Improving humanitarian action in urban areas - an action-oriented roundtable

Publication language
English
Pages
8pp
Date published
19 Mar 2013
Type
Conference, training & meeting documents
Keywords
Capacity development, Networks, Urban
Organisations
ODI

An action-oriented roundtable to discuss ways in which the humanitarian community can better apply learning from research and experience to improve humanitarian action in urban areas.

Summary of Key Questions:

  • Are urban and rural responses really that different?
  • What capacity skills and competencies are needed to respond to urban challenges?
  • How are urban, rural and conflict/violence issues linked?
  • What are the principles that define the relationship between NGOs, the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and national authorities?
  • What are the limits of urban response work?
  • How do we measure quality in urban contexts?
  • What are the ideal targeting and mapping methods?
  • How will technical areas such as Shelter and WASH work in urban response scenarios?
  • Can existing urban programmes be scaled up?
  • Will the internal structure of agencies change to respond to urban challenges?