Area of Expertise/Interest
Aid Effectiveness, Capacity Strengthening, Civil-Military Relations, Disaster Response, Early Recovery, Policy Research and Advocacy, Refugees, Displacement and Protection
Countries
Burundi, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda
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Patricia McIlreavy is Senior Director, Humanitarian Policy for InterAction. McIlreavy’s experience in the humanitarian field started in 1993, when she joined USAID’s Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance. After serving on USAID’s Disaster Assistance Response Team to Rwanda in 1994, McIlreavy took on a field position with the International Rescue Committee’s Rwanda program.
Her subsequent career with the IRC spanned 14 years, during which she held Country Director posts in Sudan, Tanzania, Burundi, and Regional Director for the Horn and East Africa. As Regional Director, a post she held for five years, she oversaw IRC’s programming in relief, rehabilitation, and post-conflict development programs in Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia.
Directly prior to joining InterAction, she was based in Jordan, working for three years as an international management and training consultant with a diverse group of humanitarian organizations, including the NGO community, the Red Cross movement, United Nations agencies and NATO.
McIlreavy holds a masters degree in International Affairs from the American University School of International Service.
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April 29, 2011
The stories of aid workers returning from Haiti or Pakistan are filled with anecdotes about the failings of the “cluster” approach. And as is so often the case with any change that requires an attitudinal shift, we embrace these stories as justifications for why we can’t, shouldn’t, or won’t engage.
The truth is that we, the humanitarian community, still have difficulties in responding to crises in...
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March 31, 2011
Once again the American people are showing their generosity of spirit through an outpouring of concern and donations to the many humanitarian crises that are unfolding, from the Japan earthquake to the political upheaval across the Middle East. This modern age of connectivity is a blessing to any humanitarian organization seeking to raise funds for its work.
That is, if the crisis for which they are...
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Working Groups are a central part of the way InterAction supports and aids its members. Working Groups are first and foremost a place for member agencies to share information that is important to them in several ways:
- by providing a way for member organizations to share information about field-based issues, concerns, and topics;
- by serving as a place for members to receive training and to share best practices with each other; and
- by offering a space for members to develop new products and materials on a given topic.
Working Groups are member driven and supported by InterAction staff (with the exception of a few non-staffed working groups). Members identify an interest, issue area, or need around which they feel their collective voices will clarify or strengthen responses. Depending on the number of member organizations interested, a meeting or consultation is planned to explore the topic and allow members to share their issues and concerns. Such consultations or exploratory meetings may lead to the formation of an on-going Working Group.
InterAction's current working groups are described below. For more information on a specific working group, contact the group's staff contact.
| Group | Description | Staff Contact |
|---|---|---|
| HPPC--SYRIA |
this is a working for Syria |
Abby Bruell |
| SIT--Transparency |
SIT--ransparency |
Laia Grino |
| Shelter and Settlements Working Group |
InterAction Shelter And Settlements Working Group |
Mohamed Hilmi |
| Allen-test-group |
this is a test group |
Allen Abtahi |
| InterAction Business Council |
Promoting and leveraging corporate and NGO partnerships for sustainable and inclusive international development and economic growth. |
Luisa Córdoba |
| HPPC--Humanitarian Policy and Partnerships Working Group |
HPPC--Humanitarian Policy and Partnerships Working Group |
Abby Bruell |
| SIT--Aid Effectiveness-Members |
SIT--Aid Effectiveness-Members |
Kimberly Darter |
| HPPC--Horn of Africa |
HPPC--Horn of Africa |
Lucy de los Reyes |