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Health Research and the World Humanitarian Summit-Not a Thousand Miles Apart. [PDF]

PLoS Medicine, 2016
As the World Humanitarian Summit and the World Health Assembly convene on the same day in different cities, The PLOS Medicine Editors support a role for health in the UN Agenda for Humanity.
PLOS Medicine Editors
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The 2016 World Humanitarian Summit Report Card: Both Failing Marks and Substantive Gains for an Increasingly Globalized Humanitarian Landscape.

PLoS Curr, 2016
Outcomes of the World Humanitarian Summit were mixed with some refreshing new directions being endorsed and a lack of systemic reform. The selective agenda and OCHAs lack of success in engaging pre-meeting political participation not only hampered the Summit's ability to deal with global issues and institutional reform, but also alienated it from ...
V Canyon D, Burkle FM.
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The localisation of humanitarian response to conflict and displacement: a scoping review from a health systems perspective [PDF]

BMJ Global Health
Introduction The Grand Bargain Agreement at the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit emphasised the need to reform the humanitarian system. Central to these reforms were commitments to localise humanitarian assistance by increasing funding and decision-making ...
Ruth Wells, Simon Rosenbaum, Michael McGrath, Gülsah Kurt, Erin Davis, Salah Addin Lekkeh, Ammar Beetar, Muhammad Kamruzzaman Mozumder, Fatema Almeamari   +8 more
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Les Défis du Lien Entre Humanitaire et Développement: le Cas du “Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development”

Glocalism: Journal of Culture, Politics and Innovation, 2022
The article explores the links between humanitarian action and aid to development, focusing more specifically on the model Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development.
Lukasz Urbaniak, João Casqueira Cardoso   +1 more
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The sound of silence? Listening to localisation at the World Humanitarian Summit

Disasters, 2023
Based on research with key stakeholders, this paper draws on theories of organisational and political listening to analyse the critical emergence of ‘localisation’ during the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit. The central focus is the two‐year pre‐summit consultation process, engaging 23,000‐plus people, mainly from the Global South, and organised ...
Max Kelly, Maree Pardy, Mary Ana McGlasson   +2 more
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Beyond aid: Sustainable responses to meeting language communication needs in humanitarian contexts

Interpreting and Society, 2021
This article navigates the complexity of the humanitarian system, the potential of the humanitarian-development nexus, and the commitments of the World Humanitarian Summit of 2016 as a backdrop to designing sustainable interpreter training programmes. It
Barbara Moser-Mercer, Somia Qudah, Mona Nabeel Ali Malkawi, Jayne Mutiga, Mohammed Al-Batineh   +4 more
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Delivering in a moving world…looking to our supply chains to meet the increasing scale, cost and complexity of humanitarian needs [PDF]

Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2018
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of the humanitarian supply chain (HSC) as the backbone of the humanitarian operations. It further proposes feasible ways to overcome some of the main supply chain challenges identified by
Rebecca Lewin, Maria Besiou, Jean-Baptiste Lamarche, Stephen Cahill, Sara Guerrero-Garcia   +4 more
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Understanding humanitarian localization in Latin America—as local as possible: but how necessary?

Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 2022
This paper questions the pertinence of the humanitarian aid localization agenda in Latin America, at least in the narrow sense embraced by the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit.
Simone Lucatello, Oscar A. Gómez
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Localisation in the Context of UK Government Engagement With the Humanitarian Reform Agenda

Frontiers in Political Science, 2021
Localisation is a key element of the humanitarian reform agenda. However, there are continuing debates regarding its form and emphasis, linked to understandings of the local, the role of the state and the implications for interpretation of humanitarian ...
Ellen Goodwin, Alastair Ager, Alastair Ager   +2 more
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The Role of the SCO in the Process of Neutralizing Regional Challenges and Threats

Проблемы постсоветского пространства, 2022
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is considered to be one of the key mechanisms for maintaining stability and security in Eurasia. Over the years of its existence the SCO gained considerable political weight and authority on the world stage ...
E. G. Garbuzarova
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