Key Points
• Strong commitment from field leadership and operational actors on NWOW needs to be backed by unified direction from headquarters. There is a need for a clear roadmap from the UNDG and IASC to move forward systemically.
• Lack of development actors in fragile contexts is not always the impediment for the NWOW, as most humanitarian actors are actually multimandated and could do more if obstacles are addressed – need to strengthen development work streams in country, and financing support for long term activities as well as medium-term activities that are seen as the responsibility of neither humanitarian nor development donors.
• Innovations are everywhere. The field needs the leeway to adapt tools and services to their own needs.
Context-specificity is key.
• A more flexible approach to planning and coordination is needed. There is an urgent need to move from cookiecutter approaches to a spectrum of options based on typologies of crises that are flexible and adaptable.
