Under the GEG/IRMA Consoritum, Lezlie designed and led the research leading to ELRHA’s ‘Global Prioritisation Exercise for Research and Innovation’ (Stage 1: 1—08/2017). In the compendium of research and innovation linked to humanitarian action, 694 outputs were catalogued representing the investment of 825 organisations funded by 219 donors. A primary dataset was developed through a rigorous literature review (RLR), which systematically selected and examined 541 documents compiled by rule-based searches of scholastic and grey literature. GPE Phase One has charted new territory in cataloguing humanitarian action and establishes an exciting baseline of opportunities for meaningful research and innovation in the humanitarian sphere.

Strategic Global Evaluation of WFP’s policies for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
Photo credit: WFP/Sayed Asif Mahmud IRMA partners Marilise Turnbull (Team Leader) and Lezlie Moriniere (Senior Evaluator) conducted a strategic evaluation the 2011 WFP policy on disaster risk reduction and management and the 2017 climate change policy. The evaluation assessed the



