The Vulnerability & Risk Assessment Toolkit

This is a practical tool to Oxfam’s Vulnerability and Risk Analysis (VRA)

Before you start
PREPARING FOR THE VRA

The Workshop

When you finish
REFLECTIONS & LEARNING

More about the VRA

What is it?

As necessary, consider holding separate conversations with women and/or with ethnic or other minority groups to consolidate arguments ahead of the Knowledge Group analysis. Photo: Oxfam in Ghana

A VRA is a multi-stakeholder process. It brings together women and men from different livelihoods, religions and socio-economic groups, including the private sector, with decision-makers from local and/or national governments.

Why do one?

To promote dialogue, trust and shared action amongst different groups and stakeholders.
To collaboratively generate useful information and action to inform a country strategy.
To collaboratively support the design of a programme or project in a new area.
As part of baseline assessments and end-term evaluations of a MEAL plan.
To inform an advocacy, campaign or influencing strategy.
To broaden the scope of resilience, livelihood, DRR or climate change adaptation programming.