a shift towards humanitarian challenges in opportunities to increase the focus on resilience within humanitarian all resilience focused Myanmar are protracted and investments, particularly where existing programming could be humanitarian outcomes in the not likely to be resolved in the reformulated to better incorporate resilience and draw on good contracting in multiyear near future. Therefore, and practice examples. Myanmar humanitarian strategy recognising DFAT’s commitment conducted DFAT will advocate for increased participation of local partners in the to improved links between planning, implementation and monitoring of programming, including from 2018-19 development and humanitarian ensuring that it delivers locally and sectorally appropriate pathways programming and policies, DFAT to resilience. agrees that humanitarian investments need to include a stronger focus on resilience. Recommendation 4: Agree As set out in the DFAT To be DFAT is investigating a range of innovations in funding, planning and Australia should Humanitarian Strategy (2016), a considered for implementing humanitarian investments, drawing on experiences explore innovative guiding principle for DFAT’s all with other donors, partners and best practice literature, as well as ways of engaging with humanitarian investments is to humanitarian engagement by Geneva and New York posts. HPD will provide partners to support look for opportunities for contracting support to all bilateral aid programs, including Myanmar, on how this multiyear planning and increased effectiveness and conducted by might be applied. implementation of innovation. The introduction of 2018-19 In identification of partners, and subsequent negotiations for effective programming multiyear strategies for multiyear funding arrangements, DFAT will consider opportunities to humanitarian funding in encourage innovative approaches and the means to promote and protracted contexts reflects a track progress against our humanitarian reform priorities. new approach to our work in DFAT will consider how to generate, disseminate and act on learning protracted crises, and a sensible from the existing humanitarian investments in Myanmar, and other opportunity to investigate and protracted crises as relevant, to support innovative approaches by implement other innovations as partners. well. Recommendations on the policy priorities of Australia’s humanitarian investments in Myanmar
a shift towards resilience focused outcomes in the multiyear humanitarian strategy humanitarian challenges in Myanmar are protracted and not likely to be resolved in the near future. Therefore, and recognising DFAT’s commitment to improved links between development and humanitarian programming and policies, DFAT agrees that humanitarian investments need to include a stronger focus on resilience. opportunities to increase the focus on resilience within humanitarian investments, particularly where existing programming could be reformulated to better incorporate resilience and draw on good practice examples. DFAT will advocate for increased participation of local partners in the planning, implementation and monitoring of programming, including ensuring that it delivers locally and sectorally appropriate pathways to resilience. all humanitarian contracting in Myanmar conducted from 2018-19 Recommendation 4: Australia should explore innovative ways of engaging with partners to support multiyear planning and implementation of effective programming Agree As set out in the DFAT Humanitarian Strategy (2016), a guiding principle for DFAT’s humanitarian investments is to look for opportunities for increased effectiveness and innovation. The introduction of multiyear strategies for humanitarian funding in protracted contexts reflects a new approach to our work in protracted crises, and a sensible opportunity to investigate and implement other innovations as well. DFAT is investigating a range of innovations in funding, planning and implementing humanitarian investments, drawing on experiences with other donors, partners and best practice literature, as well as engagement by Geneva and New York posts. HPD will provide support to all bilateral aid programs, including Myanmar, on how this might be applied. In identification of partners, and subsequent negotiations for multiyear funding arrangements, DFAT will consider opportunities to encourage innovative approaches and the means to promote and track progress against our humanitarian reform priorities. DFAT will consider how to generate, disseminate and act on learning from the existing humanitarian investments in Myanmar, and other protracted crises as relevant, to support innovative approaches by partners. To be considered for all humanitarian contracting conducted by 2018-19 Recommendations on the policy priorities of Australia’s humanitarian investments in Myanmar
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