IMPACT Initiatives

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IMPACT Initiatives is a leading Geneva-based think-and-do-tank, created in 2010 and firstly operationalized in 2012. IMPACT is a member of the ACTED Group.

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IMPACT Initiatives is a leading Geneva based think and do tank, created in 2010 and firstly operationalized in 2012. IMPACT is a member of the ACTED Group.

Through its action, IMPACT aims at shaping practices and influencing policies in humanitarian and development settings, in order to positively impact the lives of people and their communities. We do so by co-constructing and promoting knowledge, tools, and practices which enable better decision-making by key aid stakeholders. In all our work, we promote the use of settlement approaches as a catalyst for more effective aid action. We believe that by understanding settlements through the lens of community dynamics, governance structures and socio-economic relationships, we can impact lives of people, improve communities’ development pathways and contribute to a fairer world.

IMPACT’s teams implement assessment, monitoring, evaluation, and organizational capacity-building programmes in direct partnership with aid actors or through its inter-agency initiatives, REACH and Agora. IMPACT’s global team, based in Geneva, is complemented by an established presence in over 15 countries in Africa, Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Africa, South-East and Central Asia.

Visit the REACH website for more information and articles about this field initiative: http://www.reach-initiative.org/

Our mission is to shape practices and influence policies in humanitarian and development settings in order to positively impact lives of people and their communities.

We, as an action-research think-tank, enable better and more effective decision-making by generating and promoting knowledge, tools, and practices for humanitarian and development stakeholders.

We believe that by understanding settlements through the lens of community dynamics, governance structures and socio-economic relationships, we can impact lives of people, improve communities’ development pathways and contribute to a fairer world.

Our vision is to act as a catalyst for change of aid practices and policies to positively impact lives of people and their communities.

Field outreach and presence is key to IMPACT, allowing us to collect primary information in contexts of crisis. IMPACT has a permanent presence in over 15 countries and a capacity to deploy to all new crises. IMPACT‘s country teams include IMPACT/REACH Country Coordinators, Assessment and GIS Specialists, as well as large teams of enumerators for data collection. Field staff include over 50 international experts and 300 national staff.