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A humanitarian recipe for a green, resilient and inclusive recovery from COVID-19

by Pascal Meige, Richard Blewitt and Maarten van Aalst | 3 Jul 2020 | Leadership Voices

The COVID-19 pandemic and its indirect economic impacts provide an X-ray of our strengths and our vulnerability to shocks. Strong community structures, good public health policies, and comprehensive social protection are paying off like never before. While humanitarians are called upon everywhere to support the response, the need is especially acute in places where those systems are weaker. By responding to those humanitarian needs, humanitarians are gaining a first-hand insight into where regular systems lack the capacity to cope with today’s compound risks.

The Spanish Red Cross’s response to COVID-19: articulate all response capacities and accelerate processes of improvement and innovation

by Toni Bruel | 26 Jun 2020 | Leadership Voices

We are used to intervening in very vertical emergencies, which usually affect a specific territory, a certain number of people or specific groups. This crisis, however, affects the whole territory, the entire population and particularly the vulnerable groups we serve.

Why collaboration is crucial for an effective response to Covid-19

by Mike Adamson | 12 Jun 2020 | Leadership Voices

We are used to supporting people during disasters – whether conflict, floods, fires or earthquakes – but an unprecedented crisis like Covid-19 creates a whole host of new and untested challenges. How do you decide how best to respond and deploy your resources when an emergency is at such scale, and the needs so complex, compared to any emergency you’ve dealt with before?

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is revising its COVID-19 Appeals. It is gearing up for the marathon not the sprint.

by Alexander Matheou | 19 May 2020 | Leadership Voices

We still don’t have a clear picture of the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic in fragile states and low-income countries. The secondary impacts, however, are already severely felt. Despite the initial surge to action, most humanitarian agencies now recognise that…

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself

by Alexander Matheou | 14 Nov 2019 | Leadership Voices

A quiet revolution is happening in how partner Red Cross and Red Crescent societies are collaborating. It is not happening everywhere, not everyone is on board and there continue to be bumps in the road. But it is involving ever more National Societies (NS) and millions of CHF.

6 things we need to be great at during S2030

by Alexander Matheou | 25 Feb 2019 | Leadership Voices

Going to scale: In 2016, I attended a roundtable to discuss plans to mitigate a major hunger crisis in southern Africa. Agencies and...

Nine Trends that will shape how National Societies will work together during Strategy 2030

by Alexander Matheou | 22 Jan 2019 | Leadership Voices

At British Red Cross, we’ve been writing our international strategy at the same time as the Strategy 2030 consultations have been...

A humanitarian recipe for a green, resilient and inclusive recovery from COVID-19

The Spanish Red Cross’s response to COVID-19: articulate all response capacities and accelerate processes of improvement and innovation

Why collaboration is crucial for an effective response to Covid-19

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is revising its COVID-19 Appeals. It is gearing up for the marathon not the sprint.

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself

6 things we need to be great at during S2030

Nine Trends that will shape how National Societies will work together during Strategy 2030

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