https://www.ids.ac.uk/news/major-conference-looks-at-social-and-humanita...
The conference is the culmination of a five-year international research programme, BASIC (Better Assistance in Crises) Research, funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, which explores how social protection approaches can be used in protracted crises to improve assistance and help vulnerable people.
The event will gather researchers, policy makers and practitioners from around the world to discuss enhancing global knowledge and action on social protection for crisis-affected populations across five key themes:
- Coordination and financing across the humanitarian, development and peace nexus;
- Politics, accountability and access;
- Sustaining and maintaining systems in contexts of crises;
- Strengthening livelihoods in protracted crises;
- Methods and methodologies of researching social assistance in crises.
Live events
In-person participation in the conference is now closed, however three plenary sessions will be live-streamed for anyone to participate online:
https://www.ids.ac.uk/programme-and-centre/basic-research/
The intersection of protracted conflict and displacement with recurring climate shocks, alongside the shifting nature of humanitarian responses, presents multiple challenges for how to provide social assistance more effectively in protracted crises.
BASIC (Better Assistance in Crises) Research is a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office funded programme examining why, how and when to use social protection approaches in different crisis contexts, to deliver more effective social assistance so that vulnerable people cope better with crises and meet their basic needs.
