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Don't Miss Out!! Registration is now open for the seminar "Leveraging NbS in Humanitarian Action🌿🌍 Really looking to this event where environment, development, and humanitarian sectors unite to unpack the role of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in crisis-affected contexts and offer practical guidance for NbS implementation in humanitarian settings. In many places, the increasing severity and frequency of climate-related disasters exacerbate underlying risks, stoke conflict, and undermine humanitarian and development gains. In light of these challenges, Nature-based solutions (NbS) can offer a framework to remedy these complex dynamics. Save the date: March 6th at Røde Kors Frivillighus. Registration is now open Eventbrite: Alexander Egholm Møller Virginie Morlet Toke Rogbo-Bengtsson Verónica Ruiz Mikkel Funder Henning Nøhr Henry Neufeldt Julia Rocha Romero Mette Boye Christer Lænkholm Røde Kors Iben Barslund Villumsen WWF Verdensnaturfonden / WWF Denmark IUCN International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - IFRC Julie Margrethe Høy-Carrasco Aruwa Bendsen https://lnkd.in/d3pm7WCc

"Listening to communities isn't just an institutional mandate; it's our collective moral obligation". 🤝🌍 "Just one organization trying to tackle this is not going to be able to change the situation". Geoffrey Kateregga, the President of the Loop Governing Board, emphasises the collective responsibility we share for accountability, inclusion, and sustainable change. He urges global and local organisations to recognize the value of the Loop experience, not only for democratising access to feedback but also for fostering transparency, coherence, and efficiency in implementation. 🌐🔄 As with any system change initiative, Geoffrey reminds us that success hinges on support, backing, and buy-in. Fragmented and individual commitments to accountability diminish potential outcomes. Instead, he calls for unity—a path that benefits everyone. Geoffrey serves as the Geospatial Information Service (GIS) Lead and Community Programs Manager at the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. In this role, he promotes, supports, and advocates for the creation, maintenance, use, distribution, and availability of free, geographically referenced data and geospatial information to facilitate humanitarian aid worldwide. #LoopVoices: Chapter Six - Meet Geoffrey Kateregga #safeguarding #localisation #Accountability #SystemsChange #AidDiversion #GBV #PSEA

💡 Want to know how we’re making communities safer and more resilient? 👉 Here are the 5 key objectives of the Synergies Project! We'll dive deeper into each one over the coming weeks, but here's a sneak peek in the image below. 📌 We engage first and second responders, citizens, civil society organizations, research and education systems, authorities, and businesses in disaster preparedness actions to foster a culture of preparedness. 🌏 Building on EU-funded research, SYNERGIES refines practices and guides Preparedness Cases in Reunion, Malta, and Rotterdam. 🔍 Stay tuned as we present each objective in detail! #DisasterPreparedness #EUProject #SYNERGIES #Resilience #CommunityEngagement

⏰ Call for Abstracts: 🏠 Shelter Projects 10th Edition 🌸 Submissions are now open for the 10th edition of #ShelterProjects. This edition will feature global shelter and settlement responses, showcasing case studies, response overviews, and opinion pieces highlighting innovative approaches in conflict, disaster, and crisis contexts. Want to showcase your experience? Click here to submit by ✨14th July 2024 🗓️, and to find out more: https://lnkd.in/ehy4gheK Why get involved? 👩🎓 Learn from real-world projects: their strengths, challenges, and lessons learned 💲 Discover how to maximize emergency funds for both immediate and long-term needs 📚 Contribute to a resource valued by humanitarian managers, program staff, and government representatives 🏃♀️ Explore past editions online For queries, reach out to shelterprojects@sheltercluster.org! #ShelterProjects #HumanitarianResponse #CallForAbstracts #GlobalShelterCluster Global Shelter Cluster IOM - UN Migration UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - IFRC CARE International USAID - Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance Norwegian Refugee Council Danish Refugee Council / Dansk Flygtningehjælp IMPACT Initiatives

A #Trump victory would be devastating for important US aid from #USAID for #climate, #humanrights, #humanitarian aid in the #MiddleEast, pro-poor #sustainable #development etc. From DEVEX now: " BY HELEN MURPHY We trawl through The #HeritageFoundation’s #policy proposals that could mean significant changes to #US #foreignaid under a potential second Trump administration. ... Get ready for some pendulum swings in U.S. foreign #aid policy if #DonaldTrump wins office again. Just one chapter in a sweeping nearly 1,000-page blueprint from conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation unveils ideas for a radical reshape of global engagement. #Climatechange #mitigation policies? Rescinded. #Humanitarian aid in the #MiddleEast? Slashed to the bone. #Diversity, #equity, and #inclusion initiatives? Sacrificed on the altar of ideology. And at the forefront: a resolute elevation of #prolife, #antiabortion policies as non-negotiable "core objectives." #USAID? Cuts, cuts, cuts! “The next #conservative Administration will have a unique opportunity to realign U.S. foreign assistance with American national interests,” states the report. “This will require that bold steps are taken on Day One to undo the gross misuse of foreign aid by the current Administration.” The Heritage Foundation wields significant influence, with past policy recommendations finding eager reception in the Trump corridors of power. With 70 former Heritage affiliates embedded in Trump's administration by 2018, the foundation's proposals carry weight, writes my colleague Elissa Miolene. While some aid experts question the feasibility of the proposals — part of the foundation’s 2025 Presidential Transition Project — there's no denying their gravity. “Could the Trump administration implement these ideas mentioned in Project 2025? Yes, many are possible but a lot more detail is needed,” Tom Hart, the president of InterAction, tells Elissa. “Should they? That is an entirely different question.” Backed by deep-pocketed funders, The Heritage Foundation's report includes familiar, partisan broadsides against #Biden ’ s policies, along with a string of proposals that read like campaign promises. But more on that when Elissa gets through the report’s remaining 976 pages. Read: What #MAGA has planned for #USAID — and the world  Listen: In the latest episode of our weekly podcast series, #Devex’ s Raj Kumar and Adva Saldinger sit down with Nasra Ismail, U.S. enterprise executive director at Alight, to discuss USAID’s spending plan for the coming months and other top #global development stories from this week." PRESENTED BY THE ELEANOR CROOK FOUNDATION APRIL 5, 2024 Devex.com

🔔 Call for #EU partners #consulting organizations ❇Project: Delivering the European #Green Deal under #Policy Objective 2: #Cohesion for Transitions #Community of Practice Stantec DevelopmentAid

The thrust of the Farreach perspective is the effective incorporation and implementation of the principles of participatory communication and role-player engagement in a project proposal designed to implement development interventions in African countries. #Farreachperspective, #Farreach1toolkit

To know more about the Farreach perspective, read the research article: Using Participatory Communication for Effective Role-players Engagement: Farreach perspective. Click the link below https://lnkd.in/dPY4KE5a

A guide to identify existing EU funds, programs, and other initiatives to support opportunities in rural areas of the EU. The Rural Toolkit is designed to assist stakeholders and promote development in rural territories🏞️🌱 https://lnkd.in/d7igNZ7E

🗺️ Map-based survey gives citizens a voice in public development projects The European Union is embracing citizen engagement in public development projects through a revolutionary map-based survey initiative! Now, citizens can actively participate in shaping their communities' future. Check out the article to learn more⬇ #PARTIMAP #PublicDevelopment #EngagingCitizens #EUinmyRegion