Operational Peer Review

An Operational Peer Review (OPR) is an inter-agency review of a crisis where there has been a Humanitarian System-Wide Scale-Up Activation. The OPR is conducted by a team of senior humanitarian practitioners from the UN, NGOs and other Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) organisations, and takes place no later than five months after the initial activation. A Scale-Up Activation is reserved for crises of the highest magnitude and activates a number of system-wide Transformative Agenda (TA) Protocols. OPRs are not assessments or evaluations. They provide the Humanitarian Coordinator and Humanitarian Country Team with an opportunity to reflect on the direction and performance of the humanitarian response. OPR recommendations inform the Emergency Directors, the RC/HC and HCT in real time during the crisis response; they also support key strategic decisions for the response, such as whether to extend the Scale-Up at the end of the activation period.   For more information, please refer to the ‘Standard Operating Procedures for Humanitarian System-Wide Scale-Up Activation’ – here