HPCR HIPN Project: English Questionnaire Results

HUMANITARIAN INNOVATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS

Preliminary Questionnaire Results

PROGRAM ON HUMANITARIAN POLICY AND CONFLICT RESEARCH (HPCR) HARVARD UNIVERSITY

August 2012

The response to the questionnaire of this project has been excellent – thank you to all of you who participated!

The questionnaire represented the first phase of our research project. This presentation displays the preliminary results gathered from this questionnaire. We received a total of 1,239 responses from a targeted survey population, 812 of which were deemed eligible for inclusion in the study. Inclusion criteria were the return of a fully completed questionnaire and self-reported active participation in humanitarian action within the last three years. The bar charts that follow are a selection of summary results to the corresponding questions as indicated. They are followed by an illustration of the data gathered concerning cities of humanitarian action: 126 cities were named as primary locations of humanitarian activity and 161 cities as destinations of professional travel by the surveyed population. Approximately 50% of all travel destinations for humanitarian work reported in the questionnaire (664/1344) were to 13 cities. A series of ‘travel network maps’ then depicts the cities from where travel takes place towards each of these 13 major draw cities. On these maps, the thickness of the line from each city to the draw city (represented by a star) is proportionate to the frequency of this travel route reported. For more information on this project, please visit: http://hpcrresearch.org/research/humanitarian-innovations-and-professional-networks

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350

Engineering

Medical

Fundraising

Security of staff

Shelter

Academic

Livelihoods

Water and SanitaAon

Food and NutriAon

Legal

Policy

Fieldwork

EducaAon / Training

Advocacy / CommunicaAon

Management

Humanitarian ProtecAon

Human Rights

CoordinaAon

No. of respondents (of total 812)

Which sector(s) of humanitarian ac:vity do you work in? (Choose as many as apply)

0 50 100 150 200 250

Media

Regional organizaAon

Host government

Military

Private sector

Donor government

IFRC and Red Cross or Red Crescent SocieAes

InternaAonal CommiNee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Independent consultant

Local NGO

Academic insAtuAon

UN Agency, Department or Program

InternaAonal NGO


Please select the type of your current employer

0 100 200 300 400 500 600

High school diploma

Technical / Professional diploma

Undergraduate university degree

Master's or Graduate degree

PhD / Doctoral degree


What is the highest level of formal educa:on you have completed?

0 50 100 150 200 250 300

0 -‐ 2

3 -‐ 5

6 -‐ 10

11 -‐ 20

21 -‐ 30

> 30


How many years of experience do you have in the humanitarian sector?

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450

No

Yes


Do you hold any specific cer:ficates or academic qualifica:ons in humanitarian ac:vi:es?

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700

Social media

Mobile phone texAng

Online conference or meeAngs

Telephone calls

Face-‐to-‐face conversaAon

E-‐mails


Rate the modes of communica:on you primarily use to engage with colleagues and peers (equal most likely ranking permiIed)

0 100 200 300 400 500 600

Isolated with very few professional connecAons in the humanitarian sector

With limited professional connecAons within my organizaAon or across agencies

Well connected only with professionals within my own organizaAon

Well connected within a diverse group of professionals across organizaAons


Reflec:ng on your own professional networks in the humanitarian sector, do you consider yourself to be:

0 100 200 300 400 500 600

Within my city

Within my region

Among peers with a similar level of formal educaAon

Within my sector of acAviAes (e.g. legal, logisAcs, etc.)

Within my organizaAon


When faced with a professional challenge, where will you most likely be looking for guidance?

(Equal most likely ranking permiIed)

Geneva Switzerland

10.9% Humanitarians

primarily working in Geneva

18.2% Humanitarians

traveling to Geneva

Nairobi Kenya

10.2% Humanitarians

primarily working in Nairobi

12.2% Humanitarians

traveling to Nairobi

Brussels Belgium

2.9% Humanitarians

primarily working in Brussels

7.5% Humanitarians

traveling to Brussels

London England

8.4% Humanitarians

primarily working in London

6.7% Humanitarians

traveling to London

New York USA

8.9% Humanitarians

primarily working in New York

6.7% Humanitarians

traveling to New York

Washington USA

8.4% Humanitarians

primarily working in Washington

6.3% Humanitarians traveling to Washington

Amman Jordan

2.0% Humanitarians

primarily working in Amman

4.9% Humanitarians

traveling to Amman

Bangkok Thailand

1.6% Humanitarians

primarily working in Bangkok

4.6% Humanitarians traveling to Bangkok

Addis Ababa Ethiopia

1.4% Humanitarians

primarily working in Addis Ababa

4.3% Humanitarians traveling to Addis Ababa

Kampala Uganda

1.8% Humanitarians

primarily working in Kampala

3.6% Humanitarians traveling to Kampala

Paris France

2.5% Humanitarians

primarily working in Paris

3.0% Humanitarians traveling to

Paris

Islamabad Pakistan

1.4% Humanitarians

primarily working in Islamabad

2.8% Humanitarians traveling to Islamabad

Cairo Egypt

0.8% Humanitarians

primarily working in Cairo

2.6% Humanitarians traveling to

Cairo

Education

HPCR HIPN Project: English Questionnaire Results