Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks

Session title: Protection and the HDP nexus: working in complementarity across humanitarian and peace action for violence reduction

Organizer(s): Humanitarian Policy Group at ODI

9 May 24 16:00-17:30 UTC+2 (Pleniere E)

SessionAbstract

Many humanitarian and protection actors are not proactively addressing threats to civilians in conflict, with limited focus on preventing or reducing risks of violence, coercion or deliberate deprivation. There is growing recognition of the need to shift approaches to humanitarian protection. Based on new and on-going research, the Humanitarian Policy Group at ODI is convening this interactive discussion on how humanitarian, protection and peace actors can work in complementarity with each other to reduce violence and thus improve the protection of people affected by conflict.

This session is aimed to be an interactive session with both online and in-person active participation. The roundtable will aim to:
• Inform HDP nexus conversations, practice and policy with new evidence and analysis with a focus on the ‘P’ component of the nexus.
• Convene humanitarian and peace actors to discuss their roles in reducing and preventing violence and explore the optimal roles of humanitarian, peace (and development) actors in reducing violence.
• Identify, with humanitarian and peace actors, ways to ensure they can focus on their comparative advantages while complementing each other’s actions to ensure greater impact on violence reduction.

Agenda

Agenda

Thursday 9 May 2024 – 16:00-17:30 CET

16:00-16:05 Welcome and introduction

Veronique Barbelet, Research Associate, Humanitarian Policy Group ODI

16:05-16:40 Kick starter interventions

Gemma Davies, Senior Research Fellow, Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI

Mike Jobbins, Vice President, Global Affairs & Partnerships, Search for Common Ground

Marc Linning, Senior Protection Advisor, Center for Civilians in Conflict

Lisa Monaghan, Global Protection Cluster Interagency Field Support, Norwegian Refugee Council

16:40-17:10 Interactive discussion

Facilitator: Veronique Barbelet, Research Associate, Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI

Questions for discussion:

§ How are your organisations approaching reducing violence in conflict? What works well?

§ What are the optimal roles of humanitarian, protection, peace (and development) actors in reducing violence?

§ How can all actors work more collaboratively and in complementarity to reduce violence in conflict and contribute to better protection outcomes?

§ What are risks, challenges and opportunities for more complementary ways of working on violence reduction and protection in conflict?

§ What are the tensions and trade-offs and how should these be approached and addressed?

17:10-17:30 Concluding remarks and conclusion

Marie Brüning, First Secretary, Humanitarian Affairs, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations Office in Geneva

Kristina Preiksaityte, Strategic Partnerships Manager, Nonviolent Peaceforce

Gregory Connor, Policy Specialist, Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding and Responsive Institutions, Crisis Bureau, UNDP

Speakers

Facilitator: Veronique Barbelet, Independent Consultant and Research Associate, Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI

Kick-starter interventions: