Complaints and feedback

Community feedback is essential to any project. It helps you understand what is working well, and whether changes need to be made. You can use the tools and resources in this section to set up an effective complaint and feedback system.

2 July 2019

Eight principles for building trust through feedback

Type:

Report

Organization:

BOND

A report from BOND entitled ‘Building Trust Through Feedback’, which sets out best practice principles for developing an accountable feedback mechanism within programme work in the humanitarian sector.

  • Client responsiveness
  • Feedback
  • Participation

29 June 2019

How to establish and manage a systematic community feedback mechanism

Type:

Tool

Organization:

IFRC

An IFRC guide on ‘How to Establish and Manage a Systematic Community Feedback Mechanism’, which details how to integrate community feedback to improve decision making.

  • Feedback
  • CEA and Migration
  • Monitoring
  • Participation

27 June 2019

Closing the loop: effective feedback in humanitarian contexts

Type:

Tool

Organization:

Alnap

Guidance from ALNAP on how to implement effective feedback mechanisms in a humanitarian programme, to improve Community Engagement and Accountability. Additional resources can be found at: https://www.alnap.org/.

  • Arabic
  • Communication
  • Feedback
  • French

27 June 2019

Client voice and choice and Ground Truth solutions feedback reports

Type:

Report

Organization:

International Rescue Committee

A report from the International Rescue Committee (IRC), based on feedback from clients in Greece, Kenya, South Sudan, and southern Syria, which forms part of the IRC’s Client Voice and…

  • Accountability
  • Feedback
  • Participation

27 June 2019

16 key lessons on collecting and using client feedback

Type:

Report

Organization:

International Rescue Committee

A report from the International Rescue Committee about collecting and using client feedback to inform programming decisions, provide insights for humanitarian teams and improve Community Engagement and Accountability.

  • Feedback
  • Monitoring
  • Participation

17 June 2019

Hotline risk register

Type:

Tool

Organization:

IFRC

A template hotline risk register produced by the IFRC which can be adapted for use in a variety of projects.

  • Feedback
  • Hotline
  • Mainstreaming
  • Participation