Assessments and surveys

Community engagement and accountability is an important component of any assessment, as it helps to capture vital information that may not be available from other sources. Use these tools and resources to make sure that your assessment is transparent and captures the views and opinions of communities you work with.

Key resources

2 April 2020

EVCA Guide

The Enhanced Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (EVCA) is a participatory process developed for communities to become more resilient…

2 July 2019

Communication needs assessment toolkit

A suite of tools, developed by CDAC Network and ACAPS, that provide guidance for humanitarian responders to assess…

2 April 2020

Information and communication needs assessment: toolkit

These assessment tools were used for the Information and Communication Needs Assessment report to understand the information and…

New

26 March 2025

What Crisis Affected Communities Need from a Humanitarian Reset

Type:

Report

Organization:

Ground Truth

This report captures data from more than 34,000 conversations held over two years and across 12 countries with people experiencing crisis to find out what they want and need humanitarian…

  • Community-led solutions
  • Data
  • Data analysis
New

25 March 2025

Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers Question Bank

Type:

Tool

Organization:

Collective Service RCCE, SSHAP

This question bank provides guidance on undertaking social science research in the context of an outbreak of a viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF).

  • CEA and Health
  • Epidemics
  • Viral Hemorrhagic Diseases
New

25 March 2025

Cholera Question Bank

Type:

Tool

Organization:

Collective Service RCCE

A zip folder containing qualitative and quantitative questions for community-level cholera data collection. This question bank can be used by field teams and/ or local research teams working in communities…

  • Assessments and surveys
  • CEA and Health
  • Cholera
  • Epidemics
New

25 March 2025

Mpox Question Bank

Type:

Tool

Organization:

Collective Service RCCE, SSHAP

A zip folder containing qualitative and quantitative questions for community-level mpox data collection. This question bank can be used by field teams and/ or local research teams working in communities…

  • Assessments and surveys
  • CEA and Health
  • Epidemics
  • French
New

24 March 2025

Engaged, Informed and Empowered: The Impact of Community Engagement on Public Health Outcomes

Type:

Report

Organization:

IFRC, Plan Eval

This report presents findings from research on how community engagement and accountability (CEA) strategies enhance health and humanitarian programmes. Conducted by Plan Eval and commissioned by IFRC, the study took…

  • CEA and Health
  • Cholera
  • COVID-19
  • Ebola

25 July 2024

IFRC Community Trust Index Cross-Country Analysis in Asia-Pacific

Type:

Report

Organization:

IFRC, Papua New Guinea Red Cross, Philippine Red Cross, Soloman Islands Red Cross Society, Tuvalu Red Cross Society

This study, conducted across Mongolia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu, highlights the importance of trust in humanitarian action, which is crucial for acceptance of support,…

  • Asia Pacific
  • Assessments and surveys
  • Community feedback
  • Perception Survey

19 July 2024

Feedback Coding Guide Asia Pacific

Type:

Guide

Organization:

IFRC

A step-by-step introduction to coding and analysis of community insights using a coding framework.

  • Asia Pacific
  • Assessments and surveys
  • Community feedback
  • Data analysis

19 July 2024

Feedback Form Training Slides Asia Pacific

Type:

Training Material

Organization:

IFRC

This slide deck explains in detail the feedback form questions, and the instruction on how to download the form to mobile devices and start recording community insights.

  • Asia Pacific
  • Best practice
  • Community feedback
  • Data collection

19 July 2024

Community Feedback Report Template (Asia Pacific)

Type:

Template

Organization:

IFRC

A template including example text and comments to share key findings of community feedback analysis. Ensure to adapt with your own findings, logos and remove all comments before publishing your…

  • Asia Pacific
  • Community feedback
  • Data analysis
  • Feedback

18 July 2024

How to Engage Older Volunteers

Type:

Video

Organization:

IFRC, Kyrgyzstan Red Crescent Society, Mongolian Red Cross Society

This video outlines some of the ways older Red Cross/Red Crescent volunteers engage with communities using digital tools and some of the benefits that stem from it. This video was…

  • Community feedback
  • Digital
  • Elderly
  • Volunteers

17 July 2024

Feedback Kobo Form Template

Type:

Template

Organization:

IFRC

Template for the questions and format of the Kobo form for collecting community data. This template is part of the Asia Pacific feedback kit.

  • Asia Pacific
  • Assessments and surveys
  • Community feedback
  • Data collection

17 July 2024

Feedback Coding Framework Template

Type:

Coding framework

Organization:

IFRC

An excel template for coding community feedback. This template is part of the Asia Pacific feedback kit.

  • Asia Pacific
  • Assessments and surveys
  • Community feedback
  • Data analysis