The Operational Policy and Advocacy Group (OPAG) of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) held the fourth session of its third regular meeting on 12 June 2020.
The third OPAG session will focus on “stepping up efforts around localization in light of COVID” with the objective to understand how best to leverage new opportunities created in light of the pandemic to speed up localization efforts and how the humanitarian community can adapt its delivery modalities, not only in response to COVID-19, but in all contexts with existing commitments on localization of aid, strengthening partnerships, and operating effectively in an environment impacted by the pandemic.
This note lays out the agreed Priority Areas of Work for the IASC Results Groups covering the 2020.
The IASC Results Groups have been encouraged to be concrete in their deliverables, to focus on activities that will have the most impact on field effectiveness, will support IASC Principals’ with their decisions and/or advocacy efforts, promise the highest return for investment, and are inclusive; ensuring systematic engagement with key relevant IASC and non-IASC inter-agency structures.
The Operational Policy and Advocacy Group (OPAG) of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) held its second meeting hosted by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) on 7 and 8 November 2019 in Geneva.1 The primary objective of the meeting was to examine progress made by the IASC Results Groups on the OPAG-agreed priority areas of work in 2019, and agree on their proposed priorities for 2020.
The agenda of the second IASC Operational Policy and Advocacy Group (OPAG) meeting, on 7-8 November 2019, covering:Results Groups - Update on Concrete DeliverablesHumanitarian-Development-Peace NexusUpdate from Peer-2-PeerIASC Associated Entities
