2B: Learning how to pivot: How to provide humanitarian support when you must, and transition to systemic development when you can

In fragile and conflict affected settings humanitarian aid and systemic development are often both needed: one provides an essential first safety net while the other helps to reduce long-term dependence on the same. This session shares lessons learned from organisations and programs who have invested in approaches, local teams and management processes to successfully deliver both and create sustainable development outcomes in the harshest of conditions.

➔ Alison Hemberger, Mercy Corps: Programming Outside the Box: Lessons from systemic private sector approaches in Sudan, Ukraine, and Beyond

➔ Jennifer Weatherall, Catholic Relief Services: Engaging with Systems in Crisis Contexts: Learning from CRS on Working Systemically Across the Nexus

➔ Nadia Nutz, ILO: From hand-outs to inclusive market systems: the journey of the ILO-UNHCR collaboration with practical examples from Nepal and Kenya.

➔ Kif Nguyen, ITC, and Fahad Mohammed, Norwegian Refugee Council: Making the Nexus Work: Case Study from ITC/Norwegian Refugee Council Collaboration under the EU-funded SAAVI Project in Iraq

➔ Moderator: Harald Bekkers, DCED Secretariat