Operational Policy and Advocacy Group (OPAG) MeetingGeneva, 11-12 April 2019Logistics InformationWHENThe Inter-Agency Standing Committee’s (IASC) Operational Policy and Advocacy Group (OPAG) will meet on 11 April 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. and on 12 April from 09:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Coffee will be served from 8.30 a.m. on both days).WHEREThe meeting will take place at the Hotel Crowne Plaza Geneva, Avenue Louis-Casaï 75-77, 1216 Geneva.
Prior to the IASC reform in January 2019, the function of today’s Results Groups was carried out by the IASC Task Teams and Reference Groups, accountable to the Working Group. This report presents key activities and outcomes of the work of these IASC subsidiary bodies in 2018. Members of these groups provided technical expertise and were in regular contact with the field to ensure field perspectives shaped IASC policies, guidelines, tools and actions.The report covers the activities of the following subsidiary bodies:
This document is prepared in response to a request made during the Ad hoc meeting of IASC Working Group (WG) on the IASC Task Team on Strengthening the Humanitarian Development Nexus in Protracted Settings (HDN TT), 5 Sept 2017. During this meeting, the IASC WG agreed to “undertake an initial review of the endorsed HDN Workplan by 31 December 2017 and establish the timetable for subsequent reviews as necessary”.
