NORCAP, Humanitarian Policy Group (ODI Global), and NOHA are launching a new Consortium for Civilian Safety and Security, to improve the way humanitarian, peacebuilding, and community actors work to better protect civilians from conflict and violence.
Joining forces to enhance civilian safety in conflict
The consortium is generously supported by the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Pieter Vermaerke, Director for Humanitarian Aid and Transition in the Belgium MFA, stated:
“Belgium is very enthusiastic about this project. The objective is to address current gaps in the humanitarian sector in the area of protection, enhance the common understanding, and incentivise more investment to ensure humanitarian actors do more to protect populations from violence.”
The consortium seeks to holistically understand and improve civilian safety and security by building evidence, collating knowledge, and developing capacities and skills for effective actions.
“While there is existing practice on effective approaches to protect civilians, they are largely under-documented and under-researched, with a lack of pooled learning,” said Gemma Davies, Senior Research Fellow on Protection in the Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI Global.
She added, “The aim here is to further develop evidence and learning with the view to identifying opportunities for approaches to proactively reduce violence to be more systematically implemented.”
The project at the heart of the new consortium will include multiple components including resource development, training and coaching, building evidence and learning, and policy outreach.
Network Manager of NOHA, Will Jamison Wright said, “One of the most important aspects of this project is its holistic and integrated approach. The different components of the research will build on one another, as well as the existing expertise and networks of all consortium partners. It intends to reach out to, and learn from, wide networks of stakeholders – from practitioners and policy makers to academics and students, towards improving policy and practice across the board.”
Thematic Manager for Protection at NORCAP, Hannah Jordan stated, “We envision this project to be one contribution in the wider efforts amongst humanitarian, peacebuilding, and protection actors that aim to ultimately strengthen the safety and security of civilians.”
The consortium is generously supported by the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Pieter Vermaerke, Director for Humanitarian Aid and Transition in the Belgium MFA, stated:
“Belgium is very enthusiastic about this project. The objective is to address current gaps in the humanitarian sector in the area of protection, enhance the common understanding, and incentivise more investment to ensure humanitarian actors do more to protect populations from violence.”
The consortium seeks to holistically understand and improve civilian safety and security by building evidence, collating knowledge, and developing capacities and skills for effective actions.
“While there is existing practice on effective approaches to protect civilians, they are largely under-documented and under-researched, with a lack of pooled learning,” said Gemma Davies, Senior Research Fellow on Protection in the Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI Global.
She added, “The aim here is to further develop evidence and learning with the view to identifying opportunities for approaches to proactively reduce violence to be more systematically implemented.”
The project at the heart of the new consortium will include multiple components including resource development, training and coaching, building evidence and learning, and policy outreach.
Network Manager of NOHA, Will Jamison Wright said, “One of the most important aspects of this project is its holistic and integrated approach. The different components of the research will build on one another, as well as the existing expertise and networks of all consortium partners. It intends to reach out to, and learn from, wide networks of stakeholders – from practitioners and policy makers to academics and students, towards improving policy and practice across the board.”
Thematic Manager for Protection at NORCAP, Hannah Jordan stated, “We envision this project to be one contribution in the wider efforts amongst humanitarian, peacebuilding, and protection actors that aim to ultimately strengthen the safety and security of civilians.”