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A Resilience Development Forum (RDF) is being held by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) at the Dead Sea in Jordan from 8 to 9 November 2015.
Hosted by the government of Jordan, under the theme “Integrating Responses, Expanding Partnerships,” the Resilience Development Forum will bring together key humanitarian and development stakeholders, including UN agencies, international financial institutions, donors, international and national non-governmental organizations, and the private sector alongside senior government representatives from countries affected by the Syria crisis. Participants will collectively consider a new vision of the response to the crisis, now well into its fifth year.
Key Speakers
Ms. Helen Clark, Administrator, UNDP
H.E. Abdullah Ensour, Prim,e Minister, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Mr. Antonio Guterres, High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR
Mr. Anthony Lake, Executive Director, UNICEF
Ms. Nancy Lindborg, President of the US Institute for Peace
Mr. William Swing, Director General, IOM
What is the Resilience Development Forum?
Focusing on the wide range of resilience-building responses required to address the devastating situation inside Syria as well as for refugees from Syria and the communities hosting them, the Resilience Development Forum comprises three main components:
Resilience-building Innovation Marketplace (8-9 November 2015): With 30 exhibition booths, the Marketplace will provide a platform for knowledge sharing and networking on innovative approaches to resilience-building employed by stakeholders involved in the Syria crisis response.
Topical Roundtable Discussions (8 November 2015): Hosted by a number of leading UN agencies and partners, the debates will focus on priority topics related to resilience building in the context of the Syria crisis, including UNICEF’s No Lost Generation initiative, resilience of municipal services, and sustainable livelihoods and employment.
High Level Panels (9 November 2015): The panels will debate and build consensus on specific policy and strategic actions to address the main bottlenecks and unresolved challenges in the current approach to the Syria response, including:
- changes required to make the international aid architecture fit for resilience;
- means to maintain stability and harmony in host communities while ensuring inclusiveness;
- effective private sector engagement in the response; and
- means to strengthen resilience inside Syria in the context of continuing conflict.
Outcomes of the Resilience Development Forum will be captured in a set of key milestones that will form the basis for a bolder, collectively-endorsed Resilience Agenda. The aim is to integrate humanitarian and development components of the crisis response, strengthen existing collaboration and expand partnerships to include new critical actors, including the private sector.
The Resilience Development Forum is organized within the framework of the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP) and the Regional United Nations Development Group. The scope of the RDF includes the six countries most affected by the Syria crisis – Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, in addition to Syria itself.
Overview
The Resilience Development Forum (RDF) will include a two-day Resilience-building Innovation Marketplace. The Marketplace is designed to give space for the many partners involved in the response to the Syria crisis to showcase their innovative initiatives and ideas, and to share knowledge, lessons learned, best practices and technologies employed. The Marketplace will offer to RDF partners:
- A platform for governments to highlight their innovative responses to building the resilience of communities and systems in their respective countries
- An opportunity for implementing partners to share and exchange innovative approaches to strengthening resilience in the context of the Syria crisis
- An open space for the international community to appreciate new trends and approaches to a protracted crisis
The Marketplace will showcase two categories of initiatives; (1) initiatives that have demonstrated tangible results and are backed by reliable data; (2) initiatives that are not yet tested in the context of the Syria crisis but have catalytic potential.
Market Place
The Marketplace will showcase over 40 projects selected by the multi-partner evaluation committee for their innovation and resilience focus. Exhibition booths will provide space for organizations to present their projects and programmes. The Marketplace will provide spaces that welcome participants and invitees to interact and connect with each other .
Speaker’s Corner will provide a central venue to highlight the most creative and innovative projects showcased in the Marketplace. Speakers will elaborate on their project, focusing on the key themes of resilience and innovation in the region. The Speaker’s Corner will begin at 10:00 am in the Marketplace on Day 1 of the Resilience Development Forum.
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