Case Studies / Learning Stories Submission

Share the lessons you are learning in the field and in your team!

CARE through the Regional (MENA) Applied Economic Empowerment Hub has undertaken a practical learning and reflection process around further integration/linking of humanitarian assistance, development and/or peace. Parts of the engagement process have been webinars, online surveys and discussion sessions with global and regional thought leaders. In September 2018, the Hub has produced a detailed research paper as well as a Summary Paper (available online) with the aim to present key findings, promote Guiding Principles based on the engagement process and further engage sectoral thought leader and practitioners.

We want to hear from your experience with doing Nexus differently in your context and organization! You can share how you have applied (some of) the Guiding Principles discussed in the paper or how you are able to link humanitarian action with development (and/or peacebuilding). You can use the questions below to share with us what is working or not working from your perspective, so the whole sector can learn.

Your stories will inform continuous evolvement of the Doing Nexus Differently approach and in case sharing your stories would be beneficial in any form in a publication we will get in touch with you beforehand to discuss.

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* 1. Demographic questions

Your name

Organization(s) you work with

Your email

The country/countries you are mainly working in

The country/countries you are mainly supporting with your work (if different than above)

The sector you mainly work in (humanitarian/development/peace/mixed/other)

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* 2. Under which approach would you describe your case/lesson to mainly fall under? (e.g. separate approach, LRRD, contiguum, Double Nexus, Triple Nexus, others)

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* 3. Local context: please describe the local context where this case/learning took place, whether it was an emergency setting, protracted conflict or other, what were triggers in the local context that led to this case/learning?

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* 4. The Problem(s) you were trying to address with your solution/initiative/action/project?

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* 5. Explain the Solution and how it integrated (or did not) components of humanitarian assistance with development (and peace/security).

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* 6. Describe the organizational structure/business & operational model needed for the solution/project. If applicable, explain how this evolved pre- and post-project and what were pros and cons to these choices.

Team structure: e.g. different or the same team(s) handled or implemented all components, joint analysis/planning/implementation?, depending on partnerships to implement, different expertise represented in the team(s).

Funding: separate or integrated funding for the different activities; leveraged other resources; program approach complementing funding; etc.

Partnerships; how did the project/solution deal with national stakeholders (government/private sector), what was the role of local partners, and did you make use of national consortium, peer organizations or UN representatives.

Gender; was there specific attention for gender issues and how did the solution/project integrate gender responsive/transformative components, if any?

Other Aspects

Case Studies / Learning Stories Submission

Share the lessons you are learning in the field and in your team!

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* 1. Demographic questions

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* 2. Under which approach would you describe your case/lesson to mainly fall under? (e.g. separate approach, LRRD, contiguum, Double Nexus, Triple Nexus, others)

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* 3. Local context: please describe the local context where this case/learning took place, whether it was an emergency setting, protracted conflict or other, what were triggers in the local context that led to this case/learning?

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* 4. The Problem(s) you were trying to address with your solution/initiative/action/project?

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* 5. Explain the Solution and how it integrated (or did not) components of humanitarian assistance with development (and peace/security).

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* 6. Describe the organizational structure/business & operational model needed for the solution/project. If applicable, explain how this evolved pre- and post-project and what were pros and cons to these choices.

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* 7. Your lessons/insights: explain what you learned.

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* 8. Your recommendations: what are key recommendations from your case?

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* 9. Other comments or more information (feel free to paste links, references to documents, etc.)