BRIEF NUMBER 12
OECD contribution to the:
Opportunities for the humanitarian community to engage at
the Second High-Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for
Effective Development Co-operation
28 November–1 December 2016, Nairobi, Kenya
Fragile states are for the large part off-track to meet the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs). Achieving these goals will depend on our collective ability to understand the unique
challenges facing fragile states, overcome these challenges, and promote foundations for
lasting development.
– Busan Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation, 2011
We reaffirm the priority and urgency of supporting fragile and conflict-affected states in their
transition out of fragility and towards resilience and the centrality of peace to sustainable
development.
- 1st High Level Meeting of the Global Partnership, Mexico Communiqué, 2014
DEVELOPMENT IMPACT IN CONFLICT-AFFECTED AND FRAGILE SETTINGS
Especially in countries that are affected by fragile and vulnerable situations more and better
resources will be required for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
This requires complementarity between development efforts and resilience and risk reduction. The
2011 Busan High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness launched the New Deal for Engagement in
Fragile States, to improve development policies and practice in countries affected by conflict and
fragility. The New Deal is an agreement between fragile and conflict-affected states, international
development partners and civil society. Countries committed themselves to pursuing more political
ways of working to address the root causes of conflict and fragility and to channelling investments
in fragile states in line with basic but adapted effectiveness principles.
The First High-Level Meeting of the Global Partnership in Mexico, 2014, emphasised the need to
support transitions towards resilience, the centrality of peace to sustainable development and the
need to shift from global dialogue to country-level action.
The World Humanitarian Summit is very timely, coming when the Global Partnership is preparing
for its Second High-Level Meeting in Kenya (HLM2). Its momentum and outcomes will be crucial
contributions to the high-level sessions and the further implementation of the common principles
for effective development co-operation. Core responsabilities such as “leaving no-one behind” and
the empowerment of women and youth as well as the deliberations for ending need, overcoming
the humanitarian-development divide and mobilising appropriate investment in humanity should
be clearly featured within the respective focus areas of the Global Partnership to contribute
effectively to the realisation of the SDGs.
THE SECOND HIGH-LEVEL MEETING: FROM THEORY TO ACTION
Hosted by the Government of Kenya in Nairobi (28 November–1 December 2016), the Second High-Level Meeting (HLM2) will
further examine what constrains the transition out of fragility towards resilience and how adequate political, institutional and
financial investment can create tangible and sustainable results that minimize vulnerabilities without replacing national and local
systems.
HLM2 will be a watershed event, setting priorities for improving development co-operation in the 2030 era. It will convene heads
of state, ministers, heads of major international organisations and leaders from the private sector, foundations, civil society and
more, to showcase successes and identify and scale up innovative approaches to sustainable and resilient-building development.
Several of its focus areas are closely linked to Core Responsibilities of the “Agenda for Humanity”.
Preparatory sessions will take place on 28-29 November, followed by the high level segment on 30 November to 1 December.
OPPORTUNIES FOR THE HUMANITARIAN COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE AT HLM2
Contribute to the plenary
session on leaving no-one
behind
The outcomes of the World Humanitarian Summit will guide the contributions to the high-level segment
of the HLM2, and in particular to the plenary session on leaving no one behind. During this session
you can showcase examples of how people in situations of conflict, disaster, vulnerability and risk can
contribute to and benefit from long-term development. It will also allow for agreement on ways in which
all actors can work together to achieve sustainable results for everyone, everywhere. Contribute lessons learned
and principles to other
plenary sessions
Six other plenary sessions offer the opportunity to highlight how coherent financing and interventions
can improve the coherence of the international response to conflict and disasters, allowing for
investments that end humanitarian need and generate transformative development results in line with
the 2030 Agenda:
• progress with implementing development effectiveness principles and commitments
• achieving and financing the SDGs
• learning from south-south and triangular co-operation
• economic empowerment of women and youth
• innovative and inclusive multi-stakeholder partnerships
• the private sector’s contribution to sustainable development.
Contribute to the Nairobi
Outcome Document
You can contribute your expertise and priorities to the drafting of the Nairobi Outcome Document, which
will set a course for achieving the SDGs by 2030. It will outline how development co-operation and
humanitarian action need to collaborate based on their comparative advantage when it comes to building
resilience and enhancing capacities to prevent, manage and resolve crises in order to ensure peaceful
and long-lasting achievements towards the SDGs.
Organise side events
Throughout the high-level sessions on 30 November – 1 December, you can (co)-organise one-hour side
events to showcase examples of responsible and sustainable investment in humanity, innovative ways to
include all stakeholders, and unified partnerships that enhance political leadership and end crises.
Set-up in the Market Place
Throughout the HLM2, you can run stalls in the Market Place to promote how the outcomes of the
summit enable the unity and co-operation needed to address both, imperative humanitarian challenges
and the creation of long-lasting impact that limits the risk of new crises.
Interested to engage? Please contact: [email protected]
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