Linking emergency response, recovery and development

1. Linking emergency response, recovery and development • The Red Cross Red Crescent Perspective • Presented by Kiflemariam Amdemariam • Senior Officer, Food Security • IFRC Secretariat, Geneva • May 12, 2010

3. RC/RC Policy and strategic approaches • Change attitudes that treat response and development as isolated activities. • Close consultation with the people affected at the community level and other service providers. • Use emergency response as an opportunity to enhance local capacities

4. RC/RC Approaches … • Ensure that response doesn`t inadvertently reinforce tension or conflict • Incorporate appropriate indicators into response operations • Recognize the needs for inclusive disaster planning of the National Societies • Use disaster preparedness and DRR as essential link • Build National Societies capacity

5. RC/RC Approaches … • Contribute towards more systematic coordination • Underline the importance of humanitarian advocay to promote solutions to root causes and ensure better linkages

6. Examples of good practices • The Tsunami operation in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Thailand, 2004-2009 • African National Societies drought and floods response and recovery practices and the Longer-Term Food Security Initiative 2008-2012

7. Strategy 2020-Aims • Save lives, protect livelihoods, and strengthen recovery from disasters and crises • Enable healthy and safe living • Promote social inclusion and a culture of non-violence and peace

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