IASC Weekly (GVA) - Local capacity and partnerships in emergency assistance
Geneva
Meeting Documents
1. Local capacity and partnerships in emergency assistance
Katherine Nightingale, Senior Advocacy and Policy Officer for Humanitarian Issues, Christian Aid – ACT Alliance, will discuss the findings of the report "Building the future of humanitarian aid: local capacity and partnerships in emergency assistance." Drawing on her research for the report, Katherine proposes three areas for action, shares current NGO thinking and discusses how the IASC could see these working within efforts to ensure disaster prevention and response are integrated into the post-2015 framework.
Background
Whilst the importance of local capacity for disaster prevention and response is consistently recognised in emergency response evaluations, local and national humanitarian actors continue to be side-lined and partnership approaches devalued as inherently risky within the sector. The role of local and national civil society was a central debate at the ICVA assembly in March 2012 and its importance is shaping thinking on resilience and disaster-proof development in debates on Rio+20 and post-2015. A significant step-change is needed in practice, mindset, funding and coordination structures if the humanitarian capacity is to be built and empowered to deal with the changing nature of disaster risks and response management.
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