Humanitarian worker (recently retired)
Bernard Broughton
Photo credit: Bernard Broughton, 2009
Career highlights:
Over 18 months in 2005-2006 I led the Inter-Agency Real Time Evaluation of the International Humanitarian Response to the Crisis in Darfur, initiated by the UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs.
In 2006 ALNAP included an evaluation I led of WFP’s food assistance for Iraqi and Afghan refugees in Iran as a best practice example in Evaluating humanitarian action using the OECD-DAC criteria: An ALNAP guide for humanitarian agencies.
In 2016 I led the design of the Joint New Zealand-Australia Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for Humanitarian Responses in the Pacific.
In 2018 I was invited to present my Evaluation of Australia's response to Droughts and Frosts in PNG 2015-2017 at the ANU Development Policy Centre's annual PNG aid evaluation forum.
In 2024 I led the Evaluation of Australia’s Humanitarian Responses to Complex and Protracted Crises in Myanmar covering the period 2017 to mid-2024. The evaluation included Australian assistance to those displaced to Bangladesh and Thailand
Tarawa Reef Kiribati - vulnerable to sea level rise
Photo credit: Bernard Broughton, 2015
Profile
Background:Graduated from Macquarie University, Sydney in 1979 with a BA.LLB and practiced law for a period. In early 1984 volunteered with Save the Children UK in Ethiopia. Engaged in humanitarian action and development thereafter. Gained valuable hands on experience as a field coordinator for Oxfam GB in Uganda & Somalia (1984-1989) and managed a global program as a director of CARE Australia (1989-1990). Then joined the International Federation of the Red Cross as a delegate in Cambodia based in the north-west (1991-1993) and subsequently rejoined Oxfam GB to establish & manage a large relief and recovery program in South Sudan based in Akot east of Rumbek (1993-1995).
Consulting expertise and experience: From September 1995 to September 2024 worked as an independent consultant based in Australia and later in Uganda, focusing initially on designing bilateral and NGO development projects, and delivering project cycle and M&E training. Subsequently shifted focus to leading independent reviews and evaluations of humanitarian assistance and development programs. Over the years I engaged in 80 reviews or evaluations across many sectors and topics incl. humanitarian action and global reform; humanitarian protection; disaster risk management and climate change adaptation; food security and nutrition; water and sanitation; rural development; vocational training; governance and human rights; pandemics and emerging infectious diseases.
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My clients have included Australian DFAT, New Zealand MFAT, United Kingdom DFID, United States AID, European Union ECHO, World Bank, Asian Development Bank; United Nations agencies including UNDP, WFP, FAO, OCHA, UNICEF; and many NGOs including OXFAM, World Vision, The Fred Hollows Foundation, Caritas, AngliCORD, and RedR Australia.
Household granaries in Adilang, northern Uganda - Food security
Experience in the following regions and countries:
- China, Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Timor Leste
- Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati, New Caledonia
- Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Jordan, Russian Federation
- Uganda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Angola.