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Vision, Mission, Strategy
Communication and community engagement coordination in the Rohingya crisis: did it work?
The Real-Time Evaluation of Communicating with Communities Coordination in the Rohingya Response assesses how coherently, competently and adequately communication and community engagement was embedded in the response through inter-agency coordination structures.
Is a human-centred design approach to aid shifting decision power?
‘Human- or user-centred design’ is a concept directly lifted from private sector innovation and product development that features regularly in humanitarian speak. But is the ‘user’ in aid terms really afforded a decision-making role in services?
"Communications and community engagement should be at the core of everything we do as humanitarians"
Workshop attendees at the Communication and Community Engagement Initiative’s Africa Regional Workshop in Nairobi affirm their commitment to communication and community engagement as a fundamental principle in humanitarian action.
There’s no place for hierarchy in safeguarding
The aid sector is facing a crucial opportunity to upend top-down, hierarchical safeguarding systems that have masked wrongdoing and brushed aside victims of sexual exploitation and abuse. It’s the courage and persistence of the people who have come forward to report violations that has forced the ...
Rumour Has It Guide and the Policy Paper on the Role of Collective Platforms, Services and Tools now available in multiple languages
Rumour Has It Guide and the Policy Paper on the Role of Collective Platforms, Services and Tools now available in multiple languages - helping to make communication and community engagement more easy to embed in humanitarian situations around the world.
Communication is Aid
When disasters hit people need good information as well as food, water and shelter. What should they do to be safe, are loved ones alive and where can they receive help? As relief arrives, communication, listening and engagement with those most affected is essential to help create a better and more accountable response.
News from the Network
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Vanuatu: Localisation and participation revolution gains ground
| Wed, 10 Oct 2018The CDAC Network and Ground Truth Solutions have joined together for a project to put into place mechanisms for community preparedness and ...
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Building evidence that communication and community engagement works
| Fri, 28 Sep 2018With extreme weather becoming a fact of life for many in the world today, there is a growing body of evidence to show that, while each flood...
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What the Rohingya thought of the response
| Wed, 5 Sep 2018Last month, Ground Truth Solutions published three bulletins summarising feedback from the Rohingya on the aid provided. Their responses and...
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Hearing the Roar! Digital inclusion and community voices beyond the humanitarian-development divide
| Fri, 13 Jul 2018Our 2018 Forum convened a wide range of colleagues from both the humanitarian and development sector to discuss digital exclusion and ...
About the CDAC Network
The CDAC Network is a growing platform of more than 30 humanitarian, media development, social innovation, technology, and telecommunication organisations, dedicated to saving lives and making aid more effective through communication, information exchange and community engagement.
