NOHA WINTER SCHOOL Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and

Development

Maria Sassi University of Pavia - Italy 12-16 December 2016

NOHA

Network of 12 European and 5 global partner universities

To enhance professionalism in the humanitarian sector through

education & training

research & publications

projects

CISP

Comitato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo dei Popoli (CISP) is an Italian NGO

established in 1983

In more than 30 countries with projects of

humanitarian aid

rehabilitation

development

University of Pavia

The first Italian University with a policy in the field of development cooperation

Department of Economics and management

educational chain

research

networking

UNESCO/Unitwin Network on International Cooperation and Development

Cooperation and development network 2015

Partnership

University of Pavia

Bethlehem University

Other partners

The winter school: LRRD

Concept of LRRD

originated in the 1980s

practitioners and academics identified a funding gap

between humanitarian assistance, rehabilitation and

development activities

surrounding the food crisis in Africa

LRRD: the basic idea

short-term relief measures

longer term development programmes

to create synergies

To crisis

LINK

to provide a more sustainable response

LRDD: evolution

continuum sequence

contiguum approach

Security and policy issues

Introduction on the LRRD concept and debate (FIRST DAY)

Joost Herman (President International NOHA Association)

Sandro de Luca (CISP - Director of the Geographic Area Africa)

The focus on case studies

The need of LRRD has been on the international agenda for decades

its implementation on the ground had remained difficult

LRRD in the Tsunami Response (FIRST DAY)

The first case in which this idea was applied

Agostino Miozzo (Director General at the

Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers)

how operations and roles of the various actors were governed by ideas and

practices regarding the LRRD

what consequences those ideas, practices and

subsequent actions have had for the affected population

The majority of criticisms of LRRD

its practical application in humanitarian crises triggered by armed conflict or

complex political emergencies

as opposed to those triggered by natural catastrophes

Protection and LRRD in complex political emergencies (SECOND DAY)

Sandro De Luca (CISP - Director of the Geographic Area Africa)

specific reference to the Somali case

Food security

one of the main fields concerned by

the transition from humanitarian aid to long-term development

Current food crisis and challenges to the LRRD (THIRD DAY)

Maria Sassi (NOHA director)

Disaster prevention

Important goal that significantly contributes to poverty reduction

Preparedness and mitigation have, in recent years, fallen into the background of efforts to LRRD

Disaster Risk Reduction and preparedness in a LRRD perspective (FORTH DAY)

Mercedes Aguerre (Disaster Risk Reduction Advisor at COOPI)

The role of actors and financing mechanisms in light of the experience

(FIFTH DAY)

- Pietro Sebastiani – Director General – DG for Cooperation and Development – Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation - Andrea Senatori – Coordinator – Office VII – Emergency and Fragile States - Italian Agency for Development Cooperation - Paolo Dieci – President LINK2007 - Antonio Raimondi – Coordinator CINI Chair: Ilaria Poggiolini - ProRector for International Affairs - University of Pavia