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📢 Interested in #CrisisResponse #HumanitarianAid and #Somalia? Our latest report highlights citizen resilience to #crisis and how the #humanitarian system could engage better 👇 In collaboration with Humanitarian Outcomes and Centre for Humanitarian Change.

During a recent insightful discussion held by the North Africa Initiative, Fadi Abilmona, UNDP Regional Advisor, emphasized the critical need for a holistic approach to the crisis in Sudan. He advocated for the integration of humanitarian aid, development, and peacebuilding from the outset, challenging the conventional sequential approach to crisis management. Abilmona highlighted the 'Humanitarian Development Peace Nexus,' which proposes that simultaneous actions in these three areas can more effectively address the needs of affected populations and lead to sustainable outcomes. This approach is essential in regions like Sudan, where prolonged cycles of violence have devastated communities. We would be interested in your thoughts on how we can apply this Nexus approach in other conflict-affected regions? #SudanCrisis #HumanitarianAid #SustainableDevelopment #PeaceBuilding

A new independent evaluation into the response of Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) member organizations and their local partners to the humanitarian crisis in northern #Ethiopia finds that although critical aid was delivered, the collective response to the needs of people was not adequate.   This is an independent assessment of the humanitarian response to the crisis in the three northern regions of Ethiopia between November 2020 and April 2023. It finds that external factors - including an extensive blockade of the Tigray region - greatly impacted operations, with serious implications for both affected people and humanitarian staff.  It notes the perseverance of IASC members and partners in delivering critical aid in extremely difficult conditions. However, it also found that humanitarian leadership within Ethiopia was ineffective and that the response was not sufficiently underpinned by humanitarian principles. Read the full report here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3VsiUT6

The two crucial Documents for Humanitarian and development practitioners: on #Reliefweb. Ethiopia Humanitarian Needs Overview 2024 https://lnkd.in/gwmf2YCK Ethiopia: Humanitarian Response Plan 2024 (February 2024) https://lnkd.in/grq7Jxjg

✨ 📣 A new independent #evaluation into the response of #IASC Member Organizations and their in-country partners to the #humanitarian crisis in Northern #Ethiopia finds that although critical aid was delivered, the collective response to the needs of people in Northern Ethiopia was not adequate. https://lnkd.in/eVHy2HiY   This is an independent assessment of the humanitarian response to the crisis in the three northern regions of Ethiopia between November 2020 and April 2023. It finds that external factors—including an extensive blockade of the Tigray region—greatly impacted operations, with serious implications for both affected people and humanitarian staff. It notes the perseverance of IASC members and partners in delivering critical aid in extremely difficult conditions. However, it also found that humanitarian leadership within Ethiopia was ineffective, and that the response was not sufficiently underpinned by humanitarian principles.    📑 Read the full report here: 👉https://lnkd.in/e4vBt9Ga 👈 Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Mervat Shelbaya United Nations OCHA Ramiz Alakbarov Robert McCouch Kerry Albright Michele Tarsilla, Ph.D. in Evaluation Carlotta Tincati

Ever heard of the term 'Denial of humanitarian access'?  “The aid system often takes years to acknowledge the severity of entrenched access problems, if it ever does. In Syria and Myanmar, it took more than 2 years to establish a meaningful cross-border response.” What do you think organisations could do better to navigate humanitarian access in Sudan? Check out our blog "Towards Better Access in Sudan: Lessons from Myanmar, Ethiopia, and Syria" by Emma Beals => https://lnkd.in/dbe8XR_S  to gain insights from similar contexts.  #HumanitarianAccess #keepeyesonsudan

📣 To anyone who might be interested in #humanitarian negotiation and the situation in #Gaza 👇 We are organizing an interactive webinar tomorrow (25 April) with three amazing humanitarian professionals who recently returned from the field. They will share their insights and experience in negotiating access, protection, and assistance in one of the world’s most complex humanitarian situations. Open to all, registration mandatory 👉 https://hubs.la/Q02tL13F0

Great Emma Beals blog for Conflict Sensitivity Facility (CSF) Sudan on lessons for navigating access challenges from Myanmar and Syria. https://lnkd.in/eiX6fnCh 'In Sudan, there’s a strong focus on access approval from certain government authorities , even in areas where they have no control or visibility. When approval is denied, this is escalated to a political level because of bureaucratic and operational preferences rather than necessity. Increased cross-border activity, meaningful localisation efforts that include remote programming, and cash transfer solutions for small organisations and beneficiaries alike, could be explored to meet humanitarian needs where they exist, even in the face of complex access challenges.' Which chimes with what we've been hearing in Humanitarian Outcomes interviews for a forthcoming report.

In this #WorldHumanitarianDay2024 read our important paper on the first humanitarian response on #diabetes during the crisis in #Mali in 2012 published with Dr Ibrahima Socé Fall Pr Beran and al https://lnkd.in/dxbuSzsq

OUT NOW: The final installment of the Middle East Program's series on post-war governance in Gaza offers international perspectives on issues and questions surrounding what Gaza's future will look like. READ: https://bit.ly/3OZnLHX