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As the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting finishes today, we are proud to share the IRC Airbel Impact Lab's Partnerships Playbook “Advisory Model for Investor + Humanitarian Partnerships” - a pioneering new approach to scale the impact of multilateral development bank, development finance institution, or private sector investments for social impact projects in fragile and conflict affected contexts. The “Advisory Model'' is an innovative finance concept developed by the IRC with the support of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations; a tool for investor and humanitarian partners to develop impactful cross-sector partnerships, allowing a “humanitarian in residence” to strengthen and support MDB, DFI, and private sector investments – from venture capital to private equity - in fragile/conflict settings. Read more about the playbook: https://lnkd.in/dQB7GMss

Aid will always remain necessary in acute crises. However, to respond to growing fragility and fragmentation, we need to complement established crisis response efforts with a sustainable market-based approach and strategic public-private partnerships to unlock the opportunities in frontier markets. ODI describes five ways to help increase investment in fragile places: ✔ Work with the local private sector ✔ Put staff on the ground ✔ Don’t just work through intermediaries, make it worth their while ✔ Establish a team dedicated to deals in fragile contexts ✔ Work together Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eCt5j59Y #HRI #impactinvesting Andrew Herscowitz Andrej Kirn Diego Hakspiel

[#Strategy] 📢 IRC Announces the Advisory Model Partnership Playbook, Urges New Approach to Investor-Humanitarian Partnerships. 🌍🚀 The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has unveiled the "Advisory Model for Investor and Humanitarian Partnerships," a trailblazing initiative blending humanitarian expertise 🤝 with investment strategies 💼. This model targets the critical funding gap in humanitarian aid 💰, leveraging the unique, on-the-ground insights of humanitarians to guide investments by multilateral development banks, development finance institutions, and private sector players 🌐. It's a strategic approach to ensure that investments 📈 not only reach the intended communities 🏘️ but also bridge the gap between commercial objectives and humanitarian goals 🔄. This synergy aims to catalyze additional funding, particularly in vital areas like climate finance 🌱 and economic development in vulnerable regions 📊. With this innovative model, IRC is setting a new standard in aligning humanitarian impact with sustainable investment practices, promising a brighter future for conflict-affected communities worldwide 🌟. David Miliband, Jeannie Annan, Martin Bratt, Harlem DESIR, Ciarán Donnelly, Ebighe Emafo, Oscar Raposo, Madlin Sadler, Hans V., Adnan bin Junaid, Aissatou Balde, Aitor Sanchez Lacomba, Alyoscia D'Onofrio, Amanda Catanzano, Aśka Wiśniewska-Pickering, Bill Schaffrath, Bob Kitchen OBE, Brian Johnson, Brian Ssebunya, Ph.D, Caroline Sekyewa, Inah Fatoumata Kaloga, Isabella De Mattia, Jeannie Annan, Jennifer Peng, Joan Fong, Jon Beloe, Marijana Simic, Martin Bratt, Mathilde SEGARD, Modou Diaw, Matthew Collins-Gibson. #InnovativePartnerships #HumanitarianImpact #SustainableInvesting

Impact requires partnerships. As announced at #Davos, World Economic Forum’s Humanitarian & Resilience Investing (#HRI) Initiative, has the potential to unlock over USD 15 billion for investment in frontier markets. Interpeace is proud to be turning ambition into action.   “Peace-positive investment can de-risk investments in emerging markets and fragile settings for both investors and communities. The African Development Bank Group and Interpeace have called upon partners to join forces to create standards, develop market intelligence, facilitate partnerships across sectors, share knowledge, and jointly create a pipeline of peace positive sovereign and non-sovereign operations.” Finance for Peace https://bit.ly/3u3M2Fi

Pooled funding goes beyond financing, fostering coherence, encouraging knowledge exchange, and supporting collective responses to crises in United Nations development work. Learn how the Joint SDG Fund is #TrailblazingChange: https://lnkd.in/dJ5YnEwR

What is the FUTURE OF DEVELOPMENT AID? It lies in the synergy between aid and trade - harnessing local innovations to create scalable, replicable, and self-sustaining solutions. Like our cooperation with WWF and SNV in the Dutch Fund for Climate and Development, scaling their projects to become bankable and replicable. This was the core of my message last night at a packed Rode Hoed, where I had the honor of commemorating 75 years of Dutch development cooperation, together with one of the great minds of the sector, former Minister Jan Pronk, and several colleagues from all corners of the field.    The global challenges we face are immense, but it was inspiring to witness the resilience, self-reflection and innovative ideas shared by my fellow panelists, Ama van Dantzig, Heleen van den Berg, and Jeroen de Lange - as well as by Sara Kinsbergen. Governments and NGOs need the innovative power, entrepreneurial spirit and capital of the private sector to implement great innovations at scale in order to achieve the SDGs. By working together, we can implement groundbreaking solutions at scale and create lasting prosperity for all. Thanks Vice Versa for organizing and Patrick Lodiers for moderating! #developmentaid #aidandtrade #impactinvesting #sustainablefinance #SDG

📢 BLOG: Climate Change is Massively Accelerating Forced Displacement. How Should the Financial Inclusion Sector Respond? 👉 https://lnkd.in/eGeGMRdB In the third of e-MFP’s series of guest blogs on the topic of the European Microfinance Award 2024 - Advancing Financial Inclusion for Refugees and Forcibly Displaced People - Deborah Foy, summarises themes from a new Opportunity International paper on the topic, outlines the critical (and growing) role climate change plays as a driver of forced displacement, and ways the financial inclusion sector can respond to the challenge. #financialinclusion #refugees #forcibly #displaced #climatechange Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Luxembourg, #Luxaid, Inclusive Finance Network Luxembourg InFiNe.lu

With climate change affecting displaced communities around the world, how should the financial inclusion sector respond? Today for #WorldRefugeeDay, our global colleagues at Opportunity International outline the role that microfinance organisations can play to adapt to the rising challenges of our changing climate. Read here: https://lnkd.in/eGeGMRdB

🌍 Africa is home to 33 of the world's 45 least developed countries #LDCs. On this #LDCsDay, we reiterate our commitment to supporting them to achieve structural economic transformation, increase productive capacity, reduce poverty and build resilience to adverse factors. Learn more about our work for #LDCs: ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e75Md7Ry UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

Climate finance is a game-changer for Somalia's youth and human capital development! Congrats to the Somali delegates participating in climate finance initiatives. By investing in education, entrepreneurship, and capacity building, we empower young Somalis to lead the charge in climate action and build a sustainable future. Let's harness their potential to tackle climate challenges head-on! #ClimateFinance #YouthEmpowerment #Somalia" #cop28uae