluations Donor Governments Director, DFID commissioned multi-year study on Secure Access in Volatile Environments (SAVE) (2013-2017) Co-Director, multi-donor funded support to the Aid Worker Security Database (AWSD). Ongoing. Team member, ECHO commissioned evaluation of the European Commission s integrated approach of food security and nutrition in humanitarian contexts (2013) Team leader, DFID commissioned literature review on delivering aid in highly insecure environments (2013) Team leader, DFID commissioned study to identify common principles in aid for building resilience (2012) Team leader, Lesson learned on GIZ s cash transfer programme in Karamoja, Uganda (2011) Team leader, Scoping exercise examining priorities for the Australia Government s humanitarian assistance to Africa (2011) Team leader, Review of the Australian Government response to the floods in Pakistan in 2010 (2011) Team member, Background paper for the German Government on good practice in food assistance standards for in-kind food aid, cash transfers and vouchers (2011) Team member, Background paper study in support of the 2010 OCHA Donor Support Group field mission on humanitarian coordination in the Asia-Pacific region (2010) Team leader, Feasibility study commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on designing a Thematic CAP for disaster preparedness (2009) Team leader, Study commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the relevance and applicability of the Paris Declaration on aid effectiveness in humanitarian assistance Non-Government Organisations Team leader, Transparency International commissioned study examining issues of corruption in highly complex settings (Southern Somalia and Afghanistan) (2016) Team member, ALNAP commissioned study on the State of the Humanitarian System (2015, 2012, and pilot 2009) Team member, ODI and Norwegian Refugee Council study on strengthening principled humanitarian response capacities (South Sudan) (2011/12) Team leader, Transparency International commissioned study examining issues of corruption, accountability and transparency in food assistance in Kenya in relation to the 2011 drought response (2011) 2
Editor, ODI commissioned revision of Good Practice Review 8 on Operational Security Management in Violent Environments (December 2010); International Organisations Team member, OCHA commissioned internal evaluation on emergency preparedness (2012) Team member, OCHA commissioned study on good practice for humanitarians operating in complex security environments (2011) Team member, IFRC commissioned background paper for the International Dialogue on Strengthening Partnership between national authorities and international aid agencies in Disaster Response (2011) Team member, IASC Evaluation of the Cluster Approach to humanitarian coordination (2007) Team member, Multiple donor commissioned Monitoring and Evaluation of Common Funds for Humanitarian Action in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (2006) Team member, UNICEF s Engagement with Peacekeeping and Peace Support Operations: Assessment study and drafting of organisational policy and operational guidance (2007) Team member, UNIECF lessons learned exercise on Coordination in Humanitarian Response (2006) Team member, Background paper for UNDP s Human Development Report 2005 on security, humanitarian action and post-conflict recovery (2004) Publications Harmer, A and F Grunewald (2017) Global Synthesis Report: Collective Resolution To Enhance Accountability And Harmer, A, K Haver and M Wardak (2017), Afghanistan Report: Collective Resolution To Enhance Accountability And Majid, N, and A Harmer (2017) Southern Somalia Report: Collective Resolution To Enhance Accountability And Harmer (2015) Remote partnership: aid delivery in insecure environments, World Disasters Report 2015, International Federation of the Red Cross/Red Crescent. ALNAP (2015) The State of the Humanitarian System, ALNAP Study. London: ALNAP/ODI. Aid Worker Security Report 2014: Unsafe Passage: Road attacks and their impact on humanitarian operations, Haver, K., A.Stoddard, A.Harmer, K.Toth (2014) Independent Review of Programme Criticality, Humanitarian Outcomes, 21 July. Haver, K., A Harmer, G Taylor and T Khara (2013) Evaluation of European commission Integrated Approach of Food Security and Nutrition in Humanitarian Context. ECHO. Aid Worker Security Report 2013: The New Normal: Coping with the kidnapping threat, Humanitarian Outcomes. Harmer, A and L Schreter (2013) Delivering Aid in Highly Insecure Environments: a critical review of the literature 2007-2012. Stoddard, A., and A Harmer (2013) Evaluation of OCHA s Role and Activities in Emergency Preparedness, Aid Worker Security Report 2012: Host States and their impact on security for humanitarian operations 3
Harmer, A. A. Stoddard, K. Haver, and L. Schreter (2012) Identifying Common Principles in Aid for Building Resilience. Commissioned by DFID. Taylor, G., A Stoddard, A Harmer, K Haver and P Harvey (2012) State of the Humanitarian System: Assessing Performance and Progress, Commissioned by ALNAP, July 2012 Harmer, A. and M Odhiambo (2012) Food Assistance Integrity Study: Analysis of the 2011 Drought Response in Kenya, Transparency International Harmer, A. GIZ Cash Transfer Programme in Karamoja, Uganda lessons learned Commissioned by GIZ (2011) Harvey, P., and A Harmer (2011) Building Trust: Challenges for National Authorities and International Aid Agencies in Working Together in Times of Disaster. Commissioned by IFRC. Aid Worker Security Report 2011: Spotlight on security for national aid workers: Issues and perspectives Egeland, J., A Harmer and A Stoddard (2011) To Stay and Deliver: Good Practice for Humanitarians in Complex Security Environments Commissioned by OCHA Harvey, P., M Metz, and A Harmer, (2011) Good Practice in Food Assistance Standards for In-Kind Food Aid, Cash Transfers and Vouchers, Background paper for the German Government (BMZ), January 2011 Harmer, A, A Stoddard and V DiDomenico (2011) Aiding Education in Conflict: the role of international education providers operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Background paper for the 2011 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, Commissioned by UNESCO ODI (2010) Good Practice Review: Operational security management in violent environments, Humanitarian Practice Network at ODI, September. Co-edited. Harvey P, A Stoddard, A Harmer, and G Taylor (2010) State of the Humanitarian System: Assessing Performance and Progress, Commissioned by ALNAP, January 2010 Harvey, P., K Haver, A Harmer and A Stoddard (2010) Humanitarian coordination in the Asia-Pacific region, Study in support of the 2010 OCHA Donor Support Group field mission, February. Harmer, A., G Taylor, K Haver, A Stoddard and P Harvey, (2009) Thematic CAP for Disaster Preparedness: Feasibility Study, Commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, December 2009 Harmer A and E Martin (eds), (2009) Diversity in Donorship: Field Lessons, HPG Report 30, Overseas Development Institute, London. Harmer A., and Deepayan Basu Ray (2009), Study on the relevance and applicability of the Paris Declaration on aid effectiveness in humanitarian assistance, Overseas Development Institute, London. Stoddard, A., A Harmer and V DiDomenico (2009) Providing Aid in Insecure Environments: Trends in policy and operations HPG Briefing Paper No. 34, Overseas Development Institute, London. Harmer, A., Integrated Mission: A Threat to Humanitarian Security? International Peacekeeping Special Issue: Integrated Missions Revisited: Policy and Practitioner Perspectives, Volume 15, Issue 4 August 2008 Stoddard, A, A Harmer (2008) The use of private security providers and services in humanitarian operations; in collaboration with OCHA. Consultancy for the Government of Canada. Stoddard, A, A Harmer, K Haver, D Salomons and V Wheeler, (2007) Cluster Approach Evaluation (2007) Evaluation for the Inter-Agency Standing Committee. Stoddard, A, A Harmer and K Haver, UNICEF s engagement with peacekeeping and peace support operations; Lessons learned study and strategy development consultation. Consultancy for UNICEF, 2006-07. Stoddard, A, D Salomons, K Haver, and A Harmer Monitoring and Evaluation of the Common Funds for humanitarian action in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Evaluation for the Department for International Development (DFID), UK and a multi-donor group. May December 2006 4
Stoddard, A, A Harmer and K Haver (2006) Providing Aid in Insecure Environments: Trends in policy and operations HPG Report No. 23, Overseas Development Institute, London. Wheeler, V, and A Harmer (2006) Resetting the rules of engagement: trends and issues in military-humanitarian relations HPG Report No. 21, Overseas Development Institute, London. Stoddard, A, and A Harmer Coordination in Humanitarian Response: Lessons Learned for UNICEF Evaluation for UNICEF. October 2005 - March 2006 Stoddard, A, and A Harmer (2005) Little Room to Manoeuvre: The Challenges to Humanitarian Action in the New Global Security Environment, Journal of Human Development, Volume 7, Number 1. Harmer, A, and A Stoddard, Review of Good Humanitarian Donorship Domestic Strategies, Consultancy for the Government of Canada. June August 2005 Harmer, A, and L Cotterrell (2005) Diversity in donorship: the changing landscape of official humanitarian aid, HPG Report No. 20, Overseas Development Institute, London. Harmer, A. et al. Achieving the Health MDGs in Fragile States Background paper for the High Level Forum on Health MDGs. Consultancy for the Department for International Development (DFID), UK. October - November 2004 Harmer, A, A Stoddard, L Cotterrell (2004) From Stockholm to Ottawa: a review of progress on the Good Humanitarian Donorship initiative HPG Briefing Paper No 18, Overseas Development Institute, London. Harmer, A and J Macrae (eds) (2004) Beyond the Continuum: An overview of the changing role of aid policy in protracted crises, HPG Report No. 18, Overseas Development Institute, London. Harmer, A (2004) Bridging the gap? The international financial institutions and their engagement in situations of protracted crisis, in Harmer, A and J Macrae (eds) HPG Report No. 18, Overseas Development Institute, London. Joanna Macrae, Andrew Shepherd, Oliver Morrissey, Adele Harmer, Ed Anderson, Laure-Hélène Piron, Andy McKay, Diana Cammack and Nambusi Kyegombe, (2004) Aid to Poorly Performing Countries: a Critical Review of Debates and Issues. Overseas Development Institute, London. Macrae J., and A. Harmer, (2004) Good humanitarian donorship and the European Union: Issues and options, Background paper prepared the Informal Humanitarian Aid Committee, Dublin 25-26 th March 2004, Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute, London Darcy J., A. Harmer, F. Watson, A. Greikspoor (2003), According to Need? The relationship between needs assessment and decision making in the humanitarian sector in a slow-onset crisis: Case Study of Southern Africa, HPG Report No. 15, Overseas Development Institute, London. Macrae J., and A. Harmer (eds) (2003) Humanitarian Action and the Global War on Terrorism: a review of trends and issues, HPG Report No. 14, Overseas Development Institute, London. Harmer, A., Changing Aid Policies of the Major Donors: case study on DFID Consultancy for the Japanese Bank for International Co-operation (JICA), Tokyo. 2003 Macrae J., A. Harmer et al (2002) Uncertain Power: the Changing Role of Official Donors in Humanitarian Action, HPG Report 12, Overseas Development Institute, London. Macrae J., A. Harmer, J. Borton (2002) Background Paper in support of the proposed investigation by the National Audit Office of the Humanitarian Assistance provided by the Department for International Development, Consultancy for the UK s National Audit Office (NAO). May September 2002 5