Opportunities
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lthough there are numerous challenges to NGO resilience programming, there are also a number of opportunities, as outlined below, that have the potential to
positively influence and shape NGO approaches to enhancing resilience capacity and to increase NGO engagement in efforts to build resilience capacity.
DONOR FUNDING
Given the global expansion of interest in the concept of resilience among both humanitarian and development ac- tors over the past 5–10 years, there is currently enormous opportunity for NGOs and others to obtain funding for resilience programming. Te aid structure within donor agencies is evolving as barriers begin to fade. New flexible funding mechanisms are enabling NGOs to link humanitar- ian and development activities. Examples from DFID, the European Commission (EC), USAID, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the Rockefeller Foundation highlight a commitment to funding resilience programming, which shows promise for incentiv- izing NGOs to further integrate a resilience approach into their current efforts.
• UK Department for International Development: As a result of the increasing frequency and devastating effects of natural and man-made disasters occurring around the globe, the UK government responded to the independent 2011 Humanitarian Emergency Response
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Review by puting resilience front and center (DFID 2011) and commiting to mainstreaming efforts to en- hance resilience capacity in all DFID country programs by 2015. Te policy also calls for integrating resilience into climate change and conflict prevention work as well as using resilience approaches to improve the coherence of DFID’s development and humanitarian work. By providing consistent financing (for example, through pooled funds) and innovative two-stage funding mecha- nisms such as those used in the previously discussed BRCED programs, DFID plays a potentially important role in helping NGOs to fully understand risk contexts and implement appropriate initiatives in response.
• European Commission / European Union: Te EC has recently sought to link and coordinate the arms of de- velopment and humanitarian aid in an effort to increase the resilience capacity of vulnerable populations. In 2007, the EC transferred the responsibility for humanitarian food aid from the EuropeAid Directorate-General to the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO)
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