Title
Real-Time Reviews That Fix Disaster Response In Motion
Record Type
Video
URL
https://youtu.be/uhTy5d1Ivgw
Contact
Volker Huls
Year
2,022
Publisher
Imara IHG

Summary
This session covers how real-time evaluations (RTEs) and peer reviews enable adaptive management during active crises. By assessing impact and market functionality early, responders can pivot—such as switching from food aid to cash—to correct mistakes before they become entrenched failures.
Description
This video explains how real-time reviews, real-time evaluations, and operational peer reviews are used in humanitarian and disaster response to improve effectiveness while operations are still scaling up. Rather than waiting for after-action reviews, independent evaluators assess relevance, appropriateness, coherence, coverage, and impact during the first months of a crisis.

Using practical examples such as cash-based assistance versus food aid, market functionality, inter-agency coordination, and UN-led operational peer reviews, the session shows how early feedback loops allow organizations to adapt, correct mistakes, and strengthen outcomes before failures become entrenched.

The video also connects these tools to simpler practices like daily operational reflections and rapid learning in local emergency management, demonstrating how continuous learning improves disaster response, humanitarian coordination, accountability, and decision-making under pressure.

Keywords: real-time evaluations, humanitarian response, disaster management, operational reviews, humanitarian coordination, UN response system, learning in crises, adaptive management