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Running programmes well. Notes from the field.
Practical writing on MEAL, partnerships, protection and data, for the people who run humanitarian programmes.
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Five signs your reporting runs on reconciliation
If reporting week means merging spreadsheets, the problem isn't the people.
Counting partners' results without collecting their data
How a consortium lead can report on partners' work and stay within data protection rules.
Why small numbers need hiding
A figure of three in one village can identify a person. What to withhold, and where.
Every donor deadline in one calendar
What a grants team gains when obligations live next to the projects they belong to.
See it shaped like your programme.
Thirty minutes with your sectors, your partners and your indicators. If it doesn't fit, we'll say so.
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