ACT Humanitarian Operations Manual (pdf version)

• Purpose and intended use
• Mandatory Policies
• Roles and responsibilities
• ACT scale up model

Quality Standards

Appeal Guidance
Rapid Response Fund Guidance

1. Emergency Preparedness and Response Plans
2. ACT Alert
3. Emergency Steering Committee
4. Monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL)
5. ACT Alliance Humanitarian M&E Guidelines
6. Reporting
7. Extensions and revisions
8. Exit and close out
9. Non-compliance and mismanagement measures

• Financial management
• Safety and Security
• Communications and Media
• Data and Information Management
• Logistics and supply chain management

Gender in Emergencies
Humanitarian Advocacy
Fragile States and Protracted Crises
Humanitarian Coordination

Guidance Notes and Tools

Emergency Steering Committee
ESC Terms of Reference
Guidance Note – Emergency Steering Committee

Inception Meeting
Guidance Note – Inception Meeting

MEAL
Guidance Note – Learning Review
Guidance Note – Focus Group Discussion
Indicators Tracking Tool
Stakeholder Analysis Tool

Extension and Revisions
Guidance Note – No Cost Extension

Templates

Appeal
Appeal Template
Appeal Budget Template
Guidance Note – Appeal Budget Preparation
Results Framework template
Guidance Note – Results Framework

Rapid Response Fund
ACT RRF Proposal Template – Multiple Members
ACT RRF Proposal Template – Single Member

Humanitarian Operations
EPRP
Member EPRP Template
Guidance Note – Member EPRP Template
Forum EPRP template
Guidance Note – Forum EPRP Template

ACT Alert
ACT Alert Template
Guidance Note – ACT Alert

Emergency Steering Committee
ACT Alliance Decision Matrix

Assessment
ACT Alliance Rapid Needs Assessment Tool
Guidance Note – Rapid Assessment

Reporting
Situation Report
Appeal Narrative Report
Guidance Note – Project Reporting
Appeal Reporting Template

Extensions and revisions
No Cost Extension Narrative Template
No Cost Extension Budget Template

AAP                                                         Accountability to Affected People

CAHO                                                     Capacity Assessment for Humanitarian Operations

CHS                                                        Core Humanitarian Standard

DRR                                                        Disaster Risk Reduction

EOM                                                       Emergency Operations Manual

EPHR                                                     Emergency Preparedness and Humanitarian Response

EPRP                                                      Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan

ESC                                                         Emergency Steering Committee

FIFO                                                       First In First Out

GBV                                                        Gender Based Violence

GHOM                                                   Global Humanitarian Operations Manager

HOM                                                      Humanitarian Operations Manual

IASC                                                       Inter-Agency Standing Committee

ICR                                                         Indirect Cost Recovery

IT                                                            Information Telecommunications

MCA                                                      Membership Cooperation Agreement

MCAT                                                    Member Capacity Assessment Tool

MEAL                                                     Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning

MNC                                                      Membership & Nomination Committee

MOU                                                     Memorandum of Understanding

M&E                                                      Monitoring & Evaluation

NGO                                                      Non-governmental Organisation

PII                                                           Personal Identifiable Information

PMEAL                                                 Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning

PME                                                       Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

PMER                                                    Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting

PSHEA                                                  Protection from Sexual Harassment, Exploitation & Abuse

QAF                                                       Quality and Accountability Framework

RRF                                                        Rapid Response Fund

SOGIESC                                               Sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or sex  characteristics

ToR                                                         Terms of Reference

USD                                                        United States Dollar

WASH                                                   Water, Sanitation and Hygiene