Recommendation Response Explanation Action plan If practical, specify timeframe here Recommendation 1 DFAT should continue to progress work to support nationally-led responses and localisation by: AGREE DFAT agrees with HPD will prepare a Localisation (a) defining what is the guidance note to guidance note by localisation and recommendation support Australia’s finalised by unifying implementing to define Humanitarian Strategy June 2017 partners around a localisation, that defines HPD will on consultation localisation for DFAT common understanding incorporate the with local partners preparedness and of localisation localisation in the Pacific, and response planning guidance into to ensure our and programming training understanding of purposes. Localisation materials by the concept is issues will be December shared with integrated into other 2017 implementing Strategy guidance The new AHP partners. We will notes. agreement will engage with HPD will update come into implementing preparedness, effect in 2017 partners on a response and early DFAT/ MFAT case-by-case recovery SOPs and M&E basis around training materials to framework to activities aimed to include localisation, be reviewed strengthen where relevant. mid-2017 localisation. The HPD-led design Differentiated and implementation of approaches will be the new Australian needed in different Humanitarian settings and by Partnership (AHP) will different partners continue to prioritise to effectively localisation and seek support a common localisation. understanding of the concept amongst AHP partners. HPD will draw on the of the DFAT/ MFAT M&E framework for humanitarian responses in the Pacific to assess to what extent the response was localised.
Recommendation Response Explanation Action plan If practical, specify timeframe here Recommendation 1 DFAT should continue to progress work to support nationally-led responses and localisation by: (a) defining what is by localisation and unifying implementing partners around a common understanding of localisation AGREE DFAT agrees with the recommendation to define localisation, on consultation with local partners in the Pacific, and to ensure our understanding of the concept is shared with implementing partners. We will engage with implementing partners on a case-by-case basis around activities aimed to strengthen localisation. Differentiated approaches will be needed in different settings and by different partners to effectively support localisation. HPD will prepare a guidance note to support Australia’s Humanitarian Strategy that defines localisation for DFAT preparedness and response planning and programming purposes. Localisation issues will be integrated into other Strategy guidance notes. HPD will update preparedness, response and early recovery SOPs and training materials to include localisation, where relevant. The HPD-led design and implementation of the new Australian Humanitarian Partnership (AHP) will continue to prioritise localisation and seek a common understanding of the concept amongst AHP partners. HPD will draw on the of the DFAT/ MFAT M&E framework for humanitarian responses in the Pacific to assess to what extent the response was localised. Localisation guidance note finalised by June 2017 HPD will incorporate the localisation guidance into training materials by December 2017 The new AHP agreement will come into effect in 2017 DFAT/ MFAT M&E framework to be reviewed mid-2017
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