Sendai Spring: Turning Risk into Resilience Amjad Saleem (International Alert), Thematic Team Expert & Member of WHS Asia Region Steering Group

60mn+ people In total…* 80% aid distributed to conflict areas Displaced - Highest since 1945 (WWII) 80% aid distributed to conflict areas Kate Holt, IRIN 17 years average number of years displaced *as of Sept 2015

Out of the 33 current active conflicts, just 3 conflicts: Syria, South Sudan, Iraq account for more than a quarter of the people displaced around the world . Source: GHA Report 2015

“We look to the World Humanitarian Summit to generate strong global support for bold changes in humanitarian action. This is the only way we will meet the enormous challenges we face in the coming years and decades.” 20 April 2015 Re-inspire and reinvigorate the world’s shared commitment to humanity and the universality of the humanitarian principles. This means putting affected people at the centre of global decision-making. To ensure we commit to impartial and neutral humanitarian aid. It’s a high-level political commitment to ensure we can change the way we work to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance and protection. To ensure we leave no-one behind. • Commit to a concrete set of actions and commitments that will enable the humanitarian community – including member-states, affected populations, civil society, and the private sector – to better prepare for and respond to crises, and to become more resilient to shocks. • A platform to share innovations and best practice amongst stakeholders

WHS consultative process 23000+ people consulted 151 countries hosted events 5500+ online comments Inputs to the consultation process come from many different sources – not only regional consultations, but online consultations for each region moderated by experts from within the region, as well as thematic work with 4 thematic teams of experts, some of whom are in attendance today. There are also a number of other consultations underway, including a series of consultations with diaspora groups; 14 private sector consultations; a global youth consultation; a children’s consultation; (A track on urban issues) a series of events engaging religious organizations; a consultation track for people living with disabilities; [and plans for an independent consultation track with affected and host communities in up to eight countries]. The WHS is also continuing to receive policy submissions and position papers from a variety of sources – through 31 July. Next steps and Key milestones These inputs will come together later this year in a synthesis report on the emerging findings and results from the consultations and supporting thematic work, which will be prepared ahead of a Thematic Consultation in Berlin in September 2015 and a multi-stakeholder Global Consultation that will take place in Geneva in October. The German government will also kindly host another thematic expert meeting in Bonn in April to forward the substantive work ahead of Berlin. These will feed into a report from the Secretary-General on his initiative, which will inform the agenda and the vision for the Summit itself in 2016 – to be circulated well in advance of the summit.

WHS consultative process Going forward, the consultations have called for humanitarian action to deliver in five key areas. Dignity Safety Resilience Partnerships Financing Inputs to the consultation process come from many different sources – not only regional consultations, but online consultations for each region moderated by experts from within the region, as well as thematic work with 4 thematic teams of experts, some of whom are in attendance today. There are also a number of other consultations underway, including a series of consultations with diaspora groups; 14 private sector consultations; a global youth consultation; a children’s consultation; (A track on urban issues) a series of events engaging religious organizations; a consultation track for people living with disabilities; [and plans for an independent consultation track with affected and host communities in up to eight countries]. The WHS is also continuing to receive policy submissions and position papers from a variety of sources – through 31 July. Next steps and Key milestones These inputs will come together later this year in a synthesis report on the emerging findings and results from the consultations and supporting thematic work, which will be prepared ahead of a Thematic Consultation in Berlin in September 2015 and a multi-stakeholder Global Consultation that will take place in Geneva in October. The German government will also kindly host another thematic expert meeting in Bonn in April to forward the substantive work ahead of Berlin. These will feed into a report from the Secretary-General on his initiative, which will inform the agenda and the vision for the Summit itself in 2016 – to be circulated well in advance of the summit.

One Humanity: Shared Responsibility Secure Global Leadership to prevent Conflicts Respect the norms that safeguard our humanity Reach the most vulnerable and furthest behind first Move from delivering aid to ending need Invest in humanity •

Implications for Sri Lanka There is a need to re-examine the context of humanitarian aid and rethinking our response There is a need to talk about preventing conflict by acting early, investing in stability, and developing solutions with and for people. There is a need to meaningfully address the needs of internally displaced persons, refugees, migrants, the stateless, the disabled, women and girls, children and youth among others There is a need to bridge the silos of development, humanitarian (as well as peace building). What does this say about partnerships, leadership, localised response and so on? There is a need to diversify and optimize financing not only for humanitarian response but for broader risk management, conflict prevention and peacebuilding

Istanbul, 23-24 May 2016 “The Summit will be a platform for Heads of State and Government, and leaders from civil society, the private sector, crisis- affected communities and multilateral organizations, to announce how they intend to act on the priority areas” – Ban Ki-moon

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